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Welcome to the Liberty Baptist 
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The message you're about to hear
was preached at Liberty Baptist 

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Church in Easton, MA. 
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And now we hope that this 

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message from God's Word will be 
a blessing to you. 

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I do often like to employ humor 
in my preaching. 

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It's not because I endeavor to 
be a stand up comedian or that I

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thought that I would be an 
entertainer in a different life.

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It's nothing to do with that at 
all. 

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Often find that humor is a good 
way to help us to be able to 

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remember and to recognize the 
truth that's being preached. 

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But I never want to come across 
as a comedian because the word 

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of God is serious and the 
preaching of the word of God is 

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serious. 
But I have to say, as the young 

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people are leaving here tonight,
and I've asked them to leave 

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with Kaylee tonight for a very 
particular purpose because of 

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the text that we are going over 
tonight, there's nothing 

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humorous about the text that 
we're about to look at. 

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In fact, it is one of the more 
difficult texts to read 

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throughout the Word of God. 
It's one that I've known for 

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some time, just as we preach 
from chapter to chapter, book to

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book, particularly on Sunday 
night, starting in the Book of 

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Exodus and chapter, or rather in
2016, I've known this day is 

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coming and I've known this text 
is coming. 

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And it's the text that deals 
with Amnon's rape of his half 

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sister Tamar. 
And so I feel like there's no 

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place for humor here tonight. 
There's no place for me to even 

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come across as if I'm making 
light of what we have here in 

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the Word of God, because what we
find here is serious. 

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And tonight, the title of my 
message is this, The Dangers of 

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Lust. 
The Dangers of Lust. 

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And if I was to give this 
message a subtitle tonight, it 

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would be this Satan's Wrecking 
Ball. 

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Now, why would I say that? 
Because Satan has used lust 

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throughout the ages, all the way
from the garden, as we'll see in

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just a few moments, as the 
Wrecking Ball of humanity. 

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Now, how do I know that that's 
the case? 

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Well, it's because the world 
makes light of lust, doesn't it?

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We live in a world today where 
lust is celebrated. 

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You turn on a comedy on 
television and it's laughed at. 

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You watch a. 
Drama on the movie and you'll 

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find that it is romanticized. 
You can go just to the 

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advertisements of the day that. 
Use. 

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Lust to be able to sell thing 
like car tires and food, things 

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that have nothing to do with 
those images that are on those 

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advertisements whatsoever. 
But Satan knows that lust, as 

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enticing as it is, will 
absolutely devastate a life and 

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devastate those who are around 
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That's what we see here tonight.
That's what we find in our text 

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dealing with Amnon and Tamar. 
And there is no hiding, there is

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no way of being able to try to 
preach around what's here 

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tonight. 
And that's why that's the young 

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people to be able to go in the 
back with Kaylee this evening, 

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because I want to be a clear 
spoken without being gratuitous 

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about what we find in the word 
of God tonight. 

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Understand my approach. 
It's not to be gratuitous about 

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the rape scene that we have 
here, but also just to be plain 

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spoken about what we see here in
the word of God. 

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Not because necessarily I'm 
concerned that there's anyone 

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here this evening that will find
themselves in a very similar 

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situation as Amnon did. 
That's not this pastors concern 

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tonight, but the root cause of 
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The. 
Very root of everything that 

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takes place in Second Samuel 
chapter #13 is that one word 

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with four letters, LUST, lust. 
And I want us to take seriously 

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that which the world does not 
take seriously. 

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I want us to take with gravity 
what the world makes light of 

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the issue of lust. 
Will you stand please with me 

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for the Word of God? 
Second Samuel chapter #13 and 

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we'll begin in verse #1 And it 
says it came to pass after this,

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that Absalom, the son of David, 
had a fair sister whose name was

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Tamar. 
And Amnon the son of David loved

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her. 
And Amnon was so vexed that he 

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fell sick for his sister Tamar, 
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thought it hard for him to do 
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But Amnon had a friend whose 
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Shimia, David's brother. 
And Jonadab was a very subtle 

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man, And he said unto him, Why 
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lean from day-to-day? 
Wilt thou not tell me? 

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And Amnon said unto him, I love 
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sister. 
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay 

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thee down on my bed, and make 
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And when they father cometh to 
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thee, let my sister Tamar come 
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meat in my sight, that I may see
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So Amnon lay down and made 
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And when the king was come to 
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king, I pray thee, let Tamar my 
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couple of cakes in my sight, 
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And David sent home to Tamar, 
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Amnon's house, and dress him 
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So Tamar went to her brother 
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down, And she took flour and 
needed it, and made cakes in his

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sight, and did bake the cakes. 
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them out before him, but he 
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And Amnon said, Have out all the
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And they went out every man for 
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And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring
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I may eat of thine hand. 
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she had made, and brought them 
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brother. 
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unto him to eat, he took hold of
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lie with me, my sister. 
And she answered him, Nay, my 

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brother, do not force me, for no
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Israel. 
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And I whither shall I 'cause my 
shame to go? 

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And As for thee, thou shalt be 
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Fools in Israel now, therefore, 
I pray thee, speak unto the 

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King, for he will not withhold. 
Me. 

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From thee, howbeit He would not 
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being stronger than she, forced 
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Heavenly Father, I pray that you
would just be with us this 

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evening. 
And my heart is heavy for this 

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text. 
My heart is heavy for the 

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subject. 
And Lord, I pray that I may not 

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only preach it with the gravity 
of which it deserves, but also 

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of which the hope that is 
offered to the believer as well.

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Or that we can look at this text
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grotesqueness and see lust at 
the very center of it, but yet 

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also understand the greater is 
He that's in us than he that's 

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in the. 
World. 

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And that anyone who is dealing 
with this issue tonight, perhaps

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far more than they think they 
are or that victory is available

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through the shed blood of Jesus 
Christ or thank you for the hope

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that is available this evening 
and we ask it in Jesus name, 

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Amen. 
Thank you may be seated. 

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For the first part. 
Of the message. 

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I want us to look at this text 
and understand the absolute 

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atrocity that takes place. 
In fact, I would say perhaps 

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other than the text and Genesis 
where we find that lot offers 

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his daughters to the unruly mob 
that's outside of his home, 

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perhaps there is no other text 
in the word of God that that 

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causes the reader to have such a
visceral reaction as 

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understanding this man Amnon, 
the the Prince, the son of 

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David, who vexed or was vexed in
his soul over his SAF sister 

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Tamar. 
And so as we look at this issue 

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of lust, there's several things 
that we understand by studying 

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Amnon. 
And the first is this, that lust

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brings vexation. 
Lust brings vexation. 

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Now like vexation rather, is not
a word that we commonly used 

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today. 
But we found it in verse #2 

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didn't we, When it said an Amnon
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for his sister Tamar. 
That word vex says it's defined 

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in the 1828 dictionary means to 
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to afflict. 
Well, why was he so afflicted? 

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Because it says in verse number 
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that he loved Tamar. 
There's a lot of people who talk

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about love today. 
There's a lot of those sitcoms 

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that I mentioned that talk about
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And there's a lot of those 
movies, those ROM coms that are 

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out there that talk about love. 
But most of what you find that 

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is out there today that calls 
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fashioned lust. 
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It's not First Corinthians 
chapter #13 charity, the highest

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form of love. 
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what it is, is a love that 
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love that really wants for 
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whatsoever. 
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And Amnon had this vexation for 
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How do we know that it was 1/2 
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Remember that David had several 
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here the fact that Amnon was 
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son, but that they did not live 
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And the reason why was the kids,
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households, still all of the 
household of David, but yet with

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different mothers. 
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of which he is vexed over. 
He's he's sick that he looks at 

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her every day and has these 
thoughts and he has this inner 

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turmoil within him and it's 
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He doesn't know what to do. 
And perhaps five of the saddest 

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words in the word of God are 
found in verse #3 and those 5 

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words of this. 
But Amnon had a friend. 

