The Real Deal Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: The Real Deal -------------------------- Date: 5/13/2002 Keywords: "authority" "glory" "majesty" "power" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. The current studies look at some verses from the brief New Testament epistle by Jude. Passage: Jude verses 17-25* 17. But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18. They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires." 19. These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. 20. But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21. Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. 22. Be merciful to those who doubt; 23. snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear--hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh. 24. To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy-- 25. to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. Question How can the four qualities ascribed to God in verse 25 above — "glory, majesty, power and authority" — help you stand strong against porn?   Practical help Web porn can be pretty intimidating and irresistible, what with its high-tech graphics, sound effects, and Hollywood-good-looks actors. But with all its flash, smut's got nothing on the awesome appeal of the True God. Porn and the rest of the world's temptations are pathetic in comparison. So if you're tired, bored and ashamed of smut's glitz, gaze your eyes on the Real Deal. In the words of Helen H. Lemmel's classic refrain, Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful face, And the things of earth will grow strangely dim, In the light of His glory and grace. Click here to read and hear this song (sound card required for audio). eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2002 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved. ---