The Seven Deadly Sins and their counterparts: the Seven Life-Giving Virtues. An 8-part sermon series. Part 1: Introductory Message

2. SDS #2: LUST TRANSFORMED INTO COVENANT LOVE
REVIEW PREVIOUS WEEK
 Series booklet
 Acronym: EGG SLAP
 Last week: pride transformed into humility
 What is sin?  Greek hamartia “miss the mark”

3. 1. PLUMBING THE DEPTHS OF LUST
 Lat. Luxuria = extravagance, decadence
“This is not the stability of a flourishing, resilient
society. It’s the peace of a decadent one.” R
Douthat
 Scripture:
1Jn 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the
flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of
life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Solomon: Prov 5:1-23; 6:20-35; 7:1-27…espec. 6:27-
29 + 32-33
Jesus: Mt 5:27-30

4. 1. PLUMBING THE DEPTHS OF LUST
 Lat. Luxuria = extravagance, decadence
 Scripture
 C.S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters
 “I’ve always admitted that I am ruled by my
passions.” Elizabeth Taylor
 Casting Crowns: “It’s a slow fade”

5. 2. OVERCOMING LUST THROUGH COVENANT LOVE
& FAITHFULNESS
1Thess 4:1-5; 5:23 / p. 1171
“Sanctification” = practical holiness, letting the
Holy Spirit completely control your life
Approach 1: Proactive & Preventive
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Approach 2: Reactive & Therapeutic

6. 2. OVERCOMING LUST THROUGH COVENANT LOVE
& FAITHFULNESS
Def. LUST is the misuse of sex for personal
gratification, debasing it from the holy purpose for
which God has given it to us.
Unchastity. Violation of the Bible’s marriage laws.
Lack of consideration for one’s partner in the use of
the marital relationship. Refusal to fulfill the
purpose of marriage in the bringing forth and giving
adequate care to children, or to take our full share
in the responsibilities or work involved.

7. 2. OVERCOMING LUST THROUGH COVENANT LOVE
& FAITHFULNESS
Unfaithfulness to one’s spouse. Sexual indulgence
outside marriage, in thought or act, alone or with
others.
Immodesty. Stimulation of sexual desire in others
by word, dress, or actions; or in one’s self by
reading, pictures, or fantasies. Collecting or
recounting dirty stories.

8. 2. OVERCOMING LUST THROUGH COVENANT LOVE
& FAITHFULNESS
Prudery. Fear of sex or condemnation of it as evil in
itself. Refusal to seek adequate sexual instruction or
the attempt to prevent others from obtaining it.
Stimulation of excessive and harmful curiosity by
undue secrecy. Repression of sex.
Cruelty. Deliberate infliction of pain, mental or
physical. Tormenting of animals.

9. 2. OVERCOMING LUST THROUGH COVENANT LOVE
& FAITHFULNESS
1Thess 4:1-5; 5:23 / p. 1171
“Sanctification” = letting the Holy Spirit
completely control your life
Approach 1: Proactive & Preventive
Approach 2: Reactive & Therapeutic
Approach 3: Strategic
Conclusion