Many a man when he begins to accumulate wealth, commences at the same moment to ruin his soul; and the more he acquires, the more closely he blocks up his liberality, which is, so to speak, the very mouth of spiritual life. Advice to all Christians. This refers to any indecency, obscenity, or shameful thing. We are not to have fellowship with "unfruitful works of darkness" - Ep 5:11; e.g., fornication, uncleanness, covetousness, Ep 5:3-4 2. Holy and sacred things never can be seriously received by sensual minds and hearts. You will think this over-strict; and how can it be reproved if it be not named? Sodom and Gomorrah are set for a warning example. The apostle speaketh thus to express the height of detestation; for things that we utterly detest we will not name. How would you counter this with Scripture? When the Austrian officers sat down at any of the tables in the square of St. Mark, where the Venetians delight on summer evenings to eat their ices and drink their coffee, the company would immediately rise and retire, showing by their withdrawal that they abhorred their oppressors. "That pure and holy dove will not dwell in a cage of unclean and filthy birds.". If someone professes to be a Christian, but he lives in habitual disobedience to God’s moral standards, it is evidence that he has not been born again (1 John 3:9). 4:1-2 - To walk in Humility • Eph. H. Now these things are contrary to the disposition and spirit of saints, or to the holy, new, and Divine nature which is put into them.II. Sodom and Gomorrah are set for a warning example. Because of our present communion with God and service of God.III. Paul says (5:3) that these three sins are “not even [to] be named among you, as is proper among saints.” He obviously does not mean that they should not be discussed, because he is discussing them here. Holy and sacred things never can be seriously received by sensual minds and hearts. The Bible also contains stories of sexual immorality, as well as a vivid fictional depiction of it (Proverbs 7). Against Gentile uncleanness, remembering God’s judgment, beware, Ephesians 5:3-7. We profess the most holy faith; this obligeth us also, whether we took to the laws of God, which are the rule of our duty, or the promises of God, which are the charter of our hopes.3. The unchaste are threatened with "their portion in the lake burning with fire and brimstone. Intro: In our last study, we considered verses 1-2. (3)Conversion becomes almost impossible.3. The phrase, “sons of disobedience,” refers to those whose lives are characterized by disobedience, not to those who have fallen, but repented. The special impurity that is in such sins, so that holiness must be forsaken, or else these vices so opposite to holiness. Uncleanness corrupts and defileth the mind; for it turneth it from the true pleasure to the false, and that procured on the basest terms of downright sin against God.What need we have to work in Christians a greater abhorrence of fornication and uncleanness, because it is a common sin and a grievous sin.1. Upon all occasions, think what will become saints. Let the consciousness of your dedication to God be ever upon your heart.(T. H. Ruin of earthly happiness. )Forbidden sinsT. He mentions purity or warns about immorality in Romans (1, 13); 1 Corinthians (5, 6, 7, 10); 2 Corinthians (6, 7, 12); Galatians (5); Ephesians (4, 5); Colossians (3); 1 Thessalonians (4); 1 Timothy (1, 3, 4, 5), 2 Timothy (3); and Titus (1, 2, 3). The special impurity that is in such sins, so that holiness must be forsaken, or else these vices so opposite to holiness. Now these things are contrary to the disposition and spirit of saints, or to the holy, new, and Divine nature which is put into them.II. We will endeavour to touch them in the tenderest part that is left, viz., fear. Advice to all Christians. VI. It is repugnant to the higher nature of man. Let your senses be trained by God’s Word that shows us His paths of righteousness, which are for our eternal joy and good. Therefore, first, avoid occasions (Proverbs 5:8). (From here on, this message is probably rated PG-13, although I’ll try to keep it to a PG rating!) Instead of doing more for God he does less; the more he saves, the more he wants; and the more he wants of this world, the less he cares for the world to come.(C. "For the wrath of God cometh upon the children of disobedience." At least 11,000 pornographic videos are produced annually, amounting to revenue for the adult film industry estimated at between 5 and 10 billion dollars a year…. Manton, D. D.)Sinful lusts must be abhorredC. )LinksEphesians 5:3 NIVEphesians 5:3 NLTEphesians 5:3 ESVEphesians 5:3 NASBEphesians 5:3 KJVEphesians 5:3 Bible AppsEphesians 5:3 ParallelEphesians 5:3 Biblia ParalelaEphesians 5:3 Chinese BibleEphesians 5:3 French BibleEphesians 5:3 German BibleEphesians 5:3 CommentariesBible Hub, 1. Make a covenant with our eyes (Job 31:1). H. Spurgeon.When Venice was in the hands of the Austrians, those alien tyrants swarmed in every quarter; but the Venetians hated them to the last degree, and showed their enmity upon all occasions. (2) When we seek to palliate foul deeds with handsome and plausible names, and so speak of these things with allowance and extenuation, and not with extreme detestation.Secondly, the reason — "As it becometh saints"; that is, Christians or believers; all of them are saints, or should be saints.1. Let the consciousness of your dedication to God be ever upon your heart.