It hurts to read some of the comments from single people here. As a single, I totally understand the battle against lust. We who don't have a spouse have no pure means of participating in the good intimacy that God created. So what must we do? Behold Christ as better than everything, including sex. One day we will be with Him in eternity and there will be no marriage or sex. We will be united to Him in a union that far surpasses the best union we could have in this life. Cling to that hope! Cling to Him. Pour out your heart and your struggle to Him for He cares for you. Though you may be single, you are never alone. He is with you.
Matthew 5:28 has had a profound impact for me recently when considering that the "adultery" Jesus is speaking of is vertical. I think, beyond tactics, we have to remember that the primary force that breaks inclinations to lean into lustful temptation is a Spirit-empowered REGARD and instinct to honor the triune God. I won't be faithful to my wife because I imagine her being gored by the "spear of my lust", but rather, I'll be faithful because of the devastation she'll experience once discovering my unfaithfulness. And this pales in comparison to what it means to grieve the Spirit. Ultimately, love is not perfect in our flesh, but by the power of the Spirit, through the renewal of the mind, love progressively increases in faithfulness to the covenants we have (primary being our covenant with God, and for those with spouses, the marriage covenant).
I overcame or was set free from lust graciously by the Lord when I started observing the Old Testament instruction from Leviticus 15 in light of the New Testament, when a male has an issue or discharge from his flesh! Of course now I know I was set free in this by the Holy Spirit which gives life to our mortal bodies to overcome. May the grace of the Lord Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ) be with your spirit
"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness", according to 2 Tim 3:16. The definition and penalty for sin is clear in the OT laws, and of these Christ followed perfectly in the underlying heart or principle of (hence healing on the Sabbath is loving, which is the law of liberty, in James, to do good). Christ came to fulfill the law and prophets, not abolish them in Matt 5:17. According to Paul, the law is powerless because it cannot save but only condemn, yet it still has value. Gal 3:10-26 explains the purpose of the OT law. Living by Mosaic law to honor God is not anti-Pauline, but as a means of meriting righteousness is anti-Pauline. In our freedom (from sin), we live as God's slaves as a new creature, which is the idea in Romans 6:19. Hopefully this is clear and helpful!
@@JonCChan Basically "we want to do good and be righteous not to be saved and justified, but because we already are saved and justified under Christ. We cannot follow the law fully, we cannot ever be perfect. But because of what Jesus did, we are saved, and because of that, we follow to honor and glorify and please the Lord." Because its true, only Christ justifies is, we cannot save/justify ourselves. WE cannot save ourselves. Only Jesus can. and Because of Him, we can follow Him. Because he loved us first.
@BeefyPreacher they said they observed the instructions, not observed to be saved, we have to work out our sanctification but we are saved by Gods Grace and Mercy, that comes first and killing our sin comes second thru the guide of the Holy Spirit who will guide you to the Bible
2 Corinthians 10 v 3-5 learn these words from the scripture by heart ..and repeat these verses when lustful thoughts come ,till the lustful thoughts go away .the Word of God is living ....works for me everytime God bless
Purity is only attained when you can be surrounded with every form of temptation and yet remain untouched by desire, unmoved by earthly feelings, untainted by earthly lusts, free of craving and longing for possession. Purity in its every form transcends all earthly physical hungers. Purity is the ability to see temptation for what it is-grossness of thought and feeling which traps the senses of men and women into doing unclean things. A truly pure person desires only the clean and honest environment suited to their innate longing for unconditional love and beauty of self expression in every facet of their lives. That is Purity. However, purity cannot be achieved unless there have first been the long years of temptation. It is a necessary part of our spiritual development; unless we have been sorely tempted at times, and have eventually come to understand that there is a higher road to walk, a road of self-denial, and of sincere concern and caring for a good woman, we will never attain the state of purity.
Paul was incredibly blessed. He had the option to be able to conjure in his mind the appearance of Christ since it already happened to him when he was heading to Damascus.
I thought I purged Lust from my life. However, every so often I have temptations to go back to it. I even get thoughts of justifying going out to do fornication or watching sexual material on my cell. I would like to get to the point where I stop completely.
Father 🙏🏼 grant pastor John life, Energy, & strength to continue his work for your kingdom. Bring solidarity to his family & restoration in your miraculous ways. Guide him & hold him & keep using him. Thank you for his work. In our saviors name
I've had minor issues with lust. But something happened to me that made me see it for what it is. I was touched inappropriately by a co-worker and that experience made me feel sub-human. Like an object almost. It made me wonder if the subject of my lustful thoughts would feel the same way. Or worse. Let's remember that people are valuable in God's sight. They've got hopes and dreams, they've felt heartache and pain. Just like you. They're someone's mother, father, brother, sister etc. Just remember someone's humanity. Hope this helps someone.
Yes now Jesus healed me again,but I'll pay also what I've done in the flesh in this world of corruption in the mind because of inherited sickness,when time,days, months and years gone in the compound that you can't out, that's the time of teaching and learning of what Christ has done to me.