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Listen tonight, friend, be 
careful who you have as friends.

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Be careful who you have as 
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Because Jonadab looks at him and
he says, well, what's the matter

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with you? 
Why do you? 

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Look this way. 
Why are you so lean? 

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What? 
What's the matter with you? 

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And he explains what happens now
if Amnon had a real friend, he 

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would have looked at him and 
said get your mind out of the 

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gutter. 
If he had a real friend, he said

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what's the matter with you? 
Don't you understand what you're

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doing is atrocious? 
Don't you even understand what 

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you're thinking about is 
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Get your life right with God. 
That's what a real friend does. 

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But what does? 
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Listen, if you want her, you can
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If you want her, there's a way. 
And he lays out a plan. 

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He gives this plan of just to 
say that you're I'll to say that

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you're not feeling well. 
Tell your dad that you want your

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sister to be able to come over 
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then what? 
She cooks for you and brings the

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food in. 
Tell your servants to leave the 

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room, tell them to go away. 
And once they are gone then you 

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can. 
Have your way with her. 

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This man was vexed. 
This man in a spirit wasn't 

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thinking right. 
There's no one that should have 

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thought that this was a good 
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should have been a good friend. 
But yet we see that that this is

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what takes place, that he is 
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Because of his lust. 
There is no doubt that it's true

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in the past, it's true today. 
Lust will vex a soul. 

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It causes physical torment. 
It causes emotional torment. 

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It causes spiritual torment. 
Listen, Lust. 

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Sensationalizes, but it never 
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Let me say that one more time. 
Lust sensationalizes. 

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Wow, look at her. 
Wow, look at him. 

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Look at what I can see. 
Look at that body. 

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Listen, lust sensationalizes, 
but it never satisfies. 

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No one has ever been satisfied 
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Sure, there might be that 
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what does the Bible say? 
There's pleasure in sin for a 

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season. 
That vexation that seems to be 

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relieved only grows more and 
more and more, as we'll see in 

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just a moment. 
So what does lust do? 

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First of all, it brings 
vexation. 

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But #2 it also brings 
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It brings grotesqueness. 
Verse number six to verse #14 as

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I just mentioned, I believe, are
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Difficult verses to read in the 
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I mentioned a lot a few moments 
ago, and certainly there's other

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verses, there's other chapters 
as well. 

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But when I think of Lot, who 
offers his own daughters to an 

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unruly mob, knowing that they 
will be raped, I can't wrap my 

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head around that. 
But yet to see what we have here

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a man. 
Who is the son of David? 

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A man who is the son of the 
sweet psalmist? 

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A man who is the son of a man 
who is after God's own heart, 

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that he would have within his 
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To do such, to force himself 
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there's nothing about it that is
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There's nothing about it that is
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I don't have to go through the 
details of what we see here in 

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these verses. 
I don't have to lay it out for 

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you tonight and try to explain 
to you, you understand the 

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foolishness. 
You understand the utter 

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abominable nature of this man. 
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tries to resist, says in verse 
#13 she says you will be as one 

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of the fools in Israel. 
Don't you understand what you're

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doing when the word gets out? 
Don't you understand, when 

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people understand what you have 
done, that you will be looked 

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upon as a fool. 
But when you're vexed, when you 

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have been vexed deep down in 
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which you will do against God 
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When that vexation has not been 
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forgiveness, and it just 
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continues to fester, there is no
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I found a lot of people who have
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pastor, I know when to stop. 
Pastor, I know how far to go. 

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Pastor, I'm totally in control. 
Those are the signs of someone 

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who is out of control. 
Someone who says I know where to

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stop doesn't know when to stop. 
Someone who says I know when to 

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cut my losses doesn't know when 
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Why? 
Because sin perpetually tells 

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you a little bit more, a little 
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It'll get better. 
It will get better, and it never

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gets better. 
It only gets worse. 

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There's nothing beautiful about 
lust. 

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Listen, lust isn't beautiful. 
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Vegas? 
The beautifulness of lust. 

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What do they show you in the 
commercials? 

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They show you the beautifulness 
of lust. 

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What do they show you in these 
illicit clubs that are out 

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there? 
The beautifulness of lust. 

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What will they show you online? 
The beautifulness of lust. 

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Isn't it beautiful? 
Isn't it gorgeous? 

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Don't you want to have a part of
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Porn promises thrills. 
Illicit sex promises physical 

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and emotional connection. 
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opposite sex, it promises 
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Listen, if you just partake, 
you'll be happy. 

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But no one that partakes in lust
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No one that partakes in lust is 
ever satisfied. 

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What does it say in Proverbs 
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Hell and destruction are never 
full. 

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So the eyes of a man are never 
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Proverbs 520. 
And why wilt thou, my son, be 

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ravished with a strange woman 
and embrace the bosom of a 

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stranger? 
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that is who is writing those 
verses by the inspiration always

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spirit Solomon 1000 wives and 
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He had everything he wanted and 
he looked at his life in the 

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book of Ecclesiastes, he says, 
what do I even have? 

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It's folly. 
It's here's the word vexation of

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spirit. 
There's a connection here 

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tonight. 
It's just vexation. 

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My spirits agitated. 
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I have and the more that I have 
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I'm still not satisfied. 
Lust will tell you how beautiful

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it is. 
Lust will tell you how natural 

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it is. 
Lust will tell you how amazing 

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it is. 
But it doesn't tell you the rest

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of the story. 
It doesn't tell you the warning 

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signs. 
You know, you see those, those 

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commercials on television. 
Hey, do you want this 

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medication? 
And they tell you there's one 

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good thing it does and tell you 
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Wrong, including death and lust 
always tells you here's this one

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thing you're going to like, but 
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effects that will ruin your 
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It's grotesque. 
There's nothing beautiful about 

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it. 
There's nothing that you can 

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find online in any of those 
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It's grotesque. 
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find outside of the confines of 
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nature that will satisfy because
that's not the way God is 

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created less to be. 
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in sexual union within the 
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anything else is just chasing 
after the next thing and the 

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next thing. 
And there are people here 

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tonight that would say it's not 
satisfying. 

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There'll be believers who got it
saved from that type of life. 

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I would say this, it didn't 
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I always thought the next time 
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always thought I was going to 
chase the high I had after the 

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first time. 
And it got worse and worse and 

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worse and worse. 
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Because we need to look at lust 
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It's not what the networks will 
tell you that you'll laugh about

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it and jump into one bed and out
of 1 bed. 

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And that's the way it is. 
And isn't it funny? 

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It's grotesque. 
And we see it here in its most 

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plain form in Second Samuel 13. 
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Not only is it bring vexation, 
not only bring grotesqueness, it

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brings instability that brings 
in stability. 

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We ended in verse #14 but we 
need to continue. 

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Amnon raped his half sister and 
then the deed was done. 

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Look what takes. 
Place in verse 15. 

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Then Amnon hated her 
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So the hatred wherewith he hated
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wherewith he had loved her. 
And Amnon said unto her, Arise 

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and be gone, you say. 
Pastor, what's going on here? 

