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Understanding Lust & the Path of Deliverance (Teaching Outline)

Lust is not pent up energy that must be released; instead, lust is like a beast that must be starved to death. As the starvation grows acute, the beast will look desperate, but after the final drought of hunger unsatisfied, the beast will be dead -- it may be revived, nevertheless, at the smell of fresh water.... Characteristics of Lust Various (2 Tim.3:6) Harmful (1 Tim. 6:9) Foolish (1 Tim.6:9) Deceitful (Eph.4:22) Fleshly (1Pet.2:11) Worldly (Tit.2:12) Ungodly (Jude 1:18) Thrust of Lust Lusts of Flesh (Eph.2:3) Lust of Heart (Rom.1:24) Lust of Eyes (1John 2:16) Historiography of Lust Lusts of Men (1Pet.4:2) Lusts of your Fathers (John 8:44) Former Lusts (1Pet.1:14) Youthful Lusts (2Tim.2:22) Experience of Lust Temptation of Lust (James 1:14) Drawn away by Lust (James 1:14) Enticed by Lust (James 1:14) Conception of Lust (James 1:15) Looking in order to Lust - Active (Matt.5:28) Burning in Lust (Rom.1:27) Corruption of Lust (2Pet.1:4) Consequence of Lust Blindness (2Pet.1:9) Bondage

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Explorations of Faith - II: Beyond Uncertainty

Beyond Uncertainty Aphorisms from Volume I Faith in God is of ultimate kind and is, therefore, both unique and absolute. Since it is not concerned with contingent things of this world it is also not like the belief in the contingent things of the world. Belief in God is foundational to our common-sense assumptions about this world as both moral and rational. Anyone who denies God must also deny the existence of absolute morals and absolute truth, for both lose their foundation if their foundation is found within this world itself. It would be like trying to place a ball on that ball itself. The unchanging nature and character of God is the foundation of true morality and His veracity is the foundation of all reasonability and truth. We believe in the present what we hope about the future; the future being invisible at the present. The future possesses the goal and meaning that integrates our present life and gives us a reason to move forward. False hope is hoping in things that are unr

Lead us not into temptation (Matt 6:13) - With Quotes from John Gilland William Gurnall

This short prayer phrase contains a number of powerful facts: 1. "Lead us" - The fact that God doesn't abandon us in the hour of temptation. When He promised to be with us to the end of time, He stays with us even in the very moment of temptation. Unless He is there with us, He cannot lead. The prayer doesn't say "Send us not into temptation." But, it says, "Lead us not into temptation" because, even in the hour of temptation, the Lord is there with us to deliver us from falling. Now, this doesn't mean that it is God who tempts man - no, not at all; because the Bible tells us that He doesn't tempt anyone (James 1:13). But, He allows us to be tempted in order that we might be strong.. but, only that we may be strong. He doesn't want us to fall into the hands of evil in any case. So, He is there to make the way of escape that we may be able to bear it (1 Corinthians 10:13). 2. "us" - Temptation is common to all men. We do not