We live in a "sex saturated society". Drive down the highway, you'll see it on the billboards. Join in on a conversation at the office, you'll hear it sooner or later, watch the news... it will either be a preacher or political icon that just got caught up in a sex scandal... Imprisoned by sexual sin.
The bible likens sexual sin unto fire. Proverbs 6 asks the question, "Can a man hold fire to his close and not be burned?" Of course not, that's stupid. But we don't think that way about sexual sin. How many times have you said, or heard "your friend" say:
- I can look all I want...
- It doesn't affect me...
- Just a little won't hurt...
- No one will know...
- Just one more time...
- I'll only go this far...
Think back to the 8th grade, if you catch on fire, what are you supposed to do? Everyone knows you're supposed to STOP - DROP - & ROLL! What do you do when you feel the heat of sexual sin? What do you do when you begin to catch on fire from sexual sin?
STOP - Every believer has the ability to stop sinning! Sin has NO POWER over us! Read Romans 6-8, we have been set free from the law of sin! Just STOP! But by itself it's not enough...
DROP - next we need to drop in submission to God. James 4:7 tells us to SUBMIT to God, resist the devil and he will flee from us! When I submit to God, I am submitting to the truth. In Submitting to the truth, the LIE of sexual sin is exposed! When the lie is exposed, it's easier to win the battle, being able to see sin for what it is!
ROLL -Roll out as fast as you can. For you folks not down with the culture, Roll out means to flee! 2 Timothy 2:22 tells us to FLEE youthful lusts! Paul knew the power of sexual sin, it's not something to linger around and look at, it's not something to take lightly, it's a fire!
Parents please continue to pray with us through this series. Next week Alex Davis is coming in to share with our students on how to break free from the prison of bitterness and unforgiveness.
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