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I do believe that he had guilt 
within his life over what he had

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just done. 
He knew within his heart what he

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did was not right. 
And listen, let's be honest 

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about whatever type of sin you 
commit. 

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Let no, let's just generically 
talk about sin for a moment that

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there are times that you feel 
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sin. 
I'm going to jump in head long 

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and as soon as you're done, you 
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As soon as you're done. 
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about the talking dog and of 
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dog is not real. 
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illustration tonight that you 
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on the other side of the door 
was a talking dog. 

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And that dog is saying to you on
the other side of the door, hey,

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open up, open up. 
Hey, hey, I want to I want to 

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talk to you. 
I want to play with you. 

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And you say, no, I'm not going 
to let you in. 

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You're going to bite me. 
No, no, I wouldn't bite you. 

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I wouldn't do that. 
And finally he convinces you to 

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open that door. 
And as soon as you do, he walks 

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right through and clamps on your
hand and he bites you and you 

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say, well, what What are you 
doing? 

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You said you wouldn't bite me. 
And he turns. 

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Around now, he says. 
Weren't you foolish? 

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What's the matter with you? 
You knew I was going to bite you

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all along. 
You knew what the consequences 

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are going to be. 
Isn't that exactly what Satan 

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does to us in our life? 
Hey, you'll like it. 

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Hey, hey, it's going to be good.
You know, I know it hasn't been 

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as good the last time. 
I know that there's been some 

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diminishing returns since when 
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But listen, you're going to like
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This time is going to be 
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This time is going to satisfy 
and you give in and what 

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happens? 
He says, What's the matter with 

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you? 
Are you? 

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Stupid. 
Are you crazy? 

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Look at what you've done. 
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does. 
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It brings instability to the one
who's involved. 

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And here's a man who says, I 
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We know it wasn't biblical love,
it was lust. 

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But now he hates her because 
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what he's done, he says, get out
of here. 

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And she says in verse #16 there 
is no 'cause the evil in sending

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me away is greater than the 
other, then now it's done unto 

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me. 
But he would not hearken unto 

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her. 
The law had built in protection 

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for women like Tamar, women that
had gone through what she had 

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done. 
I'm talking about the law of 

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Israel. 
You can look later on in Exodus 

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chapter 22, verses 16 and 17, 
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22, verses 28 and 29. 
There were protections for women

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that had what done to her was 
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She says, what are you doing? 
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she was sent away, she knew 
that. 

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If she was not taken care of in 
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situation would be even worse. 
But look at what it says and 

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this is gross. 
This is just so gross. 

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Verse #17 Then he called a 
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him, and he said, put now this 
woman out for me and bolt the 

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door after her. 
Couldn't even call her by name. 

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Put this woman away from me and 
lock the door behind her. 

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What happened? 
The man that's unstable, this is

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what sin, this is what lust does
to a person that once it 

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commences in its grotesqueness, 
instability only grows. 

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Why is that what James talks 
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minded man is unstable in all of
his ways. 

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James 48 Draw nigh to God and he
will draw nigh unto you. 

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Cleanse your hands you sinners, 
and purify your hearts, ye 

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double minded. 
Lust brings instability. 

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You often hear people say this 
about certain illicit 

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activities. 
They'll say something like this.

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Well why? 
Why? 

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Why would someone with a drug 
addiction, why would they steal 

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with their steal from their 
grandma? 

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It has to be a disease. 
Why would they do something like

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that? 
Why would someone take their 

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whole check the day that they 
receive it and go to the horse 

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track? 
And bet it all. 

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Why would someone take two weeks
of pay and within two days drink

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it all? 
It has to be a disease. 

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My answer to you would be this. 
The reason they will do that is 

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because sin brings instability. 
And in those moments you don't 

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even care. 
You're not thinking about it. 

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All you're thinking about is in 
those cases, the next hit, all 

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you're thinking about is the 
next race. 

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All you're thinking about is the
next drink, or all you're 

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thinking about is the next thing
to look at. 

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Because lust brings instability,
but it also brings destruction 

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#4 lust brings destruction. 
It says in. 

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Verse 18 That she had a garment 
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such robes were the King's 
daughters that were virgins 

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apparel. 
Then the servant brought her out

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and bolted the door after. 
What did Tamar do? 

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Well now, this garment that she 
wore that showed she was the 

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King's daughter, and that she 
was a virgin, that garment, it 

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was a mockery to her. 
Every time she looked at it, she

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was reminded of what was done to
her. 

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And it says in verse #19 that 
she put ashes on her head, rent 

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her garment of divers colors 
that was on her, and laid her 

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hand on her head, and went on 
crying. 

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And Absalom her brother said 
unto her, Hath AM, and thy 

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brother been with thee. 
But hold now thy peace, my 

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sister. 
He is thy brother. 

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Regard not this thing. 
So Tamar remained desolate in 

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her brother Absalom's house. 
But when David King David heard 

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all these things, he was. 
Wroth and Absalom spake unto his

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brother Amnon, neither good nor 
bad, for Absalom hated Amnon 

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because he had forced his sister
Tamar. 

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We'll look more at that in a 
couple weeks when we get back 

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into Second Samuel chapter #13 
After Missions Conference. 

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But what do we see? 
Sin and lust brings destruction 

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to the to their own soul. 
What do we find in the verses 

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after this? 
Ammon will die for what he did. 

449
00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:24,680
Now we'll say this. 
Ammon died via vigilante justice

450
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:29,480
by his brother Absalom. 
He died in a way that he should 

451
00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:33,760
not have died according to 
Deuteronomy chapter #22 he 

452
00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,320
should have given his life for 
what he did, but yet it wasn't 

453
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,720
done in the way that God had 
prescribed. 

454
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,320
Absalom took things into his own
hands. 

455
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:46,240
But I will say this, when it 
comes to lust, be sure your sin 

456
00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,920
will find you out. 
And in this case, that's exactly

457
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:51,840
what happened. 
Destruction was brought to his 

458
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,880
own soul. 
You can choose the crime, but 

459
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,560
you can't choose the punishment.
And the lust is an epidemic 

460
00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,200
today. 
Listen, lust is a greater 

461
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,880
epidemic today than anything the
CDC will tell you about. 

462
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,400
Lust is a greater epidemic today
than anything that you can get 

463
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:13,080
vaccinated or medicated against.
Hello, lust is the greatest 

464
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,440
epidemic today. 
Do you know of the top 20 

465
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:22,880
websites in the world? 
Four of those particularly deal 

466
00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,080
with porn. 
I was looking this up this week,

467
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:32,080
that of the websites, that of 
those four websites, they 

468
00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:38,560
account for 5.85 billion monthly
visits in the United States. 

469
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:45,240
I didn't say worldwide, 5.85 
billion views in the United 

470
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:50,480
States, the worldwide 
pornography market or actually 

471
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,800
the world. 
The market in the United States,

472
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,280
rather, is pegged around $15 
billion. 

473
00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,320
To understand this. 
That is more than the income of 

474
00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,320
the National Hockey League. 
That's more than the income of 

475
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:05,960
the National Basketball 
Association. 

476
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,200
That's more than the income of 
Major League Baseball, and it's 

477
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:13,120
just under the total income of 
the National Football League. 

478
00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:18,520
Listen, this is a Major League 
problem, and it's destroying 

479
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:22,000
souls by looking. 
By the way, it's not just a 

480
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,120
problem for men. 
Statistically shows that 

481
00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:28,080
pornography used for women is on
the rise as well. 

482
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,440
Why? 
Lust knows no boundaries. 

