Dating: The Protection of Purity

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Dating The Protection of Purity (2)

• If you love Me, you will follow Me

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The Request

• It would be nice to have a lesson on
  self-control and discuss lust and appropriate
  relationship affection for pre-marital couples.

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Review Part 1

• New experiencesenjoy with godly responsibility,
  Eccl. 11 9-10 1 Jno. 33
• Worlds view and Gods view
• World, 1 Cor. 1532
• God, 2 Tim. 222

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Review Part 1

• Three persons on your date
• Please God in all things, 2 Cor. 59
  Rom. 121 Col. 31
• Listen, learn, respect, obey, Prov. 71-5
• Protect your heart, Psa. 1199

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Do you want to go out?

• Pressures boundaries
• Holding hands Is it sinful?
• First kiss Is it sinful?
• The first hug Is it sinful?
• What about going farther? Rom. 121 Eph. 53

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Dating Decisions

• Healthy dating relationships arent just about
  finding the right person theyre about being the
  right personconducting oneself in ways that
  reflect Gods character.
• Shawn McMullen
  Dating relationship-when God
  is in control

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Dating DecisionsS of S 27 88-9

• It is a matter of respect
• Attracting the opposite sex
• Not by drawing worldly attention to yourself
  (immodest clothing, profane speech immoral
  conduct)
• By being moral, respectful, friendly, decent
  kindyou will attract those who have similar
  interests

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Dating DecisionsS of S 27 88-9

• Avoid tempting situations, 1 Cor.
  1013 (Gen. 3912)
• Stop before sin starts (love or lust?)
• Guard your body, Prov. 627 1 Ths. 43
• Abstinence is Gods commandment!

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Can you Stop? Really?1 Ths. 522

• What a guy says does
• If you love me youll let me. (You dont love
  me because you wont let me), Heb. 1216
• How can it be so wrong when it feels so right?!
  (Gal. 67-8)
• Youre so beautifulI just cant help myself.
• Flattery, Prov. 2628 (Jude 116)

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Can you Stop? Really?1 Ths. 522

• What a girl says does
• What she wears, how she moves (a touch, a glance,
  a flirt, where she stands, where she sits), Prov.
  625 77
• Seduction of the flesh, peer pressure
  popularity, Prov. 624 75, 15-18, 21-22
• Are you being desired for the right reason? Gal.
  417

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The Protection of Purity

• Protect your soul, Psa. 1199 (11) Job 311
  Rom. 623
• Protect your body, 1 Cor. 612-20
• But God made me this way!
• Exactly, so follow His instructions for godly
  living (2 Pet. 13)
• STDs, unwanted pregnancies, Rom. 127

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The Protection of Purity

• Protect your influence, 1 Cor.
  1533-34 1 Pet. 211-12
• Protect your happiness, SS 86 (Phil. 48)
• Protect your future, Heb. 1214-17

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The Protection of Purity

• No defilementno regret, 2 Cor.
  112
• If there has been sin, you can be forgiven!
  Acts 2216 822