How to Be Kept From Sexual Impurity

Driving home: You and I are being bombarded by an aggressive, evangelistic, hedonistic philosophy that is trying to take paint remover upon the consciences of men and absolutely obliterate any thought of right or wrong in the realm of…

The analogy of basketball court boundary lines is used to illustrate how hedonism seeks to remove all moral distinctions, making everything 'in bounds' in sexual expression, thus eliminating the concept of impurity.

there are some guidelines, we are meeting in a basketball court today, and there are the sidelines and the end line. And when the teams come on here to play, the moment the The ball is bounced over there or rolls over there. It's out of bounds and must be brought back into play. Now, the hedonist, the libertine, would say, Now, Paul, that's the trouble with you.

7:44 - 8:04 Read in full sermon

Driving home: You and I are being bombarded by an aggressive, evangelistic, hedonistic philosophy that is trying to take paint remover upon the consciences of men and absolutely obliterate any thought of right or wrong in the realm of…

The military analogy of softening up an enemy area with bombs before an invasion is used to describe how humanism and evolution have bombarded society for a hundred years, preparing it to receive hedonistic philosophies by destroying the creator-creature relationship.

Now, to do this, what have you got to do? You've got to destroy the biblical doctrine of creation, the biblical doctrine of the fall, and the biblical doctrine of redemption. And our generation was softened up, just like when there's a battle, and if you're going to invade an area that the enemy has, you first of all bring your bombers in to soften it up, to loosen it up. You have your ship stationed offshore to bombard it, and then you land your troops.

10:16 - 10:44 Read in full sermon

Driving home: It's accusing God of having a dirty mind.

A quotation from Professor Murray's 'Principles of Christian Conduct' is used to counter the ascetic view of Mary's perpetual virginity, arguing that denying Joseph his marital due would make her a 'wretch,' not someone to be admired.

You see, Mary would be something less than the Holy Mother of God if she ever had normal sexual fulfillment with Joseph. Joseph! You see, that's the philosophy of asceticism. But as Professor Murray says so beautifully in his book, Principles of Christian Conduct, if Mary had not had normal marital relations with Joseph after the birth of Jesus, she wouldn't be someone to be admired, she'd be a wretch to have denied Joseph his rightful due as a husband.

14:08 - 14:40 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Proverbs 5 is used to demonstrate the unity of Scripture, with a father's instruction to his son to avoid the strange woman and instead find full, God-ordained sexual satisfaction…

The analogy of drinking water from one's own cistern and well, rather than roaming for a neighbor's water, is used by Proverbs 5 to illustrate the wisdom of finding sexual satisfaction within one's own marriage rather than seeking it outside.

he warns him about the terrible consequences of seeking to gratify sexual desire outside of the protective walls of matrimony but having given this negative warning he then tells him in verse 15 to the end of the chapter drink cisterns out of thine own drink waters out of thine own cistern and running waters out of thine own well should thy springs be dispersed abroad and streams of water in the streets let them be for thyself alone and not for strangers with thee he says look if you've got some rain spouts coming off the roof of your house into your own cistern and there's always enough water

30:37 - 31:22 Read in full sermon

The point: Don't be afraid of early marriages, and be willing to forego personal ambitions for your children's purity and spiritual well-being.

Martin gives an example of how parents should present a realistic view of marriage to their children, including challenges like crying babies and unpaid bills, to counter a romanticized 'honeymoon' perspective.

bring them up short real good and fast and just say now remember remember mommy coming down big bags under her eyes yeah remember dad bags under his eyes yeah well remember that may happen to you crying baby unpaid bills you know give them a realistic view if they've just been captured by some love bug don't just encourage them to go on off and get married I'm not talking about that but I'm talking about after you've sat down and this girl or this fellow seems to be a solid Christian seems to be willing to make the sacrifices to work and get the husband some more schooling and all the rest don...

41:34 - 42:19 Read in full sermon

The point: Spend time reading Proverbs, Ephesians 5, and 1 Corinthians 7 to soak your mind with God's word and be immunized against hedonism and asceticism.

The metaphor of Scripture as a stamp is used to explain how continually exposing one's mind to God's word imprints biblical concepts, immunizing against the 'viruses' of hedonism and asceticism.

so that you'll be able to be immunized against the terrible viruses of hedonism and asceticism that will try to get in your system and ruin it you ought to read off in the fifth chapter of Proverbs every one of you fellows every one of you girls ought to read off in Proverbs 31 you ought to read Ephesians 5 read 1 Corinthians 7 so that as you develop intellectually and you learn your algebra and your French and funky German and the rest you're beginning to have a mind that has on it the stamp of the concepts of scripture you see scripture is like a stamp in some ways and as you expose your min...

43:00 - 43:43 Read in full sermon