“Walking Further With God”
Ephesians 5:3-7
“Walking Further With God”
Ephesians 5:3-7
I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
“Walking Further With God”
Ephesians 5:3-7
I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
II Corinthians 12:21
I am afraid that when I come again my God will
humble me before you, and I will be grieved over
many who have sinned earlier and have not
repented of the impurity, sexual sin and
debauchery in which they have indulged.
“Walking Further With God”
Ephesians 5:3-7
I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
A. Sexual Immoriality
“Walking Further With God”
Ephesians 5:3-7
I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
A. Sexual Immoriality
Incest: I Corinthians 5:1
It is actually reported that there is sexual
immorality among you, and of a kind that does
not occur even among pagans: A man has his
father’s wife.
“Walking Further With God”
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I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
A. Sexual Immoriality
Promiscuity: I Thessalonians 4:3-4
3) It is God’s will that you should be sanctified:
that you should avoid sexual immorality;
4) that each of you should learn to control his
own body in a way that is holy and honorable,
“Walking Further With God”
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I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
A. Sexual Immoriality
Prostitution: I Corinthians 6:15
Do you not know that your bodies are members
of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members
of Christ and unite them with a prostitute?
Never!
“Walking Further With God”
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I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
A. Sexual Immoriality
Illicit sexual relations: I Corinthians 6:18
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man
commits are outside his body, but he who sins
sexually sins against his own body.
“Walking Further With God”
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I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
A. Sexual Immoriality
Porenia: Revelation 2:20-21
20) Nevertheless, I have this against you: You
tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a
prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my
servants into sexual immorality and the eating of
food sacrificed to idols.
21) I have given her time to repent of her
immorality, but she is unwilling.
“Walking Further With God”
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I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
B. Impurity
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I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
B. Impurity
Psalm 24:3-4
3) Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who
may stand in his holy place?
4) He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear
by what is false.
“Walking Further With God”
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I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
B. Impurity
I Timothy 1:5
The goal of this command is love, which comes
from a pure heart and a good conscience and a
sincere faith.
“Walking Further With God”
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I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
B. Impurity
I Timothy 5:22
Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do
not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself
pure.
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I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
B. Impurity
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will
See God.
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I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
C. Greed
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I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)
C. Greed
Colossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs
to your earthly nature: sexual immorality,
impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which
is idolatry.
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II. Sins of the Tongue (v.4)
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Sins of the Tongue (v.4)
Proverbs 10:10
He who winks maliciously causes grief, and
a chattering fool comes to ruin.
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Sins of the Tongue (v.4)
Proverbs 10:10
Proverbs 14:3
“A fool’s talk brings a rod to his back”
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Sins of the Tongue (v.4)
Proverbs 10:10
Proverbs 14:3
Proverbs 18:7
“A fool’s mouth is his undoing”
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Sins of the Tongue (v.4)
Proverbs 10:10
Proverbs 14:3
Proverbs 18:7
Proverbs 29:11
A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a
wise man keeps himself under control.
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III. The Punishment for Sin (vv.5-7)
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III. The Punishment for Sin (vv.5-7)
Matthew 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his
righteousness, and all these things will be
given to you as well.
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The Punishment for Sin (vv.5-7)
I John 3:9-10
9) No-one who is born of God will continue to sin,
because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on
sinning, because he has been born of God.
10) This is how we know who the children of God are
and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does
not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone
who does not love his brother.
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The Punishment for Sin (vv.5-7)
Matthew 6:33
I John 3:9-10
I Corinthians 6:9-10 (reference only)
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The Punishment for Sin (vv.5-7)
Matthew 6:33
I John 3:9-10
I Corinthians 6:9-10 (reference only)
Numbers 25:1-9 (reference only)