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Re-program the Mind

The Bible says: "For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he." (Prov 4:23).

Therefore, we are a product of what we think. Jesus makes it very clear in Mark 7:21-23 that we think evil thoughts because our heart is evil: "And He said, what comes  out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of man proceed evil thoughts; adulteries, fornication, murders, theft, covetousness, wickedrness,e deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defiles a man."

It is Word of God that will tranformed the mind and heart through the workings of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, a person's value system and priorities will be changed.

The end result will be that a person's behavior, lifestyle , attitudes, and choices will be radically changed as a person sees God's perspective on Life! The Word of God will disclose to us our motives and secrets of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 says: "The Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edge sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."  

The Word of God is like a mirror that reflects all our defects: "For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it, and is not forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this one will blessed in what he does." (James 1:23-25).  

As we look into the mirror of God' Word, a supernatural occurance
will take place: We will see the glory of God and will be transformed into that same image: "But we all, with unveiled face,
beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord (2 Corinthians 3:18). 

Development of Sanctication-First Step

Questions with Answers found in this section of Scripture: 

      1.  What is the most important quality that we need to add FIRST to our faith?


      2.   What is the will of God according to this section of Scripture

      3.    What is virtue?

      3.    What is the gravest sin in the Church

      4.     What two qualities will sexual immorality destroy inside of us?

       5.     What relationships will sexual immorality destroy?

2 Peter 1: 5 “…giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue-which is moral excellence (2 Peter 1:5a).  It doesn’t say, add, church involvement, or soul winning, or separation. To our precious faith add moral excellence. Does that sound a little odd?  In I Thessalians 4: 3-the Word of God says; “For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; that each of should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles, who don’t know God…For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. 

Therefore, he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit. (I Thessalonians 4:3-5, 7-8). In I Corinthians 6:18-20 the Word of God declares:  Flee sexual immorality, as every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immortality sins against his own body.  Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.


Sex is sacred and marriage is a picture of the intimacy, oneness, and purity that the Lord wants in His relationship with a believer. “For this reason a man shall leave his    father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.  This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
  1. Sexual immorality is one of the gravest sin in the church.  It destroys relationships and families. Satan has used sexual immortality to destroy the ministry of pastors, who gnvolved in an illicit relationship.
  2. Many men in the church have an insatiable appetite for pornography that destroys their relationship with both their wife and the Lord.
  3. Too many women in the church love their soap operas and they often have romance thoughts about being involved in an affair.
  4. Adding moral excellence to our precious faith will create much stability and strength in our character in addition to gaining God’s favor and many blessings from the Lord.
  5. Sexual immorality is one of Satan’s favorite tool for enslaving those who are involved in it.Sexual immorality will destroy a person’s character and conscience.  Therefore, ADDmoral excellence to your precious faith
  6. To illustrate character I would use cement that is wet and mix with gravel, when it is first laid down on the ground.  When it is settle it will become hard and sturdy.  Moral excellence is the beginning of a foundation that will soon become hard and sturdy.

(Abstain from sexual immortality)


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