In Pursuit Of A Pure Heart

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Matthew 5:27-30

Big Idea: Having A Pure Heart Requires Me To Take My Sin Of Lust Seriously

Two Ways I Deal With Lust:

1) I treat it carelessly (v. 28)
Case Study: David and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11)

4 Ways I Treat Lust Carelessly:
1. Believe It Could Never Happen To Me
2. Think That Lust Will Satisfy My Thirst
3. Choose To Be At The Wrong Place. Wrong Time
4. Downplay The Seriousness Of Sin

2) I treat lust carefully (v. 29-30)
Case Study: Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife (Genesis 39)

5 Ways I Treat Lust Carefully:
1. Understand What Triggers Me (Jeremiah 17:9)
2. Practice Accountability (1 John 1:7-9)
3. Reject Sin Immediately (1 Corinthians 6:18)
4. Battle Against Sin Vigorously (Romans 13:12-14)
5. Confess and Repent Quickly (2 Samuel 12:13)