SAY IT AIN’T SO!LUST ALWAYS WINS!?

LOVE VS LUST

WHAT DOES SOCIETY TEACH US ABOUT “LOVE”

• Movies, TV shows, media…

• Love is at best lust, infatuation.

• It looks like lust wins?

• We are called to be “set apart” HOLY, keeping in step with the Spirit.

• Covenant People:

• Father/KING

Obedience/

• POWER Identity/AUTHORITY

WHAT DOES SOCIETY SAY AND WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?

• Galatians 5:16-25 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy,[d] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Matthew 5:27-30

27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell. 

– 48% of men and 28% of women report having fallen in love at first sight.

Gal 5: 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one anotherWe are free yet Lust can put us in bondage… Quote:

Lust destroyed my loveLust pushed away my oneLust made me weakLust took the one loveLust killed my happinessLust is a sin I committedLust, I shouldn't had doneLust got my suffocatingLust made light turn into darknessLust made me miss my wifeLust, my innocent girl is hurtLust I hurt myself tooLust I miss my family I builtLust, you were my biggest mistake.... 

Joy O'Pateng 

Lust’s consequences:1. Steals everything we desire2. Lust is impatient3. Lust is cruel4. Lust envies others5. Lust is boastful6. Lust is prideful7. Lust is rude to others8. Lust is self-centered9. Lust is easily angered10. Lust keeps score of wrongs11. Lust hates truth12. Lust takes advantage13. Lust distrusts others14. Lust has no hope15. Lust gives up16. Lust always fails17. Lust is the worst way to live

 Love Demonstrated: A class of little girls was learning to spell. They spelled a number of small words, such as “pig,” “cat,” “dog,” “cow,” and amused themselves by imitating the sounds that these animals make. Then little Mary was asked to spell “love.” She didn’t stop to give the letters, but ran and threw her arms around the teacher’s neck and kissed her on the cheek. “We spell ‘love’ that way at our house,” she said. The girls laughed, but the teacher said, “That is a beautiful way; but do you know another way to spell ‘love’?” “Oh, yes,” cried Mary, “I spell love this way,” and she began to put the books in order on her teacher’s desk. “I spell love by helping everybody when they need me.” (From Illustrations of Bible Truth)

Love’s consequences:1. Gives us everything we desire! 2. Love is patient3. Love is kind4. Love does not envy5. Love is not boastful6. Love is not proud7. Love is not rude8. Love is not self-seeking9. Love is not easily angered10. Love does not keep record of wrongs11. Love delights in truth12. Love protects13. Love trusts 14. Love hopes15. Love perseveres16. Love never fails17. Love is the greatest

SO WHAT?

• On Super Bowl Sunday preparing for St. Valentine’s Day we need to let people know the consequences of Lust…

• The Bible has a lot to say about this: David and Bathsheba, many others…

• "For all that is in the world the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is not of the Father, but is of the world" (1 John 2:16). "Let not sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts" (Romans 6:12). 

• We are called to speak up and share the dangers and help our millennials know that what the World sells is not real and will cause damage.

• We are in the world but not of it!