lust is passion outside of principles love is passion within principles how do
I know that Amnon did not have love is because he
desired something that was forbidden what he desired the scripture says God's
Word said it was improper for Amnon to have Tamar
the girl was 15 years of age come on bro dude really she's your half-sister dude
that's not right and God said in Leviticus that bros should not date
their sisters have sisters God's Word was very clear
do not be with someone who is part of your biological family but see God's
Word also says don't be unequally yoked with those who have not your faith God's
Word also says that a man should be with the woman and the woman should be with
the man God's Word also says these things but the problem a lot of times is
that we have a passion that's raging and this is how you know that that passion
is not love if that passion violates God's principles as a Christian for us
it's sin now if you are here today and you're not a follower of Jesus Christ I
want to tell you something you actually have a free pass you actually can follow
your passions it's not wise but you can do that why because you are the Lord of
your life you are the god of your life you are your own supreme ruler like
North Korea has their supreme ruler you got your own it's you you are in charge
of you you are the savior of you so you can do whatever you want as Christians
we have surrendered that right when we gave our life to Jesus we accepted him
as our Savior and accepted him as our Lord can somebody say Amen his word
becomes the regulation for a passion we submit our passions to him we don't go
in and try to change God's Word to fulfill our passions we let God's Word
control our passions sometimes you're 15 years of age and
you're sexually got awakened you realized girls exist and they're
cute but it's not right time for you so what do you do
you don't go dating around like the world does you go in and you put your
feelings into God's feet and say Lord it's not my time and you submit it why
because you're not ready to date with you're not ready for marriage did you
just say that I did but what about high school half of people who are cool in
high school become fools they're twenty years down the road divorced and
children from every continent that's not your destiny that's not your
calling don't follow the crowd don't follow the world god never called you to
fit in he called you to stand out you have a lord his name is Jesus
God wants you to spend your high school years finishing school get the best
grades God wants you to finish your high school years getting into some college
God wants you to finish your high school years picking up a hobby learn how to do
things in life learn how to have friends learn how to have hobbies
instead of smooches smooches smooches stop at the end of the football games
and then when it's your time to get married
so you pass on to your girlfriend not sexual transmitted disease and children
from different people whose contacts you lost already
but you pass on something that is valuable something that's precious I'm
not trying to step on anybody's toes but I think what culture does is stupid they
they make fun of oh you guys are talking about these values like values in the
80s and their old school that stuff works and what culture does doesnt
we as Christians we submit our passion to the principles of God we don't try to
mix the principles to regulate our passions you have to understand sex within
marriage is beautiful outside of marriage it's dirty nah it's not it is
very simple you see this plant that the soil within this within this pot is the
soil the cultivates the plant they're very same soil
just became dirt this is dirt within the pot its soil how could the same thing
within the pot becomes something the cultivates outside of the pot something
that stains take passion outside of God's principles it stains your consciousness
stains your physical life and brings guilt sexual transmitted disease
unwanted pregnancies a heartbreak and you might say but it's just sex if I
just try harder you can try all you want this is dirt why because God
intended it for sexuality and for passion to be within the context of
marriage pot that's why the same sex that you can have with the spouse the
moment it's outside of the context if it comes you feel guilty human like boys
because I grew up in the Judaeo Christian community and that's why I
feel guilty no it's because you're a human and God set some boundaries and
when you violate them your consciousness triggers you feel dirty
why because you just took the soil out of a pot and you put it on the top of a
podium it stains you you know you can be naked with one the moment you get
married and you watch naked people you feel dirty
why because you're taking that soil that cultivates into the podium and it stains
you and you can you can tell yourself all you want all day long this stains
because if I put this right now on your hands if I put this on your Bible if I
put it on your dashboard in your car if I put it on your phone and I say isn't
that cute all of you here today who are living in sexual immorality you know
deep in your heart is wrong it hurts it stains your consciousness you know
this displeases God and it's not helping your future and sexual sins are the
worst things you can ever commit do you know why it's not because God has a hard
time forgiving them it's because you will have a hard time recovering from
them