Lesson 7: The Cross Cleanses Us
Question 1
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“Die, you thirsty bloodsucker, die!”
I know that sounds aggressive, but truthfully, this is the attitude we need to develop toward sexual sin. We must cultivate a hatred for impurity of such magnitude that we want to hang it up on a cross, stab a sword into its side, and throw it away in a grave!
Our sin has to die, not merely be “managed”. We can’t “manage” sin any more than we could manage an army of termites eating away at the foundation of our home. No, we don’t manage termites, we exterminate them.
Hopefully, in the last lesson, you sought the Lord for His divine battle plan to crucify your lusts. Now it is time to implement the plan, and you’ll need the spiritual motivation to do it. But where do we get this kind of “kill or be killed” attitude? Typically, we don’t have it at the beginning for sin’s pleasures are too recent, and the pictures in our minds feel too fresh and they are too vivid.
Hope for Change
But God can change our hearts! Oh yes, He can! If God starts working on us, eventually we will be sick of impurity! Yes, God can make this change as God is a consuming fire (Deuteronomy 9:3) and a jealous God (Exodus 20:4-5).
God doesn’t want His children anywhere near impurity. The cross is proof that He will go to any length to save you, rescue you, and set you free. He will do anything, bridge the gap from heaven to earth if need be, nail Himself to a cross and bleed out, then go to hell and back for you! He loves you and is committed to extracting you from sin’s grip, even if it costs Him His own life’s blood!
So, how does He do this? How does He take someone like me, who loved pornography and lived for the thrill of illicit sex, and cause my heart to hate it, want to crucify it, and bury it? How in the world does this happen?
I will answer this question, but first, let me ask you a question.
Question 1. Are you seeking the Lord for a heart change? Please share:
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