483
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,680
Men must keep guard. 
We'll talk about that more in a 

484
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,760
moment, but don't just think 
that there's a problem for men. 

485
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,480
We must all keep guard against 
the heart of lust, and Satan 

486
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,400
knows the ways to be able to do 
that. 

487
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,120
Satan knows that a man might be 
more desirous to look at 

488
00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:51,800
something, but a woman might be 
more desirous to read about 

489
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,560
something. 
A man might be more desirous to 

490
00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,920
look at a website, but a woman 
might be more desirous to see 

491
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,240
something perpetuated within a 
story. 

492
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,480
But yet it's all lust, and it's 
all straight from the pits of 

493
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,400
hell. 
So what do we see? 

494
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,880
That this lust brings 
destruction. 

495
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:12,360
Not just for the one, but also 
for others as well. 

496
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,080
Who is part of the blast radius,
if you will. 

497
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,160
Well, first of all, the very 
obvious answer would have been 

498
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:23,880
Tamar the victim. 
Her life was never the same. 

499
00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:27,720
But we would look at David's 
family as a whole. 

500
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,200
Well, why would we look at that?
What? 

501
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,600
Why would we say that was beyond
that? 

502
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,920
Because lust is not a victimless
crime. 

503
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,880
Hosea 87 For they have sown the 
wind, they shall reap the 

504
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,640
whirlwind. 
Nathan had said that the sword 

505
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,400
would never. 
Leave David's house. 

506
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:45,840
Where can we trace a lot of this
back? 

507
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:54,040
To David and Bathsheba, that 
David and his own loose morality

508
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:59,040
when it came to his own sexual 
desires, starting with taking 

509
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:04,280
multiple wives and then moving 
on to being on that rooftop that

510
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:09,760
night, had brought it to a place
where now the children are doing

511
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,360
in excess what the father had 
done in moderation. 

512
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:18,200
By the way, let me just say, 
whatever you do in moderation, 

513
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,480
your children and grandchildren 
will do in excess. 

514
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,160
Be careful. 
Be careful. 

515
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,320
Well, I can drink because I 
won't get drunk. 

516
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,240
Well, first of all, the Bible 
talks about drink and says for 

517
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,680
us to not for us to abstain from
drink. 

518
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,520
But even those who say, well, 
I'm OK. 

519
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,800
Yeah, but will your kids be OK 
when they're used to having 

520
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,120
these drinks around the house? 
Will your grandkids be OK when 

521
00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:44,800
they know that at every family 
gathering there's going to be 

522
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,880
alcohol there? 
Will the next generation be OK? 

523
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,640
Why? 
Because when it deals with these

524
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:54,120
things, it's not just about us. 
There's other people as well. 

525
00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:59,320
David was that person who in 
essence started the chain which 

526
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,880
continued to now Amnon doing 
this unspeakable thing. 

527
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:09,240
So. 
We look at this text and you can

528
00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,080
see why it's difficult to think 
about. 

529
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,640
It's difficult to talk about and
to preach about. 

530
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,840
But I will say that a temptation
that you might have here tonight

531
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:22,400
is this. 
You might say, pastor, I just 

532
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:26,600
don't deal with lust the way 
that I see here tonight, Pastor,

533
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:31,160
It's it's not something of the 
sexual nature that that I deal 

534
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:32,640
with. 
And perhaps it's something that 

535
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,280
you've dealt with in the past, 
or perhaps it's something that 

536
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,400
that you don't deal with now in 
the same way that others might. 

537
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,480
Because certainly Satan knows 
what all of our buttons are and 

538
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,280
Satan knows what sins does so 
easily beset us. 

539
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,720
And so I'm not here tonight to 
look at all of you and to say 

540
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,680
that every single one of us have
the same struggle that every 

541
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,680
single one of us are going with 
the exact same things, dealing 

542
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,680
with lust of a sexual nature. 
But I will say this tonight 

543
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,360
while you may, we may not deal 
with lust in a sexual nature as 

544
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,080
a besetting sin. 
I will say this, every single 

545
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:10,280
one of us deal with lust because
lust deals with a whole lot more

546
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,640
than sex. 
What is lust? 

547
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:20,200
Well, lust is in the Bible and 
its most basic definition and 

548
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,040
inordinate desire and inordinate
desire. 

549
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,640
We even find sometimes in the 
Word of God in the Old Testament

550
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,720
word is not used in a negative 
way, that it's used as an 

551
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:33,160
inordinate desire for something 
that in and of itself is not 

552
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:37,600
bad. 
But typically we understand that

553
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,840
lust in the Word of God is an 
inordinate desire, not for 

554
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,040
something good, but something 
bad. 

555
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,320
I would say this about what lust
is tonight. 

556
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,280
Now listen to this. 
If you think that nothing that 

557
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:49,840
we've talked about here tonight 
applies to you. 

558
00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,960
And by the way, if you don't 
deal with pornography, if you 

559
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,760
don't deal with sins of a sexual
nature, praise the Lord for 

560
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,120
that. 
I'm not trying to accuse you of 

561
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,200
that tonight, but I have to 
preach what's here in the Word 

562
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:00,960
of God. 
It's right here as plain as our 

563
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,320
face. 
But I want to broaden the 

564
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,440
application a little bit tonight
to its whole and fullest 

565
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,840
biblical application. 
And that's to remind you that 

566
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,720
this that lust is wanting 
anything that God doesn't want 

567
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:16,320
you to have, or wanting more 
than God wants you to have. 

568
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,760
Lust is wanting things that God 
doesn't want you to have, or 

569
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:25,280
wanting more of something than 
God wants you to have. 

570
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:31,440
Lust isn't just about sex. 
It's about money, it's about 

571
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:38,360
power, it's about leisure, it's 
about work, it's about things. 

572
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,440
Oh, lust can come in many 
different forms and many 

573
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,760
different ways. 
Lust isn't just about sex. 

574
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,720
It can be something like this. 
I've got to have the newest 

575
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,160
phone. 
Even though my phone works fine 

576
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,880
and I'm going to go into debt to
buy this phone, but I've got to 

577
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,280
have it. 
Why I got to have it? 

578
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,840
Was it much different from the 
last version of the phone? 

579
00:30:58,840 --> 00:30:59,840
I don't know, But I got to have 
it. 

580
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,800
That's lust. 
Again, I'm trying not to be 

581
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,840
humorous here tonight, but I 
want to show you the very the 

582
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,680
very serious of this in the way 
that we don't often think of it 

583
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,840
because we often like to think 
of lust in the devious nature 

584
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,560
because then we feel better 
because, well, I'm not devious, 

585
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,160
but we still deal with lust. 
Can I tell you with a way that I

586
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:25,040
deal with lust? 
One of the ways there's a pizza.

587
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:30,480
I like pizza and I eat part of 
that pizza. 

588
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,800
I'm full. 
There's three slices left. 

589
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,560
I'm satisfied. 
I have what I need. 

590
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,720
In fact, I know that if I eat 
anymore, it's probably not going

591
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:46,640
to be good. 
But I like pizza, and against my

592
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:52,640
better judgment, I continue to 
eat, saying what is that lost? 

593
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:54,920
It's a. 
Desire for something I know I 

594
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,160
don't need. 
It's more than I need. 

595
00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,680
I'm already have my sustenance. 
I've already enjoyed my food. 

596
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,240
I know it's not going to be good
for me, but for some reason, you

597
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,320
know, I walk away for 20 minutes
and I come back and something's 

598
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,200
changed, but I'll take the next 
piece. 

