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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit
adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a
woman lustfully has already committed adultery with
her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin,
gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to
lose one part of your body than for your whole body
to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand
causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is
better for you to lose one part of your body than for
your whole body to go into hell. Matthew 5:27-30
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is sexual desire the same as lust?
Is sexual temptation sin?
Is lust the same as adultery?
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is sexual desire the same as lust?
Sexual desire is a gift from God...
for procreation
27 So God created man in his own image, in the
image of God he created him; male and female he
created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them,
“Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and
subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds
of the air and over every living creature that moves
on the ground.” Genesis 1:27-28
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is sexual desire the same as lust?
Sexual desire is a gift from God...
for procreation
for pleasure
18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you
rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving doe, a
graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be captivated by her love.
Proverbs 5:18-19
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is sexual desire the same as lust?
Sexual desire is a gift from God...
for procreation
for pleasure
4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the
marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the
adulterer and all the sexually immoral. Hebrews 13:4
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is sexual desire the same as lust?
Lust is selfish & insensitive.
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit
adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a
woman lustfully has already committed adultery with
her in his heart. Matthew 5:27-28
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is sexual desire the same as lust?
Lust is selfish & insensitive.
• Denies the law of love.
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit
adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a
woman lustfully has already committed adultery with
her in his heart. Matthew 5:27-28
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is sexual desire the same as lust?
Lust is selfish & insensitive.
• Denies the law of love.
• Devours the person who practices it
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit
adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a
woman lustfully has already committed adultery with
her in his heart. Matthew 5:27-28
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is sexual temptation lust (sin)?
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is sexual temptation lust (sin)?
• We are all tempted.
13 No temptation has seized you except what is
common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let
you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when
you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so
that you can stand up under it. 1 Corinthians 10:13
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is sexual temptation lust (sin)?
• We are all tempted.
• Jesus was tempted.
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to
sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one
who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—
yet was without sin. Hebrews 4:15
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is sexual temptation lust (sin)?
• We are all tempted.
• Jesus was tempted.
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is lust really the same as adultery?
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit
adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a
woman lustfully has already committed adultery with
her in his heart. Matthew 5:27-28
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is lust really the same as adultery?
Jesus is not saying that lust & adultery are the same.
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit
adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a
woman lustfully has already committed adultery with
her in his heart. Matthew 5:27-28
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is lust really the same as adultery?
Jesus is saying that lust & adultery are both sins.
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit
adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a
woman lustfully has already committed adultery with
her in his heart. Matthew 5:27-28
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is lust really the same as adultery?
Jesus is saying that lust & adultery are both sins.
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is lust really the same as adultery?
Jesus is saying that lust & adultery are both sins.
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
Is lust really the same as adultery?
Jesus is saying that lust & adultery are both sins.
9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit
the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the
sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit
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nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And
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that is what some of you were. But you were washed,
you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
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Take radical steps to remove temptation
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and
throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of
your body than for your whole body to be thrown into
hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it
off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one
part of your body than for your whole body to go into
hell. Matthew 5:29-30
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
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Take radical steps to remove temptation
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and
throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of
your body than for your whole body to be thrown into
hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it
off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one
part of your body than for your whole body to go into
hell. Matthew 5:29-30
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
•
Take radical steps to remove temptation
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Matthew 21:12-13
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
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Take radical steps to remove temptation
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
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Take radical steps to remove temptation
Respond immediately at the first signs of sexual temptation
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
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Take radical steps to remove temptation
Respond immediately at the first signs of sexual temptation
• Sin will take you farther
than you wanted to go
• Sin will keep you longer
than you want to stay
• Sin will cost you more
than you wanted to pay
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
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Take radical steps to remove temptation
Respond immediately at the first signs of sexual temptation
Start reading God’s Word more
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
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Take radical steps to remove temptation
Respond immediately at the first signs of sexual temptation
Start reading God’s Word more
17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
John 17:17
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
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How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
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their wives.
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
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Take radical steps to remove temptation
Respond immediately at the first signs of sexual temptation
Start reading God’s Word more
Replace your lust for others with an even greater love for God
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
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Take radical steps to remove temptation
Respond immediately at the first signs of sexual temptation
Start reading God’s Word more
Replace your lust for others with an even greater love for God
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as
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yourself.’
Matthew 22:37-39
Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
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Take radical steps to remove temptation
Respond immediately at the first signs of sexual temptation
Start reading God’s Word more
Replace your lust for others with an even greater love for God
Rely on His divine power to give you the strength to resist temptation
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Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
How to Handle Sexual Temptation
How can we find deliverance from sexual temptation?
•
•
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Take radical steps to remove temptation
Respond immediately at the first signs of sexual temptation
Start reading God’s Word more
Replace your lust for others with an even greater love for God
Rely on His divine power to give you the strength to resist temptation
3 His divine power has given us everything we need
for life and godliness through our knowledge of him
who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4
Through these he has given us his very great and
precious promises, so that through them you may
participate in the divine nature and escape the
corruption
in the world caused by evil desires.
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