The Dynamics of Sexual Temptation — A Slippery Slide

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Title: The Dynamics of Sexual Temptation — A Slippery Slide ------------------- Date: 3/29/2002
Keywords: “fall” “slide”
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Passage: Proverbs 4:23*

Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.

Questions

1. What are the consequences of leaving your heart unguarded?

 

2. Why is having a pure heart so important to experiencing a joyful life?

 

Practical help

We need to understand the powerful dynamics of sexual temptation so that we are able to take action to resist them. Here is another of several principles to keep in mind:

The beginnings of the “slide” into immorality often seem so harmless that we may not even be aware of them. We live in a sex-saturated world. Each time we are exposed to a TV program, movie, magazine or pornography on the Internet that appeals even slightly to our sexual desires, a powerful, unconscious process evolves.

The process is often so slow and subtle that we are rarely aware of what is happening; but as the years pass, our hatred of sexual sin is gradually lost. In fact, the process has been going on in our society long enough that many young Christians have never developed that abhorrence. And so the seeds of personal sexual sin have been sown deep in most of our hearts, without our even realizing it.

Are you in dangerous territory? Have you begun the slide into immorality? Maybe you’re already in the grips of a porn habit. The Lord Jesus is on your side and is working to rescue you from the grips of sexual sin. You can freely approach Him and confess your sin and need for Him. Ask Jesus to give you a trusted friend who can walk with you and support you in the process of change. It will take some time and there will be some struggle, but the Lord will faithfully see you through.
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."