599
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:16,040
Lust can be in a conversation 
with somebody and desiring to 

600
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,080
hear gossip, desiring to hear 
information you know that 

601
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:23,560
doesn't belong to you, but you 
want to know to satisfy your 

602
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,200
curiosity. 
You know what that is. 

603
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,520
That is a lust for gossip. 
You shouldn't have a desire to 

604
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,320
know that information, but you 
want to know. 

605
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,200
You need to know. 
You know just so you can pray 

606
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:39,600
for them or because you want to 
know that is lost. 

607
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,400
It's working on Sundays not 
because you're a first 

608
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,680
responder, not because you're 
someone that helps in a very 

609
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:52,360
important type of work that 
can't take off on Sunday, but 

610
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,200
because you want more money, 
because you want to buy that 

611
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,920
boat, you want to be able to 
have that trip. 

612
00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,840
And so you're willing to 
sacrifice the House of the Lord 

613
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,520
on Sunday to be able to work. 
That's lust. 

614
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:11,120
That's a desire for money, a 
desire for things in a way that 

615
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,600
God never intended. 
Listen, we all deal with lust. 

616
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:19,120
Oh, sure, it may not be an Amnon
situation here tonight, and by 

617
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:24,040
the way, praise God for that. 
But we all deal with the scourge

618
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,120
of lust within our life in some 
way, shape, or form. 

619
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:29,840
How do I know that? 
We're going to go to jump to a 

620
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:31,280
lot of places here in the next 
few minutes. 

621
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:32,680
All right, I want you to follow 
along with me. 

622
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,800
All right, First John chapter 2.
Will you do that? 

623
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,200
First John chapter #2 you don't 
need to save your space in 

624
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:44,600
Second Samuel 13. 
First John chapter #2 I want to 

625
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:45,680
show you some things here 
tonight. 

626
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:46,760
Then I want to give you some 
good news. 

627
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:47,960
Who's ready for some good news 
tonight? 

628
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,760
Amen. 
All right, that's what I thought

629
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,640
you'd say. 
All right, first John chapter 2,

630
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,480
you're ready to hear it, and I'm
ready to give it. 

631
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,040
Amen. 
First John chapter #2 But I want

632
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,560
us to see what lust is. 
And you've heard me say these 

633
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,600
verses before. 
I want you to look at them in 

634
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,360
your Bible. 
I want you to mark them in your 

635
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,480
Bible. 
I want you to know these in your

636
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,680
Bible tonight. 
First John chapter 2 look at 

637
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:11,040
verse #15 love not. 
The world or we could just 

638
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,520
preach on those words tonight, 
couldn't we? 

639
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:16,520
Love not the world. 
That does not mean to not love 

640
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,639
the world to see them to 
salvation. 

641
00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:23,520
We know John 316 is true right? 
Do not love the world system, Do

642
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,719
not love the Satan controlled 
world system. 

643
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,480
Love not the world neither the 
things that are in the world. 

644
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,840
If any man love the world, the 
love of the Father is not in 

645
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,199
him. 
For all that is in the world. 

646
00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:38,880
What's in the world? 
Look at this, the lust of the 

647
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:44,639
flesh, the lust of the eyes and 
the pride of life is not of the 

648
00:34:44,639 --> 00:34:48,679
Father, but of the world, and 
the world passed the way and the

649
00:34:48,679 --> 00:34:50,360
lust thereof. 
But he that doeth the will of 

650
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,880
God abideth forever. 
And John saying this, don't live

651
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,320
for things that are temporary, 
live for the things that are 

652
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:59,240
eternal, that lust that you 
crave, that lust that I crave in

653
00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:02,400
our flesh. 
Listen, it's temporary, it's not

654
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:06,160
lasting, it's not eternal. 
Instead, crave the things that 

655
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,920
go towards eternal life, where 
moth and rust doth not corrupt 

656
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,080
and where themes break not 
through or steal. 

657
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,480
Now, where do we see this 
manifested? 

658
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,160
Where do we see the lust of the 
flesh, the lust of the eyes, and

659
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,640
the pride of life? 
Listen, we see it first in a 

660
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:22,280
setting that has nothing to do 
with sex. 

661
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,440
We see it first in a situation 
that has nothing to do with the 

662
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:30,680
illicit nature of what we saw in
Second Samuel 13, but we see it 

663
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,200
nonetheless. 
And that's in Genesis chapter 3.

664
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,120
Turn to Genesis chapter 3, if 
you would. 

665
00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:38,040
We're going from cover to cover 
tonight, all right? 

666
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:44,560
Genesis chapter #3 nothing wrong
with that. 

667
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,920
I guess it often times I love 
quoting verses to you, but at 

668
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,920
the same time, sometimes there's
no substitute for you getting in

669
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:54,840
your Bible and knowing where 
these verses are. 

670
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,720
All right? 
John 3 verse #1 you don't know 

671
00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:00,240
where Genesis is, the first book
of the Bible. 

672
00:36:00,240 --> 00:36:02,760
All right, So that's as close to
a joke as you'll get tonight. 

673
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:06,920
All right, now the serpent was 
more subtle than any beast in 

674
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:07,920
the field. 
Now listen. 

675
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,200
Who was subtle? 
Jonadab. 

676
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:13,880
Do you remember instead that I 
wasn't trying to trick you? 

677
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,680
But do you remember in Second 
Samuel 13 it said that Jonadab 

678
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:21,400
was a very subtle man? 
So Amman had a friend that had 

679
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:25,160
devilish qualities. 
Don't think that that is a 

680
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,240
mistake in the Word of God or 
coincidence in the Word of God. 

681
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:30,280
Look at this. 
He was more subtle than any 

682
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,080
beast in the field. 
And yes, it was Satan. 

683
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,360
The Lord God had made, and he 
said unto the woman, Yeah, hath 

684
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,840
God said, you shall not eat of 
every tree of the garden? 

685
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,360
And the woman said unto the 
serpent, We may eat of the fruit

686
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,400
of the trees of the garden, but 
of the fruit of the tree which 

687
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,120
is in the midst of the garden, 
Goddess said, You shall not eat 

688
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,160
of it, neither shall you touch 
it, lest you die. 

689
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,600
And the serpent said on the 
woman, Ye shall not surely die. 

690
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,280
You see what Satan does? 
First he questions, and now he 

691
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,520
outright contradicts. 
He doesn't start with 

692
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,600
contradicting at first he. 
Just asked questions. 

693
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,840
Hey, what's going on here? 
What's the deal with that tree 

694
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,480
over there? 
But once she answers, he says, 

695
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:08,160
God is wrong. 
And does God doth know in the 

696
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,680
day that you eat thereof, that 
your eyes shall be opened, You 

697
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,560
shall be as God's knowing good 
and evil. 

698
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:16,000
And when the woman saw that the 
tree was good for food, and was 

699
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,120
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree
to be desired to make one wise, 

700
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:22,000
she took of the fruit thereof, 
and did eat, and gave also unto 

701
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,240
her husband with her, and he did
eat. 

702
00:37:24,240 --> 00:37:26,000
Now I want you to look at these 
phrases again. 

703
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,920
The woman. 
Saw that the tree was good for 

704
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:30,640
food. 
What did she do? 

705
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,760
She saw. 
That it was good for food. 

706
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,680
What is food? 
The flesh. 

707
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:40,280
The lust of the flesh. 
It was pleasant to the eyes. 

708
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:43,760
The lust of the eyes. 
A tree to be desired. 

709
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,800
To make one wise. 
The pride of life. 

