WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST Pine Grove Church of Christ – 02/27/11

Let us Worship God with Singing  Song Leader: Coy Cornett  First Song – # 2  Second Song – # 46  Opening Prayer: Orvas Johson  Song before Lesson – # 473  Invitation Song – # 349

WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST Pine Grove Church of Christ – 02/27/11

Introduction  John 8:11-12 –  (11) “And Jesus said to her, ‘Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”  (12) “Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

SIN NO MORE… SEXUAL IMMORALITY Pine Grove Church of Christ – 02/27/11

Sin No More… SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Definition of SEXUAL IMMORALITY:  Immoral quality, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness  Sexual misconduct; iniquity; an immoral act;  Immoral behavior; licentiousness; promiscuity;  Fornication; adultery; lewdness

Sin No More… SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Definition of FORNICATION:  “voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons or two persons not married to each other.”  Definition of ADULTERY:  “voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her lawful spouse.”

Sin No More… SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Definition of LEWDNESS:  “unbridled lust; wanton acts or manners;  filthy words, indecent bodily movements, unchaste handling of males and females  Anything that excites the lust of the flesh;  Anything that stirs of sexual desires;

Sin No More… SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Example of Joseph

Example of Joseph  Genesis 39:1-12 –  “Now then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

Sin No More… SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Example of Joseph  Proverbs on SEXUAL IMMORALITY

Proverbs on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Proverbs 7:6-27 –  “Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths”

Sin No More… SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Example of Joseph  Proverbs on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  God on SEXUAL IMMORALITY

God on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Romans 1:29-32 –  “being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality…”

God on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  I Corinthians 6:9-10 –  “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites… will inherit the kingdom of God.”

God on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Galatians 5:19-21 –  “Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness… that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”

God on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Ephesians 5:3-5 –  “But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let in not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting… For this you know, that no fornicator… has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.”

God on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Colossians 3:5-6 –  “Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire… Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.”

God on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Revelations 21:6-8 –  “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone”

God on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  I Corinthians 10:8 –  “Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell”

Sin No More… SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Example of Joseph  Proverbs on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  God on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Dancing & SEXUAL IMMORALITY

Sin No More… SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Definition of LEWDNESS:  “unbridled lust; wanton acts or manners;  filthy words, indecent bodily movements, unchaste handling of males and females  Anything that excites the lust of the flesh;  Anything that stirs of sexual desires;

Dancing & Sexual Immorality  Hebrews 13:4 –  “Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.”

Dancing & Sexual Immorality  Romans 13:13-14 –  “Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.”

Sin No More… SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Example of Joseph  Proverbs on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  God on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Dancing & SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Immodest Apparel & SEXUAL IMMORALITY

Immodest Apparel & SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Genesis 3:7, 21 –  “they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.”  “Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.”

Immodest Apparel & SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Matthew 5:27-28 –  “But I say to you that whoever looks at a women to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”

Immodest Apparel & SEXUAL IMMORALITY  I Timothy 2:9-10 –  “the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety (decency, modesty) and moderation (discretion)… is proper for women professing godliness”

Immodest Apparel & SEXUAL IMMORALITY  I Peter 3:1-4 –  “when they observe your chaste conduct”  decent, undefiled, pure, holy, simple, modest

Sin No More… SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Example of Joseph  Proverbs on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  God on SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Dancing & SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Immodest Apparel & SEXUAL IMMORALITY  We Must Love God More & Flee SEXUAL IMMORALITY

Love God More & FLEE SEXUAL IMMORALITY  I John 2:15-17 –  “And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.”

Love God More & FLEE SEXUAL IMMORALITY  Romans 13:13-14 –  “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.”

Love God More & FLEE SEXUAL IMMORALITY  I Corinthians 6:15-20 –  “Flee sexual immorality.”

Conclusion  Sexual Immorality is sin & we must treat it that way.  Sexual Immorality is serious.  Sexual Immorality separates us from God, from God’s blessings, and from God’s promises.  Sexual Immorality will keep us out of heaven.  We must love God more & flee sexual immorality

Conclusion  Genesis 39:9 – “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

God’s Plan of Salvation  Hear the Word of God (Romans 10:17)  Believe in Jesus (Hebrews 11:6)  Repent of Sins (Luke 13:3)  Confess Faith in Christ (Matthew 10:32)  Be Baptized in Water (Mark 16:16)  Remain Faithful & Grow(Revelations 2:10)  If err, repent and pray to God (Acts 8:22)

Lord’s Supper  Partaking of the Bread:  I Corinthians 11:24 –  “and when He has given thanks, He broke it and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

Lord’s Supper  Partaking of the Fruit of the Vine:  I Corinthians 11:26 –  “In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Giving  I Corinthians 16:1-2 –  (1) “Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye”  (2)“Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him"

THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS MORNING! PLEASE COME BACK TONIGHT AT 6PM! Pine Grove Church of Christ – 02/27/11