Title: Purity
Memorize: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 (Nkjv)
Bible Reading: Psalm 111:10 (Nkjv)
[10] The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.
Message:
When I was much younger, there were certain things we would not attempt to do because we considered them to be inappropriate.
Today, it is unfortunate that some ‘Christians’ misbehave and justify it with the Scriptures, saying, “Where the Spirit of God is, there is liberty.”
The Holy Spirit does not give anyone a license to sin; rather, He gives a fellow the grace to stand firm in righteousness so that he or she will not sin.
As a mother, I usually question teenagers when I see them relating closely with members of the opposite sex in church or in my neighborhood.
Some of them will often tell me, “We’re just chilling, and there’s nothing serious between us.”
However, they regularly visit, chat freely online, and exchange unholy compliments with members of the opposite sex.
In Yorubaland, the elders usually say that a fellow should not sniff what he or she does not intend to eat.
In this case, if teenagers claim that they are not engaging in immoral activities with members of the opposite sex, yet they don’t keep healthy boundaries in their interactions with them, they will eventually engage in such immoral activities and suffer terrible consequences.
Key Point:
Maintain healthy boundaries with members of the opposite sex so you can keep yourself pure.
HYMN 44: DEEPER, DEEPER IN THE LOVE OF JESUS
1 Deeper, Deeper In The Love Of Jesus
Daily Let Me Go;
Higher, Higher In The School Of Wisdom,
More Of Grace To Know.
Refrain:
Oh, Deeper Yet, I Pray,
And Higher Evry Day,
And Wiser, Blessed, Lord,
In Thy Precious, Holy Word
2 Deeper, Deeper! Blessed Holy Spirit,
Take Me Deeper Still,
Till My Life Is Wholly Lost In Jesus,
And His Perfect Will.
3 Deeper, Deeper! Tho’ lt Cost Hard Trials,
Deeper Let Me Go!
Rooted In The Holy Love Of Jesus,
Let Me Fruitful Grow.
4 Deeper, Higher, Ev’ry Day In Jesus,
Till All Conflict Past,
Finds Me Conqu’ror, And In His Own Image
Perfected At Last.
Bible In One Year: 1 Chronicles 16:37-18:17 Romans 2:1-24
Authors: Pastor E. A. Adeboye and Pastor Folu Adeboye