710
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:55,800
The very first time we see sin, 
Adam and Eve, what do we see? 

711
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,800
The lust of the flesh, the lust 
of the eyes, the pride of life. 

712
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:03,760
Listen, lust isn't just about 
sex. 

713
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,440
Lust isn't just looking wrong at
the opposite sex. 

714
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:11,560
It is that. 
But that is a very narrow scope 

715
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:16,480
of what the epidemic truly is. 
It's wanting something that God 

716
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:20,720
does not want you to have, or 
it's wanting more than God wants

717
00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:23,840
you to have. 
God says don't. 

718
00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:26,680
Why? 
Because God knew it would be to 

719
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,720
their destruction. 
Why does God tell us no? 

720
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,760
Because He knows those things 
will be to our destruction. 

721
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:37,000
And He loves us so much that he 
gives us barriers. 

722
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,360
Isn't that what Satan does? 
Well, if God loved you, he let 

723
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,880
you have that relationship. 
God love you. 

724
00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:44,800
I mean he let you look at 
whatever you want. 

725
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,800
Unless you're a grown man. 
I mean, who cares? 

726
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,280
Listen, nobody even has to know.
It's just between you and that's

727
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,320
it. 
But we see over and over again 

728
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,160
that God has told us no, not 
because he doesn't want us to 

729
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:01,040
have fun, but because he loves 
us so much He knows it would be 

730
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:05,560
poison to our souls. 
Go to Numbers chapter #25 

731
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,400
Numbers chapter #25 Just read 
the semi devotions a few days 

732
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,640
ago. 
My wife and I are in a Bible 

733
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:15,720
reading plan right now. 
We're reading together. 

734
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:17,800
Going through the book of 
Numbers right now and. 

735
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,040
And I just read this, you know, 
in the previous three chapters, 

736
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:24,760
God protected the people of 
Israel from a wicked prophet 

737
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,640
named Balaam. 
Some of you who have been here 

738
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:28,320
for a little bit, you'll 
remember when we preached 

739
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,880
through Jude and we preached 
through Second Peter, we saw 

740
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:34,800
that Balaam was a false prophet 
who had a love for money and no 

741
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,400
love for God. 
And over the course of three 

742
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:40,760
chapters, when Balaam just 
wanted money and he was willing 

743
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:46,480
to curse Israel for money, that 
God overruled him over and over.

744
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:51,560
And over again, Balaam could not
bring destruction upon the 

745
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:57,400
people of Israel. 
But in the very next chapter, do

746
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,040
you know who could bring 
destruction of the people of 

747
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:03,520
Israel? 
Israel, I want you to look at 

748
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:08,160
verse #1 After God had done all 
this to protect them, and Israel

749
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,400
abode and shit, him and the 
people began to commit whoredom 

750
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:16,120
with the daughters of Moab. 
They committed physical 

751
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,920
iniquity. 
And they called the people under

752
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:23,000
the sacrifices of their gods. 
And the people did eat and bowed

753
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,800
down to their gods. 
They committed spiritual 

754
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:28,920
iniquity. 
There were some women that said,

755
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,160
hey, hey, boys of Israel, come 
over here. 

756
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,840
Have your way with us. 
Worship our gods. 

757
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,600
Life is better over here. 
You're wandering in the desert. 

758
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:43,880
What is your life over here? 
You could have some excitement 

759
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:45,840
over you, have some fun over 
here. 

760
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,800
Our God will take care of you 
where your God dropped you off 

761
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:54,000
in the desert to rot. 
And they were enticed by their 

762
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,840
lusts, not just the lust of the 
physicality, but their lust for 

763
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,440
something better than God. 
Now listen to this. 

764
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,240
I want you to get this very 
carefully here tonight. 

765
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:08,760
That lust always says it knows 
better than God. 

766
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:15,840
Lust always says it knows better
than God, and lust never knows 

767
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:19,240
better than God, because no one 
knows better than God and no 

768
00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:23,000
thing knows better than God. 
What happened verse 3? 

769
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,520
Israel joined himself to Bale 
pure. 

770
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:26,920
And the angle of the Lord was 
kindle against Israel. 

771
00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:29,240
And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Take all the heads of the 

772
00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:32,360
people, and hang them before the
Lord against the sun, that the 

773
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:35,440
fierce anger of the Lord may be 
turned away from Israel and 

774
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:36,160
Moses. 
Said of the. 

775
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,080
Judges of Israel slay every one 
of his men that were joined into

776
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,280
Bale pure. 
You can look verse #9 and that 

777
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:47,200
number was 24,000. 
Died of the people of Israel. 

778
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:50,160
Why? 
Because of lust. 

779
00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:56,680
So here's where we're at. 
We're close to the end and all 

780
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,200
God's people should be able to 
say Amen to that. 

781
00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:04,760
But I will say this, if I just 
got to this place and stopped 

782
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,080
and said bow your head and close
your eyes. 

783
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,600
You'd probably say something 
like this, Pastor. 

784
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:13,280
I'm convinced, Pastor, I know 
this. 

785
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:19,080
Pastor, I'm thankful for the 
reminder, but what do I do now? 

786
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:24,640
Because we all deal, I believe, 
with lust in our own way. 

787
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:29,640
Satan uses the Wrecking Ball of 
lust differently in each of our 

788
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,240
lives. 
There's some commonality, but 

789
00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:33,680
there's also great differences. 
We've already addressed that, 

790
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:38,640
but what do we do? 
And if you don't get anything 

791
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:39,920
else tonight, I think I just 
said that. 

792
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,840
But if you don't get anything 
else than what I just said a few

793
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,840
moments ago, get this as well. 
And that's this. 

794
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,400
There is victory for the 
believer from lust. 

795
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:52,720
That lust may say that it knows 
better than God, but there is 

796
00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:55,680
victory for the believer from 
lust. 

797
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,560
Satan will tell you it is a 
perpetual cycle that you'll 

798
00:42:58,560 --> 00:42:59,920
never be able to get yourself 
out of. 

799
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,320
It's just the way you are. 
It's just a cross you're going 

800
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,880
to have to bear. 
No, no, 1000 times No. 

801
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,920
There is victory. 
For the believer, listen, Jesus 

802
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,920
Christ died on the cross for the
sin of lust. 

803
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:16,360
Jesus Christ died on the cross 
for your sin of lust. 

804
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:19,640
Jesus Christ with resurrection 
power up from the grave. 

805
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:24,080
He arose so that you and I don't
have to be in shackle from the 

806
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:27,560
lust of the flesh, the lust of 
the eyes, and the pride of life.

807
00:43:27,720 --> 00:43:31,000
You can have victory tonight. 
You don't have to leave here 

808
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:34,480
down and discouraged and 
depressed as you probably would 

809
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:35,800
have been just a few moments 
ago. 

810
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,560
Because I mean, look, this is 
the depths of despair that we're

811
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,000
seeing here in the word of God 
tonight. 

812
00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:42,320
But I don't want you to leave in
the depths of despair because 

813
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,400
that doesn't tell you the whole 
story. 

814
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:51,880
You can have victory tonight 
because of you, hardly because 

815
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:56,160
of him. 
Romans chapter 6, Romans chapter

816
00:43:56,160 --> 00:44:00,920
6. 
And this is good as as as 

817
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,520
discouraged as I felt even just 
preaching this message the last 

818
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,800
few minutes. 
This part excites me because 

819
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:08,160
there is victory for the 
believer tonight. 

820
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,960
You can leave here knowing that 
God can help you. 

821
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,000
You say, well, I've made 
mistakes. 