Amen. Help us Jesus to fight lust and to remember you every moment of life that you were nail on the cross for our sins. Thank you Jesus for saving us in Jesus name we pray Amen
No lust but only Jesus😊1st❤ . Was busy since this mornings in Christ. Many things had been done in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ in Christ❤. Mark 4:1-9( The parable😊❤ of the Sower😊❤) "4 Again he( Jesus😊1st❤) began to teach😊❤ beside sea. And a very large crowd❤ gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd 😊❤ beside the sea on the land. 2 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) was teaching😊❤ them many things in parables😊❤, and in his teaching he said ❤ to them(❤'s): 3 " Listen😊❤ Behold😊❤, a sower😊❤ went out 😊❤ ( you might ask what did the sower went out to do? ) to sow😊❤. 4 And as he( the sower😊❤ ) sowed( that is his job he sowed😊❤), some seed( God's words😊❤) fell along the path, and the birds( these " birds" are no good, the devil ) came and devoured it. 5 other seed ( God's words😊❤) fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil( Do you also know that a plant need, good soil, right amount or water, right amount of sunlight, enough space and God's timing to grow too in Christ😊❤ ? Since it doesn't have soil so ), and immediately( " immediately😊❤ " right away in Mark😊❤'s language " Immediately😊❤") it sprang up, since it had no depth ( you might no depth of what?) of soil. ( i told us a plant need good depth of soil too to grow right😊❤?) 6 And when the sun( " sun" gives sunlight right😊❤?) rose, it was scorched, and since it has not root( "root"😊❤ support the plant above okay. "...Since it has no root."( from Mark 4:6 middle of the verse) what do you think will happen when it has no root?) it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grews up and chocked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:1-9 ESV Study Bible all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤. I assume every who is human has two ears unless for exceptional cases. So Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ ( Jesus😊1st❤) is giving❤😊 an invitation to whoever who has ears to let him😊❤ hear😊❤. Or Mark 4:9 The Bible😊❤ said😊❤, "9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:9 ESV Study Bible) Which of the four soils that Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ😊❤) do you belong to today too? Mark 4:8-9 "8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible ) Hope you also belong to the good soil too in Christ( Mark 4:8😊❤) in Christ😊❤.
Genesis 47:13-19 of Genesis 47:13-31( Joseph😊❤ and famine) Genesis 47:13-19 "13 Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famime. 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain that they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, " Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone." 16 Joseph answered, " Give your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone." 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys. He supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year. 18 And when that year ended, they came to him the following year and said to him, " We will not hide from our lord that our money is all spent. The herds of livestock are my lord's. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land. 19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate." "( Genesis 47:13-19 ESV Study Bible)& Romans 8:28😊❤.
Mark 4:1-9(The parable😊❤ of the Sower😊❤) "4 Again he( Jesus😊1st❤) began to teach😊❤ beside sea. And a very large crowd❤ gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd 😊❤ beside the sea on the land. 2 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) was teaching😊❤ them many things in parables😊❤, and in his teaching he said ❤ to them(❤'s): 3 " Listen😊❤ Behold😊❤, a sower😊❤ went out 😊❤ ( you might ask what did the sower went out to do? ) to sow😊❤. 4 And as he( the sower😊❤ ) sowed( that is his job he sowed😊❤), some seed( God's words😊❤) fell along the path, and the birds( these " birds" are no good, the devil ) came and devoured it. 5 other seed ( God's words😊❤) fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil( Do you also know that a plant need, good soil, right amount or water, right amount of sunlight, enough space and God's timing to grow too in Christ😊❤ ? Since it doesn't have soil so ), and immediately( " immediately😊❤ " right away in Mark😊❤'s language " Immediately😊❤") it sprang up, since it had no depth ( you might no depth of what?) of soil. ( i told us a plant need good depth of soil too to grow right😊❤?) 6 And when the sun( " sun" gives sunlight right😊❤?) rose, it was scorched, and since it has not root( "root"😊❤ support the plant above okay. "...Since it has no root."( from Mark 4:6 middle of the verse) what do you think will happen when it has no root?) it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grews up and chocked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:1-9 ESV Study Bible all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤. I assume every who is human has two ears unless for exceptional cases. So Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ ( Jesus😊1st❤) is giving❤😊 an invitation to whoever who has ears to let him😊❤ hear😊❤. Or Mark 4:9 The Bible😊❤ said😊❤, "9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:9 ESV Study Bible) Which of the four soils that Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ😊❤) do you belong to today too? Mark 4:8-9 "8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible ) Hope in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ that you ❤also belong to the good soil 😊❤too in Christ( Mark 4:8😊❤) in Christ😊❤) too.
