Navigating Love and Lust: Guarding Our Hearts
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"Lord, as we talk about love on Valentine's Day and we talk about lust, a scary word, God, let's pray that your word, as we open up the Bible, would come alive to us tonight and we would see some things that could quite literally transform our lives. That we'd walk away to our small group thinking about love and relationships and attraction in a whole nother way and seeing how we can actually control some of that for your glory. And so Lord, I pray tonight would be powerful, important, that it would be life-changing. As in Jesus' name we pray, amen." [00:00:10] (30 seconds)
"But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Woo, right? If you just look at a woman lustfully, Jesus says, because in your heart, your intention, you're becoming an adulterer. And everybody in the room went, uh-oh. And look what he says next." [00:07:12] (25 seconds)
"And if your hand, even your stronger hand, causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away, it's better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. That escalated quickly, right? Like, don't commit adultery, check. But if you look at a woman lustfully, and ladies, he says, if anyone, he's talking to girls as well as guys, if you look at someone lustfully, you're in the same place the other person has." [00:07:54] (26 seconds)
"Jesus is using hyperbole. He's using exaggeration to make a point. How do we know that? Because every one of his disciples would have had to gouge out both eyes and cut off both hands because they were sinful people. They were guys. They'd looked lustfully at people sometime before. But what Jesus is saying, he's making this, like, hyperbolic, this, like, exaggerated statement." [00:08:38] (21 seconds)
"Love builds up another person. Lust sees them as an object. Love is selfless. Lust is selfish. So let me, again, we're doing real talk. So you're in a relationship with a girl or vice versa. Talk to the guys for a second. You're in a relationship with a girl. Maybe you don't know the Bible teaches that sex is meant to be for marriage." [00:13:17] (28 seconds)
"The shows you watch, the movies you watch, the songs you listen to, the social media accounts you follow. Listen, experts have been debating for decades, like how much impact what you see affects how you respond to the opposite sex. They debated it. Nobody can give you a clear thing, but here's what you just need to ask. Just ask this. Is what I'm watching, what I'm listening to, does it help or does it hurt?" [00:18:01] (26 seconds)
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"But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Woo, right? If you just look at a woman lustfully, Jesus says, because in your heart, your intention, you're becoming an adulterer. And everybody in the room went, uh-oh. And look what he says next." [00:07:12] (25 seconds)
"And if your hand, even your stronger hand, causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away, it's better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. That escalated quickly, right? Like, don't commit adultery, check. But if you look at a woman lustfully, and ladies, he says, if anyone, he's talking to girls as well as guys, if you look at someone lustfully, you're in the same place the other person has." [00:07:54] (26 seconds)
"Jesus is using hyperbole. He's using exaggeration to make a point. How do we know that? Because every one of his disciples would have had to gouge out both eyes and cut off both hands because they were sinful people. They were guys. They'd looked lustfully at people sometime before. But what Jesus is saying, he's making this, like, hyperbolic, this, like, exaggerated statement." [00:08:38] (21 seconds)
"Love builds up another person. Lust sees them as an object. Love is selfless. Lust is selfish. So let me, again, we're doing real talk. So you're in a relationship with a girl or vice versa. Talk to the guys for a second. You're in a relationship with a girl. Maybe you don't know the Bible teaches that sex is meant to be for marriage." [00:13:17] (28 seconds)
"The shows you watch, the movies you watch, the songs you listen to, the social media accounts you follow. Listen, experts have been debating for decades, like how much impact what you see affects how you respond to the opposite sex. They debated it. Nobody can give you a clear thing, but here's what you just need to ask. Just ask this. Is what I'm watching, what I'm listening to, does it help or does it hurt?" [00:18:01] (26 seconds)
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