Living to Please God (I) - Moral Purity

Introduction

I. The basic principle of Christian living laid out in four truths:

1. The Goal of Christian living (v1)
2. The Pattern of Christian living
   (v1)
3. The Content of Christian living
   (v2)
4. The Imperative of Constantly
   Cultivating The Christian Life
   (v2)

II. Three points of personal purity applied to sexual matters:
1. Be abstinent from sexual
immorality (v3)
2. Be self-controlled and know how
to control you body (v4)
3. Be faithful and don't take
advantage or defraud others (v5)
4. Application:
a. Reminds us of our need for
the seventh commandment (see
Larger Catechism Q. 139)
b. Reminds us that sexual
immorality is not a
victim-less crime/sin

III. Three vital motives to follow the
three points of personal purity
1. There are consequences to our
actions (v6)
2. If you are not a sin denier,
then you are a sin indulger
(v7)
3. Your communion with Christ is
directly affected (v8)

Conclusion