2. TITLE: Pure Desire TEXT: Ephesians 5:1-7 THEME: The believer’s desires and behavior should be pure.

4. The challenge for every believer is to do more than “talk the talk”- it is to “walk the walk.”

5. Uses of this metaphor 4:1 "Walk worthy of the calling with which you were called

6. Uses of this metaphor 4:1 "Walk worthy of the calling with which you were called." 4:17 "should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind

7. Uses of this metaphor 4:1 "Walk worthy of the calling with which you were called." 4:17 "should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind." 5:2 "walk in love”

8. Uses of this metaphor 4:1 "Walk worthy of the calling with which you were called." 4:17 "should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind." 5:2 "walk in love." 5:8 "walk as children of light."

9. Uses of this metaphor 4:1 "Walk worthy of the calling with which you were called." 4:17 "should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind." 5:2 "walk in love." 5:8 "walk as children of light." 5:15 "not as fools."

11. Walking the walk means

12. doing what Jesus would do.

13. Walking the walk means doing what Jesus would do. Jesus makes a difference in our life.

14. Walking the walk means doing what Jesus would do. Jesus makes a difference in our life. living differently than the rest of the world

15. Walking the walk means doing what Jesus would do. Jesus makes a difference in our life. living differently than the rest of the world. not living as a subculture, but as a counterculture.

17. Walking in love is a teenage believer who refuses to join in teasing and making fun of another student, but rather befriends and encourages that young person at a difficult time.

18. Walking in love is a father and mother who love their young children enough to turn off the tube and spend their time teaching them, talking with them, playing with them, and loving them with their lives

19. Walking in love is a senior saint whose husband has long since gone to Heaven. Though she's lonely, her focus is not on her solitude but on encouraging other lonely people with cards, letters, and phone calls

21. What is the difference between walking in love and walking in Lust?

22. I. God wants us to walk in love ( 1-2)

23. A. We walk in love by imitating God.

24. "be imitators of God." The word imitators comes from mimetes, from which we get the English terms mimic and mime, someone who copies the characteristics of another.

25. Eugene Peterson's-The Message: "Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents."

26. Ephesians 4:32 be "kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you."

27. Romans 8:29 tells us that the reason for our salvation is that we might be "conformed to the image of his Son."

28. Matthew 5:48 "be perfect, just as your Father in Heaven is perfect."

29. 1 Peter 1:16 and Leviticus 11:44 "Be holy, for I am holy."

30. 1 John 3:2 "We know that when he is revealed, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is."

31. Rom 5:5 "because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."

32. I. God wants us to walk in love (1-2) A. We walk in love by imitating God. B. We walk in love by loving as Jesus did.

33. Ephesians 5:2 "walk in love as Christ has loved us."

34. Ephesians 5:2 "walk in love as Christ has loved us." Paul is in effect saying, "Look at Jesus." We can't love like he loved on our own. This is not a natural ability, but a supernatural ability, because Jesus lives in us.

35. Matthew 18:22, we are to forgive "seventy times seven." His point was we are to keep on forgiving and keep on loving.

36. I. God wants us to walk in love (verses 1-2). A. We walk in love by imitating God. B. We walk in love by loving as Jesus did. C. We walk in love by giving of ourselves.

37. Ephesians 5:2 "he has given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God."

38. Romans 5:8 "But God demonstrates his own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

39. "Sir," said the lad, "I did not lose it; I gave it—for France."

41. II. Satan wants us to walk in lust (verses 3-7).

42. Satan is in the business of counterfeits, reproductions, and fakes. His counterfeit of love is lust. People want true love, but try to settle for lust—cheap fleeting fantasies. Only Jesus gives true love.

43. II. Satan wants us to walk in lust (verses 3-7). A. We avoid walking in lust by putting off sexual immorality (verse 3a).

44. Ephesians 5:3 "Let it not even be named among you as is fitting for saints."

45. Ephesians 5:3 "Let it not even be named among you as is fitting for saints." (NIV)"Among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality or any kind of impurity."

46. Fornication comes from pornea, which refers to all sexual sins. Uncleanness refers more generally to anything that is unclean or filthy.

47. I Corinthians 13:5 "love does not seek its own."

48. "My hand is in the cookie jar resisting temptation."

49. "There are open cookie jars all around us.

50. II. Satan wants us to walk in lust (verses 3-7). A. We avoid walking in lust by putting off sexual immorality (verse 3a). B. We avoid walking in lust by putting off greed (verse 3b).

51. Covetousness Ephesians 5: 3. It also should not be "named among you”

52. Ephesians 4:28 We should then work not to get more stuff, but that we may "have something to give him who has need."

53. Ephesians 4:28 We should then work not to get more stuff, but that we may "have something to give him who has need.” Greediness and sexual immorality are "not even to be named among you [not even a hint of it] as is fitting for saints

55. II. Satan wants us to walk in lust (verses 3-7). A. We avoid walking in lust by putting off sexual immorality (verse 3a). B. We avoid walking in lust by putting off greed (verse 3b). C. We avoid walking in lust by putting off filthy talk (verse 4a).