(T. )Covetousness decried and yet practisedHarris.About the time that the Apostle Paul was denouncing the sin (of covetousness) in his Epistle to Timothy, Seneca was decrying the same evil, and composed his Ethics; but, as if to show the impotence of his own precepts, "he was accused of having amassed the most ample riches" — a circumstance which, though not the ostensible, was no doubt the real, cause of his finally falling a victim to the jealousy of Nero.(Harris. Uncleanness corrupts and defileth the mind; for it turneth it from the true pleasure to the false, and that procured on the basest terms of downright sin against God.What need we have to work in Christians a greater abhorrence of fornication and uncleanness, because it is a common sin and a grievous sin.1. Some sins are more catching than others; the very mention of them may revive and stir the motions of them in an unmortified heart. By daily deposit, it imperceptibly creates a bar which is dangerous to navigation. )LinksEphesians 5:3 NIVEphesians 5:3 NLTEphesians 5:3 ESVEphesians 5:3 NASBEphesians 5:3 KJVEphesians 5:3 Bible AppsEphesians 5:3 ParallelEphesians 5:3 Biblia ParalelaEphesians 5:3 Chinese BibleEphesians 5:3 French BibleEphesians 5:3 German BibleEphesians 5:3 CommentariesBible Hub, 1. "(Le Jeune. Let the consciousness of your dedication to God be ever upon your heart.(T. Others are saints by internal regeneration, as sanctified and renewed by the Holy Ghost (Titus 3:5). But let us consider the sense.1. Uncleanness corrupts and defileth the mind; for it turneth it from the true pleasure to the false, and that procured on the basest terms of downright sin against God.What need we have to work in Christians a greater abhorrence of fornication and uncleanness, because it is a common sin and a grievous sin.1. Sodom and Gomorrah are set for a warning example. First: The manner and degree of forbidding — "Let it not be once named among you." It is a grievous sin. As a check to it, God has implanted in us the noble sense of shame, so that the Christian, who has not returned like a dog to his vomit, abhors whatever is unchaste. It is a common sin; and then it is time to cry aloud and spare not, when persons, both single and married, make so little conscience of this duty.2. Instead of doing more for God he does less; the more he saves, the more he wants; and the more he wants of this world, the less he cares for the world to come.(C. Sermon. And, your sense of touch develops calluses so that what at first felt rough no longer bothers you. The corruption that is in the world through lust is inconsistent with the Divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). Eternal damnation. When the Austrian officers sat down at any of the tables in the square of St. Mark, where the Venetians delight on summer evenings to eat their ices and drink their coffee, the company would immediately rise and retire, showing by their withdrawal that they abhorred their oppressors. To fix the sense. After this fashion will every true Christian treat his inbred sins; he will not be happy under their power, nor tolerate their dominion, nor show them favour. The Emperor Nero was openly homosexual and was known to have been sexually involved with his own mother. Advice to all Christians. We are consecrated to the service of a holy God.2. St. Stanislaus fainted at hearing, by chance, an expression of ambiguous meaning. We will endeavour to touch them in the tenderest part that is left, viz., fear. But let us consider the sense.1. First: The manner and degree of forbidding — "Let it not be once named among you." Now these things are contrary to the disposition and spirit of saints, or to the holy, new, and Divine nature which is put into them.II. (2)Reflect on the torments of hell. To be morally pure, you’ve got to commit yourself to God’s standard and fight to maintain it. By the way, sexual satisfaction in marriage is very closely tied with relational intimacy. H. Spurgeon.Beware of growing covetousness; for, of all sins, this is one of the most insidious. Be Careful: Wives & Husbands from Ephesians 5:22–33 They defile the body, and are contrary to the dignity of the body, as it is a member of Christ, a temple of the Holy Ghost, or an instrument to be used for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 6:18).2. H. Some argue that genuine Christians may fall into habitual immorality or greed and that the consequence is, they lose their rewards, not eternal life. "(Le Jeune. But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. In the Scripture they are everywhere described by it, "With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure '" (Psalm 18:18); "Ye are clean through the word which I have spoken to you" (John 15:3); "Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart" (Psalm 73:1); "Separate yourselves from the unclean thing, and I will receive you" (2 Corinthians 6:17); and in other places. It is an abomination before God.II. He is saying that…. Keep yourselves at a great distance from and great abhorrence of this sin. )Covetousness decried and yet practisedHarris.About the time that the Apostle Paul was denouncing the sin (of covetousness) in his Epistle to Timothy, Seneca was decrying the same evil, and composed his Ethics; but, as if to show the impotence of his own precepts, "he was accused of having amassed the most ample riches" — a circumstance which, though not the ostensible, was no doubt the real, cause of his finally falling a victim to the jealousy of Nero.