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Helps in Preventing Sexual
Sin
Rev. Randy Patten,
Executive Director
National Association of Nouthetic Counselors
(This outline was presented at a Bible Conference at Maranatha
Community Church,
Cedar Springs, MI. while Dr. Marc Graham served as Senior
Pastor)
FOUNDATIONAL
PRESUPPOSITIONS:
I. BIBLICAL VIEW OF
MAN . (Rom. 3:10
12,23; Jer. 17:9; I Cor. 6:9 11).
A. Sin nature - like a car out
of alignment, man's natural tendancy is toward the ditch.
B. His potential - man can change through regeneration and
progressive sanctification.
II. BIBLICAL VIEW OF
TEMPTATION . (I Cor. 10:13;
Jam. 1:13 16).
A. Certainty - the promise of
God that we will not be broken.
B. Hope - always a way out, look for it. Desires are the root
cause of our sin. Deal with them.
III. BIBLICAL VIEW OF
SPIRITUAL GROWTH .
(Eph. 4:22 24; Rom. 8:28 29).
A. Dominant controlling
orientation of the old man: DESIRE
DOMINATED .
B. Dominant controlling orientation of the new man:
PRINCIPLE ORIENTED .
IV. BIBLICAL VIEW OF
SEXUALITY . (Heb. 13:4; I Cor.
7:1 15; Prov. 5:15 20).
A. In marriage - sex is right,
holy and pure.
B. Outside of marriage - pre marital, extra marital sex is sin
and will be judged by God.
V. BIBLICAL VIEW OF THE
CHURCH . (Eph. 4:11 16; Gal. 6:1 2; Matt. 18:15
17).
A. Teaching how to avoid
falling.
B. Teaching how to get up and change when you do
fall.
BUILDING BLOCKS TO MORAL
PURITY:
1. THOUGHT Control.
(Prov. 23:7; Rom. 12:2; Phil. 4:8).
2. EYE Control. (Job
31:1; Psalm 101:3; Prov. 4:23,25; Matt. 6:22 23).
3. BODY Control. (I
Thess. 4:4; I Tim. 4:7 8; Rom. 6:12).
4. FRIEND Control. (I
Cor. 15:33; Prov. 13:20 21; 22:24 25; 27:17; 5:9 11).
5. CIRCUMSTANCE Control.
(Don't set yourself up to sin). (Rom. 13:14; I Thess. 5:22; II Tim.
2:22).
6. INFLUENCE Control.
(I Thess. 4:6 7; {Prov. 27:17; Rom. 16:17 18).
7. FOCUS Control. (II
Cor. 5:9; I Cor. 10:31; Phil. 2:3 4; Matt. 20:25 28).
***Randy Patten is the Executive Director of the
National Association of Nouthetic Counselors (NANC). This is the
leading organization in America for training and certification of
Biblical Counselors. For more information about NANC and the
resources it offers, visit its website at
www.nanc.org
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