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Point Three
Lust Is A Cancer To Our Soul
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Goal
Becoming Undeceived
Before God Can Deliver Us We Must Undeceive Ourselves
Saint Augustine
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Fact About Our God
He Always Responses To Every Situation Based On
Who He Is
His Awesome Perfect Character And Nature
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Our God Is Light
This Is The Message We Have Heard From Him
And
Declare To You
God Is Light
In Him There Is No Darkness At All
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In Addition To What We Have Just Covered Now Let’s Zero In On
What Lust Is
It Is Sex In Our Inner World
When You Undress Someone Be It In Your Imagination
Or With Your Eyes In Order To Fulfill Your Evil Desires
It’s Sin
We Need To Learn That It Is Not Merely The Act (The Behavior)
It Is Also The Desire That Makes It Sin
Whether In Your Bed Or In Your Heart
It’s Sin
Lust
Is A Perverted Expression Of Desire
With Lust We Are Deceived Into
Feeling Loved
Feeling Complete
Feeling In Control
Feeling Connected
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There We Falsely Receive
Affection
Affirmation
Acceptance
Approval
Validation
What Does Saint Augustine Say
Before God Can Deliver Us We Must Undeceive Ourselves
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Lust Verses Sex
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Sex
As God Planned It In A Covenant Marriage
It’s About The Beauty And The Value Of Sex
It’s Not About The Act Of Sex
It’s About The Covenant Relationship
Because
Desire For Sexual Intimacy The Way God Has Planned
It Is About A Covenant Relationship
For Love
Wants To Know The Other Person
The Best Lust Can Do Is
Run The 10 Yard Dash
But Love Is Like A Long Distance Runner
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Question?
Does Lust Contribute To Sex
No!
As A Matter Of Fact
It Brings Down The Value Of Sex
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Always Remember
Lust Is To The Gift Of Sex
What Cancer Is To A Normal Cell
Richard Exley
Because
For Lust
The Bottom Line Is
A Naked Body
The Lustful Views Sex
As Cheap Valueless
There Is Absolutely Nothing Relational
About Lust
Its Not About
The Partner
Its Not About
The Other Person
The Lustful Are Addicted
To Doing
It Is An Activity
In And Of Itself
It’s About
The Activity
Lust Produces
A High That Can Be Maintained For Long Periods Of Time
But
One Of The Main Goals Of Lust Is To Facilitate A Climax
Lust Lies To You
It Brings War To Your Soul
Is Not Worth The Trouble It Gives You
Deceives You
Disappoints You
Weighs You Down
Has No Lasting Value
Wants To Be Your Master
Is The Primary Ingredient For Sexual Addiction
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Sexual Addiction Originates First And Foremost In Our Inner World
Through Lust
If You Are Consumed By Lust That In And Of Itself
Does Not Necessarily Mean That You Are A Sex Addict
That Is You Are Not A Sex Addict In Your Outer World
Yet
For All Intended Purposes You Are One In Your Inner World
Addiction And Lust Are Alike
Because
They Always Take More And More Energy And Focus
To Be Satisfied
And
They Do Not Satisfied
Both
Are A Bottomless Pit
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Here’s Some More Understanding Concerning Lust
Lust Often Leads To Other Sins
Envy
Is A First Cousin Of Lust
In Addition To This Lust Shares With Sins Like
Greed And Pride
The Distinction Of Being Invisible And Slippery
And
Hard To Pin Down
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Christian Men Can Look Great
On The Outside
And
Be Totally Drunk With Lust
On The Inside
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Lust Is The Number One Ingredient
For All Out Of Control Sexual Issues
Lust Is Selfish
It Is Good For Nothing
Did You Know The Goal Of Lust Is To
1.
Steal Your Inheritance
2.
Take You Into Captivity
3.
Make A Slave Out Of You
As A Matter Of Fact In Romans 6
The Word Slave Is Mentioned 10 Times In 23 Verses
The Whole Chapter Clearly Gives Us A Choice And A Challenge
Romans 6 Lets Us Know That We Can Be
A Slave To Sin
Or
A Slave To Righteousness
Being A Slave To Righteousness Is A Lot More Rewarding
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Finally – Always Remember
Lust Is Not The Result Of An Overactive Sex Drive
It Is Not A Biological Phenomenon
Or The By-Product Of Our Glands
If It Were Then It Could Be Satisfied With A Sexual Experience
Like A Glass Of Water Quenches Thirst
Or A Good Meal Satisfies Appetite
But The More We Attempt To Appease Our Lust
The More Demanding It Becomes
There Is Simply Not Enough Erotica
In The World To Satisfy Lust’s Unquenchable Appetite
Therefore
When We Deny Our Lustful Obsessions
We Are Not Repressing A Legitimate Drive
We Are Putting To Death An Aberration
Lust Is To The Gift Of Sex
What Cancer Is To A Normal Cell
Therefore We Deny It
Not In Order To Become Sexless Saints
But In Order To Be Fully Alive To God
Which Includes The Full
And Uninhibited Expression Of Our Sexual Being
Within The God – Given Context Of Marriage
Richard Exley
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Point Three
Lust Is A Cancer To Our Soul
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Goal
Becoming Undeceived
Before God Can Deliver Us We Must Undeceive Ourselves
Saint Augustine
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Pray
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Our God Is Light
This Is The Message We Have Heard From Him
And Declare To You
God Is Light
In Him There Is No Darkness At All.
A Fact About Our God
He Always Responses To Every Situation
Based On
Who He Is
His Awesome Perfect Character And Nature
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