(Harris. But let us consider the sense.1. (1) When it is done in such a brood and coarse way, or nasty language, as doth invite rather than rebuke sin. It is a grievous sin. (2)The will becomes perverted. God’s transforming our hearts is the basis for pleasing Him by a holy life. As far back as 1988, Josh McDowell did a survey that showed that 43 percent of 18-year-old church-attending youths had had sexual intercourse. (1)The reasoning faculty is weakened. He continues (6:11), “And such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.”. We will endeavour to touch them in the tenderest part that is left, viz., fear. What purity and cleanness of heart belongeth to Christians. 1. "Never let these foul practices get the least admission among you."2. As to be hated needs but to be seen; )Covetousness decried and yet practisedHarris.About the time that the Apostle Paul was denouncing the sin (of covetousness) in his Epistle to Timothy, Seneca was decrying the same evil, and composed his Ethics; but, as if to show the impotence of his own precepts, "he was accused of having amassed the most ample riches" — a circumstance which, though not the ostensible, was no doubt the real, cause of his finally falling a victim to the jealousy of Nero.(Harris. It is a common sin; and then it is time to cry aloud and spare not, when persons, both single and married, make so little conscience of this duty.2. This sin, however loathsome in the sight of God and of human nature transformed by His grace, is nevertheless most seductive to the lower fallen nature of man. H. Spurgeon.Beware of growing covetousness; for, of all sins, this is one of the most insidious. Many a man when he begins to accumulate wealth, commences at the same moment to ruin his soul; and the more he acquires, the more closely he blocks up his liberality, which is, so to speak, the very mouth of spiritual life. It is like the silting up of a river. What purity and cleanness of heart belongeth to Christians. Q. ... Scripture: Ephesians 3:8–10, Ephesians 3:20–21. 2. It is a common sin; and then it is time to cry aloud and spare not, when persons, both single and married, make so little conscience of this duty.2. (1)Reflect on the loss of everlasting joys, where nothing defiled can enter. It is a common sin; and then it is time to cry aloud and spare not, when persons, both single and married, make so little conscience of this duty.2. To fix the sense. The sexual relationship should be reverenced among God’s people, not degraded or made light of. Your ears filter out certain noises so that you don’t even think about them. (2)Reflect on the torments of hell. (2) When we seek to palliate foul deeds with handsome and plausible names, and so speak of these things with allowance and extenuation, and not with extreme detestation.Secondly, the reason — "As it becometh saints"; that is, Christians or believers; all of them are saints, or should be saints.1. Therefore, first, avoid occasions (Proverbs 5:8). Man — the image and likeness of the Triune God — by his impurity reviles. We should not read juicy accounts of sexual sin in the press. Advice to all Christians. Rather, he means that these sins should be unknown among Christians. (Ephesians 5:16) "Be filled with the Spirit. Lewdness works destruction(1)on the body;(2)on temporal welfare.2. By daily deposit, it imperceptibly creates a bar which is dangerous to navigation. As the stream comes down from the land, it brings with it sand and earth, and deposits all these at its mouth; so that by degrees, unless the conservators watch it carefully, it will block itself up, and leave no channel for ships of great burden. We profess the most holy faith; this obligeth us also, whether we took to the laws of God, which are the rule of our duty, or the promises of God, which are the charter of our hopes.3. Others are saints by internal regeneration, as sanctified and renewed by the Holy Ghost (Titus 3:5). Therefore, first, avoid occasions (Proverbs 5:8). So he can turn something into a dirty joke or ribald humor, as many stand-up comedians and TV sitcoms do. There fell in one day twenty-three thousand for this sin (1 Corinthians 10:8). Second Contrast — Sins of the Flesh, Ephesians 5:3-21. a. Thus God’s standard is absolute and it includes moral purity in thought, speech, and behavior. Ephesians 5:3 But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; (NASB: Lockman) Greek : porneia de kai akatharsia pasa e pleonexia mede onomazes tho ( 3SPPM ) en humin, kathos prepei ( 3SPAI ) ha giois, You must have an open relationship where your kids can share their own struggles and temptations without fear of an angry tirade. Because of our present communion with God and service of God.III. Tight fitting, low-cut tops or low-riding pants that show off your mid-section are designed by the world to turn guys on. Some Christians justify going to R-rated movies by saying, “I need to understand where our culture is at. By daily deposit, it imperceptibly creates a bar which is dangerous to navigation. 