Mark 4:1-9( The parable😊❤ of the Sower😊❤) "4 Again he( Jesus😊1st❤) began to teach😊❤ beside sea. And a very large crowd❤ gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd 😊❤ beside the sea on the land. 2 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) was teaching😊❤ them many things in parables😊❤, and in his teaching he said ❤ to them(❤'s): 3 " Listen😊❤ Behold😊❤, a sower😊❤ went out 😊❤ ( you might ask what did the sower went out to do? ) to sow😊❤. 4 And as he( the sower😊❤ ) sowed( that is his job he sowed😊❤), some seed( God's words😊❤) fell along the path, and the birds( these " birds" are no good, the devil ) came and devoured it. 5 other seed ( God's words😊❤) fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil( Do you also know that a plant need, good soil, right amount or water, right amount of sunlight, enough space and God's timing to grow too in Christ😊❤ ? Since it doesn't have soil so ), and immediately( " immediately😊❤ " right away in Mark😊❤'s language " Immediately😊❤") it sprang up, since it had no depth ( you might no depth of what?) of soil. ( i told us a plant need good depth of soil too to grow right😊❤?) 6 And when the sun( " sun" gives sunlight right😊❤?) rose, it was scorched, and since it has not root( "root"😊❤ support the plant above okay. "...Since it has no root."( from Mark 4:6 middle of the verse) what do you think will happen when it has no root?) it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grews up and chocked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:1-9 ESV Study Bible all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤. I assume every who is human has two ears unless for exceptional cases. So Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ ( Jesus😊1st❤) is giving❤😊 an invitation to whoever who has ears to let him😊❤ hear😊❤. Or Mark 4:9 The Bible😊❤ said😊❤, "9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:9 ESV Study Bible) Which of the four soils that Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ😊❤) do you belong to today too? Mark 4:8-9 "8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible ) Hope you also belong to the good soil too in Christ( Mark 4:8😊❤) in Christ😊❤.
Mark 4:1-9( The parable😊❤ of the Sower😊❤) "4 Again he( Jesus😊1st❤) began to teach😊❤ beside sea. And a very large crowd❤ gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd 😊❤ beside the sea on the land. 2 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) was teaching😊❤ them many things in parables😊❤, and in his teaching he said ❤ to them(❤'s): 3 " Listen😊❤ Behold😊❤, a sower😊❤ went out 😊❤ ( you might ask what did the sower went out to do? ) to sow😊❤. 4 And as he( the sower😊❤ ) sowed( that is his job he sowed😊❤), some seed( God's words😊❤) fell along the path, and the birds( these " birds" are no good, the devil ) came and devoured it. 5 other seed ( God's words😊❤) fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil( Do you also know that a plant need, good soil, right amount or water, right amount of sunlight, enough space and God's timing to grow too in Christ😊❤ ? Since it doesn't have soil so ), and immediately( " immediately😊❤ " right away in Mark😊❤'s language " Immediately😊❤") it sprang up, since it had no depth ( you might no depth of what?) of soil. ( i told us a plant need good depth of soil too to grow right😊❤?) 6 And when the sun( " sun" gives sunlight right😊❤?) rose, it was scorched, and since it has not root( "root"😊❤ support the plant above okay. "...Since it has no root."( from Mark 4:6 middle of the verse) what do you think will happen when it has no root?) it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grews up and chocked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:1-9 ESV Study Bible all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤. I assume every who is human has two ears unless for exceptional cases. So Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ ( Jesus😊1st❤) is giving❤😊 an invitation to whoever who has ears to let him😊❤ hear😊❤. Or Mark 4:9 The Bible😊❤ said😊❤, "9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:9 ESV Study Bible) Which of the four soils that Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ😊❤) do you belong to today too? Mark 4:8-9 "8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible ) Hope in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ that you ❤also belong to the good soil 😊❤too in Christ( Mark 4:8😊❤) in Christ😊❤) too. In Mark 4:9 Jesus is giving an invitation to whoever trust him who has ears to hear❤ in Christ. Mark 4:8-9 "8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible )
Philippians 1:21😊❤ "21 For to me to live is Christ(Jesus😊1st❤,our Lord and our savior in Christ), and to die is gain."( gain Jesus😊1st❤ face 😊❤ to face with Jesus😊1st❤my Lord and my savior in Christ 😊❤ too in Christ.) "( Philippians 1:21 ESV Study Bible) John 14:6😊❤ in Christ😊❤ & John 14:27😊❤ in Christ and Philippians 4:4😊-7😊❤ in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ in Christ😊❤. Matthew 28:19-20😊❤ in Christ😊❤.
those who are married en have a family can NEVERRRRRRRRRRRRR understand hwo we single people feel fukign everybody around yoi get married en are in joy with families i will trust GOD till last breath but i cant WAIT to leave this life en this body BEHIND
we got old evangelicals with dead spouses and second marriage divorces and then they wanna turn around and go “lets kill lust with the cross of christ”
It is a pity I see anything DGM posts and can only think about Piper’s assertion that the deaths of millions of people was of less importance than his ephemeral goal of keeping one man out of office for four years. It rather makes anything DGM says sound sickeningly insincere.
@@heathjones5362 I do not care what the topic is. Piper politicized his ministry to get rid of Trump. Millions have died, and because this was at Piper’s behest, they were killed in the name of Jesus. That is blatant blasphemy.
i like piper en his preaching BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT he has a wife for his sex desires so he cant help us single people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i LOVE THE LORD en i rather just die en get this life over with full struggle pain en SINS
