2 Samuel 11:1-15 v.26
12:1-7
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1 Kings 15:5
“David did what was right in the
eyes of the Lord and did not
turn aside from anything that he
commanded him all the days of
his life, except in the
matter of Uriah
the Hittite.”
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$13.3
billion in the United
States
$97
billion worldwide
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70% of men
aged 18 – 34
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Largest consumer of
Internet pornography
12 – 17 year-olds
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70% of men
21% of women
struggle with internet
pornography
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75%
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silent killer
of spiritual life
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“Give me 100 men who
fear nothing but sin, and
desire nothing but God,
and I will shake the
gates of hell”
John Wesley
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90%
8 – 16 year olds
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“Television is an
invention that permits
you to be entertained in
your living room by
people you wouldn't
have in your home.”
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“Therefore let anyone
who thinks that he stands
take heed lest he fall.”
1 Cor. 10:12
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“When lust takes
control, at that moment
God loses all reality”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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“For this is the will of
God, your sanctification;
that is, that you
abstain from sexual
immorality...”
1 Thes. 4:3
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DON’T TOUCH
Wet paint!
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“The lips of an immoral
woman are as wet as
honey, and her mouth is
smoother than oil.
But the result is as
bitter as poison...”
Prov. 5:3-4 NLT
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“...How then could I do
this great evil and sin
against God?”
Gen. 39:8-9
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Sin will take you farther than you
want to go,
Slowly but wholly taking control.
Sin will keep you longer than you
want to stay,
Sin will cost you far more than you
want to pay.
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1. The Spiritually
Naive Leader
“And I saw among the naive,
and discerned among the youths a young
man lacking sense”
Prov. 7:7
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2. The Risk Taking Leader
“Can a man take fire in his bosom and his
clothes not be burned...?”
Prov. 6:26
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3. The Proud Leader
“Therefore let anyone who thinks that he
stands take heed lest he fall.”
1 Cor. 10:12
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“For the ways of a man
are before the eyes of
the Lord, and He
watches all his paths”
Prov. 5:21
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Rev. 4:8
1 John 2:2
Rom. 3:9-20; 7:23-24
James 2:10
1 John 4:10
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“...a covenant
with his eyes...”
Job 31:1
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“If we confess our sins,
He is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.”
1 John 1:9
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“But if we walk in the Light
as He Himself is in the
Light, we have fellowship
with one another, and the
blood of Jesus His Son
cleanses us from all sin”
1 John 1:7
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“...each one is tempted
when he is drawn away
by his own desires and
enticed.”
Jam. 1:14
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The stages of temptation
James 1:14-15
1. enticement (or preoccupation)
2. conception (or ritualisation)
3. birth (or acting out)
4. death (or shame)
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Danger areas in your ministry
Book: “Dangers,Toils & Snares” by Richard Exley
• Counselling
• Computer use
garycousins.blogspot.com
• Commuting (traveling) 6:18-20;
Ps. 101:2-4; Rom. 12:21; 1Cor.
Eph. 6:10-17; Jam. 4:17
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“...cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the
flesh and spirit,
perfecting holiness in
the fear of God.”
2 Cor. 7:1
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“...a vessel for honour,
sanctified and useful for
the Master, prepared for
every good work...”
2 Tim. 2:21-22
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