4. Advice to all Christians. Sex outside of marriage is always based on greed, because its goal is to exploit the other person for your advantage, not to enrich her. We are consecrated to the service of a holy God.2. 2. But let us consider the sense.1. By daily deposit, it imperceptibly creates a bar which is dangerous to navigation. If you’re single and burning with sexual desire, pray for a mate (1 Cor. In Dallas, our apartment was on a busy freeway. But let us consider the sense.1. Manton, D. D.)Sinful lusts must be abhorredC. Holy and sacred things never can be seriously received by sensual minds and hearts. The Greco-Roman world of that day, including the city of Ephesus, was noted for moral corruption. When I used to paint houses, the customers would come home and complain about the terrible smell of the paint. The special impurity that is in such sins, so that holiness must be forsaken, or else these vices so opposite to holiness. And uncleanness and fornication are of this nature, because they tend immediately to please the flesh; other sins more remotely.3. We first endure, then pity, then embrace. We have been commanded: • Eph. The way that God designed our five senses so that they adjust to minimize harsh stimuli is amazing! Men think it a small matter to satisfy nature, but God will find them out both here and hereafter. Others are saints by internal regeneration, as sanctified and renewed by the Holy Ghost (Titus 3:5). Uncleanness corrupts and defileth the mind; for it turneth it from the true pleasure to the false, and that procured on the basest terms of downright sin against God.What need we have to work in Christians a greater abhorrence of fornication and uncleanness, because it is a common sin and a grievous sin.1. And uncleanness and fornication are of this nature, because they tend immediately to please the flesh; other sins more remotely.3. (1)Reflect on the loss of everlasting joys, where nothing defiled can enter. Uncleanness corrupts and defileth the mind; for it turneth it from the true pleasure to the false, and that procured on the basest terms of downright sin against God.What need we have to work in Christians a greater abhorrence of fornication and uncleanness, because it is a common sin and a grievous sin.1. The apostle speaketh thus to express the height of detestation; for things that we utterly detest we will not name. It is a grievous sin. (1)The reasoning faculty is weakened. Because of our present communion with God and service of God.III. Instead of doing more for God he does less; the more he saves, the more he wants; and the more he wants of this world, the less he cares for the world to come.(C. )Forbidden sinsT. Spurgeon. Men think it a small matter to satisfy nature, but God will find them out both here and hereafter. 3. Eternal damnation. Keep yourselves at a great distance from and great abhorrence of this sin. If you’re grumbling about being single or about being married to the “wrong” person, you are not just complaining about your circumstances, but really about God’s goodness and wisdom in these aspects of your life. If you’re married, thank God for the mate that He has given you and work on your relationship. 1. There fell in one day twenty-three thousand for this sin (1 Corinthians 10:8). What special impurity is there in those sins?1. Many a man when he begins to accumulate wealth, commences at the same moment to ruin his soul; and the more he acquires, the more closely he blocks up his liberality, which is, so to speak, the very mouth of spiritual life. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." The apostle speaketh thus to express the height of detestation; for things that we utterly detest we will not name. Avoid all the occasions that prompt to impurity: 2. A great asset that gets shared and shared! When asked specifically about adultery, 12 percent of pastors answered yes (since entering local church ministry)! There fell in one day twenty-three thousand for this sin (1 Corinthians 10:8). As the stream comes down from the land, it brings with it sand and earth, and deposits all these at its mouth; so that by degrees, unless the conservators watch it carefully, it will block itself up, and leave no channel for ships of great burden. In the Scripture they are everywhere described by it, "With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure '" (Psalm 18:18); "Ye are clean through the word which I have spoken to you" (John 15:3); "Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart" (Psalm 73:1); "Separate yourselves from the unclean thing, and I will receive you" (2 Corinthians 6:17); and in other places. Spurgeon. 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