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Part 3: Lust: Taming The Human Animal Series
Contributed by Brad Froese on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: All of us are human animals. We’re all humans, designed by God for a wonderful purpose in His creation. Yet all of us have this animal instinct in us that causes us to do things we know we shouldn’t do...
Be set aside for God’s purpose. Consider yourself a Holy Vessel for use in the house of God. Quit messing in the filth of worldly desire and start enjoying life as God intended it!
Kill the stray thoughts. Put to death the worldly nature.
Col 3:6, “Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.”
1 Pet 4:3-5, “For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do-- living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry. They think it strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation, and they heap abuse on you. But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.”
Conclusion:
“What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God-- through Jesus Christ our Lord!” Romans 7:24-25a
? What is it that Satan lures you away with?
When the Son of Man rises from His throne in Heaven, when His Glory overshadows the earth and the nations, will He find you like the wolf: dead in the snow, in a pool of your own blood, caught in the snare of your lusts?
Or will He find you living in the fullness of life, sanctified by the blood He shed for YOU at Calvary over 2,000 years ago?
There are people all around us, wandering through life without restraint, without a master to guide and steer them away from the snares of sin. They are sitting ducks, easy targets for the thief who comes to steal, kill and destroy. Chasing after every illusion, some of them are only days away from their last breath, and it’s our duty to introduce them to The One who saves us from the deadly traps and from our own natural instincts… His Name is Jesus Christ…
Self control, comes through Jesus Christ and the discipline of a soul who walks with Him, not just on church day, but every day of his life… It’s available to you today.
Are you struggling with a self-control issue? Is it worry, anger, or lust? Whatever it is, you should know there’s a solution – through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Altar call)