822
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:17,680
We've all made mistakes, I've 
struggled with this, we've all 

823
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,960
struggled with sin. 
God can give you victory in your

824
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,360
Christian life. 
Look at Romans 6 verse #12 it 

825
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:25,880
says this. 
Let not sin therefore reign in 

826
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:28,920
your mortal body, that you 
should not obey it in the lust 

827
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:31,360
thereof. 
Neither yield to your members as

828
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:34,440
instruments of unrighteousness 
unto sin, but yield yourself 

829
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:38,840
unto God as those that are alive
from the dead, and your members 

830
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:40,680
as instruments of righteousness 
unto God. 

831
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:43,360
For sin shall not have dominion 
over you. 

832
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,120
For ye are not under the law, 
but under grace. 

833
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,080
And we could keep reading, but 
it says here, listen that you 

834
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:52,800
don't have to have your body the
under the, the, the the 

835
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:57,280
taskmaster of who it was before 
you got saved, that you now can 

836
00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,120
have your body as the 
instruments of righteousness 

837
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:03,000
unto God. 
A look at verse #21. 

838
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:06,840
For what fruit had ye then in 
those things whereof ye are now 

839
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:08,760
ashamed? 
For the end of those things are 

840
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:10,760
death. 
It's as if Paul is saying this. 

841
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,240
Why would you go back to the 
things that you were saved from?

842
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,960
How good were they in the 1st 
place you knew you needed? 

843
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:16,920
To get saved. 
From them. 

844
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:18,160
So why would you go back to 
them? 

845
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:22,680
Yield yourself, Say no to 
yourself, say no to the body, 

846
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:24,480
say no to the desires of the 
flesh. 

847
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:27,000
Just say no. 
Pastor, is it that easy? 

848
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:29,880
It's not just that easy 
necessarily, but it is the first

849
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:34,640
step to be able to say no and 
the Lord will help you. 

850
00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:41,480
Why is it that we're more 
familiar with first John 19 then

851
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:43,600
we are with Romans 612 through 
14? 

852
00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:47,040
You say? 
What do you mean, Pastor? 

853
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:49,800
Sometimes it's just so easy for 
us to remember, OK, He's 

854
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,080
faithful and just to forgive me 
my sins, to cleanse us from all 

855
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,960
righteousness. 
But why don't we remind 

856
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:57,800
ourselves what we need to do 
before we get to 1st John 19? 

857
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:02,080
Let not sin, therefore reign in 
your mortal body, meaning this. 

858
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:05,160
Don't let sin be placed on the 
throne of your heart. 

859
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:10,240
There's only one room for one on
the throne of your heart, and 

860
00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:13,680
that's Jesus. 
Look at verse #18 and 19. 

861
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,680
Jump back up there. 
Being made free from sin, you 

862
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:18,440
became the servants of 
righteousness. 

863
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:21,600
I speak after the manner of men 
because of the infirmity of your

864
00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:23,520
flesh, as I know that you're 
weak. 

865
00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:26,760
For as you have yielded your 
members servants to uncleanness 

866
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:30,880
and to iniquity unto iniquity, 
even though now Even so now 

867
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:34,640
yield your members servants to 
righteousness, unto holiness. 

868
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:38,080
Now listen to this. 
It was several years ago, and 

869
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:41,160
I've told the story before from 
a few different angles about 

870
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:43,440
when we were working at a 
different church before we got 

871
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:45,640
here to Boston. 
Diane and I both were on the 

872
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:48,320
payroll of this church, and they
stopped paying. 

873
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,320
And the reason they stopped 
paying was because of problems 

874
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:55,000
in a building program. 
And as you know, when the income

875
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:58,520
doesn't come in, it's not just, 
well, no incomes coming in, 

876
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:01,320
well, you got to get money for 
stuff. 

877
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:04,280
And so not only we're not 
getting income, but we were also

878
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:07,680
incurring debt. 
I was opening credit cards. 

879
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,000
And because we were still young,
there wasn't much of A limit to 

880
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:11,800
the credit card. 
So I was opening multiple credit

881
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:14,280
cards. 
I got to the place and I can't 

882
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,680
even believe that I did it, that
I that I was getting payday 

883
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:20,960
loans and taking them out, 
hoping that we get paid in time 

884
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,320
by the next two weeks to be able
to pay those loans back. 

885
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:30,360
So what did I have to do? 
Well, I needed a new employer if

886
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:34,440
something was going to change. 
Now, in my example, we remained 

887
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:36,680
at the church because we felt 
that God had called us that 

888
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:38,040
church. 
And I'm thankful that we stayed 

889
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:42,360
there all seven years that we 
were there in Tampa, But we knew

890
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,880
we needed some more income. 
I need to yield myself to 

891
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,720
another master. 
So what did I do? 

892
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:52,040
I started working for the Tampa 
Bay Lightning, you know, as a 

893
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:56,240
starting Center for the no, I 
know it, the sanitation 

894
00:47:56,240 --> 00:47:58,280
department, that's what it was. 
It was the sanitation 

895
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:01,160
department. 
Diane started taking in kids in 

896
00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:04,560
the home to be able to watch. 
What did we do? 

897
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:08,280
We needed to be servants of 
someone else. 

898
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:12,520
Here's one of the keys tonight 
to beating lust. 

899
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:15,960
It's not just I'm not going to 
lust anymore. 

900
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:18,240
I don't want to lust anymore. 
I don't want to deal with this 

901
00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:21,160
anymore. 
Listen, don't make yourself a 

902
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:25,560
servant to unrighteousness. 
Yield yourself completely and 

903
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:29,160
totally unto God. 
You know, if you're a servant to

904
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:31,920
unrighteousness, you're going to
keep going further into debt 

905
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:36,240
spiritually. 
Oh, I'll get around this. 

906
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:37,840
I'll get over this. 
I'll do better. 

907
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:41,640
You never will, because Satan is
the one who's going to hold your

908
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:44,560
feet to the fire. 
And it'll never get better. 

909
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:48,440
So what do you need to do? 
I need to, with all my heart, 

910
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:51,600
serve the Lord. 
No, it's not just I don't like 

911
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:52,480
this. 
I don't want this. 

912
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:54,840
I don't need this. 
No, I need to get up every day 

913
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:56,880
with a purpose. 
I need to be in my Bible. 

914
00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:58,600
No, it may be for a couple of 
weeks. 

915
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:01,640
All I do is read my Bible. 
You said that's crazy. 

916
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:03,280
Do you know what's crazy? 
Living with. 

917
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:05,280
Lust. 
In your life, you know what's 

918
00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:07,240
crazy? 
Thinking that lust is going to 

919
00:49:07,240 --> 00:49:09,520
get better, letting that 
vexation of spirit. 

920
00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:12,720
Maybe you need to lock yourself 
in a room for two weeks and and 

921
00:49:12,720 --> 00:49:16,000
turn your phone off and turn off
the electronics in your home or 

922
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:19,760
whatever you need to do and just
say, Lord, I need you and I need

923
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,640
your word and I need to run 
other believers that can help 

924
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:23,880
me. 
You know what, what did Jesus 

925
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:25,640
say? 
If your eye offend you, cut it 

926
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:29,200
off. 
If your hand offends you, cut it

927
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:32,680
off. 
But we say things like this 

928
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:33,840
today. 
Well, I mean, I, I don't know 

929
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:37,160
how I'd go that far. 
I mean, I mean, I got to, I got 

930
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:39,920
to be able to have this, this 
electronics or I've got to have 

931
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:41,440
this. 
And I know what you got to do is

932
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:44,560
have be right with God. 
That's what you've got to do 

933
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:49,400
more than anything else. 
Romans 13 says this. 

