Lessons From the Scrapbook
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Title: Lessons From the Scrapbook-------------------------------- Date: 3/31/01
Keywords:
"passion" "right"
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Passage: Titus 2:11-14*
11. For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.
12. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
13. while we wait for the blessed hope -- the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
14. who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
Question
How can Paul's axiom apply to your struggles against pornography?
Practical help
Thanks for tuning into the fifth and final installment of porn-fighting tips
from unlikely sources.
Your next triumph over pornography may start with a walk down memory lane.
Note how Paul links the ability to exercise self-control to God's prior
action. Indeed, it seems reasonable that flipping through the pages of your
mental spiritual scrapbook will stir passions wholly incompatible with those
found on X-rated sites.
That's good enough for one three-minute study. But don't miss the bonus
tacked on at the end. Paul writes that Jesus wants to create in us an
eagerness to do good; not doing right things because they're right, but
doing right things because we want to. That's the completion of Christ's
work in us.
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