934
00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:54,960
Make no provision for the flesh.
Don't even make provision for 

935
00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:58,480
it. 
Just do, right? 

936
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:02,600
What you might need to do is you
might need to turn in your 

937
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:06,760
smartphone and get a dumb phone.
You know what I mean by dumb 

938
00:50:06,760 --> 00:50:08,120
phone? 
You know the phone that all of 

939
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:10,120
us had a few years ago? 
Flip. 

940
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:14,520
You might need to do that. 
You might need to have some 

941
00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:18,800
filtering programs on your 
computer and give the password 

942
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:21,840
to a trusted friend. 
You might need to have an 

943
00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:26,400
accountability partner. 
You say that kind of stuff would

944
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:28,800
make me weak. 
You know. 

945
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:30,000
Who do you think is telling you 
that? 

946
00:50:30,720 --> 00:50:35,200
God, Satan. 
Jesus said this. 

947
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:38,600
Take drastic measures to be 
right with me. 

948
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:42,480
Take drastic measures to get 
right. 

949
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:47,000
There is victory for the 
believer when it comes to lust. 

950
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:49,360
But what do we need to do? 
One of the basic principles is 

951
00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:50,880
this. 
Don't be a servant to 

952
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:54,840
unrighteousness. 
Yield yourself to him and to him

953
00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:56,880
alone. 
Say, I'm going to be in church 

954
00:50:57,160 --> 00:50:59,400
no matter when the doors are 
open, I'm going to be there. 

955
00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:02,880
If there's someone that needs 
help, I'm going to help them. 

956
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:04,760
We're going to text. 
I'm going to text to the 

957
00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:07,440
accountability partner every day
just to check in or to give a 

958
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:10,000
Bible verse or to talk about 
something I've been working on. 

959
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:14,000
How does this work? 
Well, Hosea, 10 verses 12 to 13 

960
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:17,960
says so to yourselves and 
righteousness reap in mercy. 

961
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:22,480
Break up your fallow ground, for
it is time to seek the Lord till

962
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:25,280
he overcome, or till he come and
reign righteousness upon you. 

963
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:28,160
You have plowed wickedness, you 
have reaped iniquity, you have 

964
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:32,000
eaten the fruit of lies, because
thou didst trust in thy way, in 

965
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:36,080
the multitude of thy mighty men.
This is, this is where we're in 

966
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:37,160
tonight. 
Because honestly, I could talk 

967
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:40,400
about this for probably another 
two hours and you might say Amen

968
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:41,760
about that now. 
But you don't want me to talk 

969
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:44,400
another two hours. 
All right, But I will say this 

970
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:47,440
here. 
Here's what will help you more 

971
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:50,920
than anything tonight is that 
when it deals with the issue of 

972
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:56,320
lust, we are so embarrassed. 
We are so ashamed. 

973
00:51:57,200 --> 00:51:59,960
We feel like I'm too old to be 
dealing with us. 

974
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:06,200
Or people look at me a certain 
way, or nobody would think that 

975
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:11,160
I have a problem here. 
That Satan's greatest weapon in 

976
00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:14,440
dealing with lust is isolating 
us from one another. 

977
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:18,480
Because if nobody else has a 
problem and I have a problem, 

978
00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:23,080
then I'm the crazy 1. 
So I can't talk to anybody about

979
00:52:23,080 --> 00:52:24,920
it. 
And I do understand, listen, 

980
00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:26,920
that we have to have boundaries 
and we do need to be careful how

981
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:29,320
we talk to one another. 
And particularly in these 

982
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:32,600
issues, men talking with men and
women talking with women is the 

983
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:34,040
best way to be able to handle 
that. 

984
00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:36,760
Or husbands and wives talking 
with one another and then having

985
00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:39,040
accountability partners. 
But I want you to understand 

986
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:41,600
this, that Satan loves to 
isolate. 

987
00:52:42,520 --> 00:52:46,760
How do I know that? 
Well, because Jesus said that He

988
00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:50,000
would try to take those apart 
from the fold and those would be

989
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:53,400
the ones He would attack. 
He wants you to think you're the

990
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:57,720
only one dealing with lust. 
Again, I'm not just talking 

991
00:52:57,720 --> 00:52:59,760
about of the sexual nature. 
Let's be clear tonight. 

992
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:03,200
I'm talking about anything. 
It is of that nature, but it's a

993
00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:06,840
lot of other things too. 
He wants you to think you're the

994
00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:09,600
only one. 
You are not. 

995
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:14,400
And there's help through Jesus 
Christ, and He's made provision 

996
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:17,040
through your brothers and 
sisters in Christ to be able to 

997
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:19,240
help men. 
There's other men who have 

998
00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:22,720
walked the way you have before, 
and God's help them and they 

999
00:53:22,720 --> 00:53:25,840
will help you. 
And then there have been people 

1000
00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:28,520
who have done well but have 
fallen. 

1001
00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:31,000
I need to get back up. 
And there's people that will 

1002
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:34,640
help you. 
Ladies, you might feel like this

1003
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:37,520
is not an issue for you or or 
maybe you're the only one, but 

1004
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:40,960
what other lady deals with this?
You might never know until you 

1005
00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:43,360
go to a trusted sister in 
Christ. 

1006
00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:45,200
So can I talk to you about 
something? 

1007
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:48,320
Can we keep this private? 
I need some help. 

1008
00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:52,720
I need some encouragement. 
And again, it doesn't have to be

1009
00:53:52,720 --> 00:53:54,840
of a sexual nature. 
It could be any of these other 

1010
00:53:54,840 --> 00:53:57,120
issues in life. 
Satan wants you to feel like 

1011
00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:58,640
you're the only one having 
trouble. 

1012
00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:01,440
And let's be honest, every 
single one of us are struggling 

1013
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:04,320
with sin in our life and we're 
going to be struggling with sin 

1014
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:07,520
until the day we get to heaven. 
I'm not making excuses. 

1015
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:10,400
I'm just saying this every day 
we've got to fight. 

1016
00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:12,600
Every day we've got to deal with
it. 

1017
00:54:13,240 --> 00:54:15,560
And there is hope for the 
believer tonight. 

1018
00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:18,040
Do not leave here thinking it's 
doom and gloom. 

1019
00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:23,320
It's a doom and gloom passage, 
Second Samuel 13, and it's going

1020
00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:25,880
to cause their family to descend
even further into chaos. 

1021
00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:30,320
But for us as believers tonight,
there is hope in the darkness 

1022
00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:35,360
from Satan's Wrecking Ball. 
He can rebuild and take from the

1023
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:42,320
ashes and rebuild and give oil 
of joy instead of mourning. 

1024
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:47,160
Only God can do that if you let 
Him do it tonight and yield 

1025
00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:50,000
yourself as an instrument of 
righteousness to Him. 

1026
00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:53,520
Thank you for listening to the 
sermon from the pulpit of 

1027
00:54:53,520 --> 00:54:56,440
Liberty Baptist Church. 
If this message was a blessing 

1028
00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:59,920
to you, or if there's any way we
can serve you, please let us 

1029
00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:04,520
know by contacting us at 
info@mylibertybaptist.org. 

1030
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:09,320
Or you can visit us this Sunday 
at 800 Washington St. in Easton,

1031
00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:12,160
MA. 
May the Lord bless you as you 

1032
00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:13,360
grow in His Word.