56. Three specific terms: filthiness, foolish talking, coarse jesting.

57. Three specific terms: filthiness, foolish talking, coarse jesting. These things are "not fitting" among the people of God.

58. Filthiness refers to obscenities, dirty language, and vulgarities. When a person becomes a believer, one of the hardest things to change is the bad habit of dirty language. Yet it can and must be changed.

59. Foolish Talking is from morologia (moros = moron; lego = talk).

60. Proverbs 15:2 "The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness."

61. Proverbs 17:22 "A merry heart does good, like medicine."

62. American Health magazine a good laugh is like "inner jogging." Yet we can have good humor that is appropriate.

63. Coarse jesting refers to a joking manner that is determined to be coarse or rough. It carries the idea of taking any subject and making it obscene or suggestive. This is so common on night talk shows and TV sitcoms.

65. Five reasons why we should avoid coarse jesting and other forms of filthy language.

66. 1. First, when we use filthy humor, the conversation always gets worse

67. Five reasons why we should avoid coarse jesting and other forms of filthy language. 1. First, when we use filthy humor, the conversation always gets worse 2. Second, when we use filthy humor, we contribute to the moral degeneration of society.

68. Five reasons why we should avoid coarse jesting and other forms of filthy language. 1. First, when we use filthy humor, the conversation always gets worse 2. Second, when we use filthy humor, we contribute to the moral degeneration of society. 3. Third, when we use filthy language, we reveal our inner thoughts.

69. Mark 7:21 "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications…."

70. Five reasons why we should avoid coarse jesting and other forms of filthy language. 1. First, when we use filthy humor, the conversation always gets worse 2. Second, when we use filthy humor, we contribute to the moral degeneration of society. 3. Third, when we use filthy language, we reveal our inner thoughts. 4. Fourth, we harm our spiritual credibility.

71. Five reasons why we should avoid coarse jesting and other forms of filthy language. 1. First, when we use filthy humor, the conversation always gets worse 2. Second, when we use filthy humor, we contribute to the moral degeneration of society. 3. Third, when we use filthy language, we reveal our inner thoughts. 4. Fourth, we harm our spiritual credibility. 5. Fifth, God is listening to us. We "grieve the Holy Spirit of God."

72. Matthew 12:36 "For every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the Day of Judgment."

73. II. Satan wants us to walk in lust (verses 3-7). A. We avoid walking in lust by putting off sexual immorality (verse 3a). B. We avoid walking in lust by putting off greed (verse 3b). C. We avoid walking in lust by putting off filthy talk (verse 4a). D. We avoid walking in lust by putting off deception (verse 5-7).

74. Ephesians 5:6 "Let no one deceive you”

75. Ephesians 5:5 "for this you know no fornicator [person given to sexual sin], unclean person [person given to filthiness], nor covetous man [person given to greediness] who is an idolater has any part in the kingdom of Christ and God."

76. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men[a] 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

77. Galatians 5:19-21 19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

78. 1 John 3:7-10 7 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. 9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.

79. Ephesians 5:6 "Let no one deceive you … because of these things the wrath [fury] of God comes upon the sons of disobedience."

80. Demons: Best way to Destroy Christianity "Let's tell people there is no heaven. Take away the reward incentive, and they won't believe."

81. Demons: Best way to Destroy Christianity "Let's tell people there is no heaven. Take away the reward incentive, and they won't believe." "Better yet, let's tell them there is no hell. Take away the fear of punishment, and they surely won't believe."

82. Demons: Best way to Destroy Christianity "Let's tell people there is no heaven. Take away the reward incentive, and they won't believe." "Better yet, let's tell them there is no hell. Take away the fear of punishment, and they surely won't believe." "There is one better way. Let's tell them all that there is no hurry.

83. Demons: Best way to Destroy Christianity All three immediately say, "That's it! All we have to do is tell them there's no hurry, and they will never come to Christ."

84. Ephesians 5:7 The person without eternal life is "an idolater." Instead of worshiping God, he worships his own self-centered, self- gratifying lusts.

85. Let no one deceive you with empty words: "Everyone does it." "Times have changed." "No one cares." "No one will get hurt." "It's just between you and me." "You deserve a little satisfaction." "Who's going to know?"

86. I Corinthians 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 and by the Spirit of our God."

88. APPLICATION: 1.Do you love God- then let it show in your walk. Imitate God by forgiving, serving and sacrificing on behalf of others.

89. APPLICATION: 1.Do you love God- then let it show in your walk. Imitate God by forgiving, serving and sacrificing on behalf of others. 2.Avoid the false imitations. Things that would deceive us.

90. APPLICATION: 1.Do you love God- then let it show in your walk. Imitate God by forgiving, serving and sacrificing on behalf of others. 2.Avoid the false imitations. Things that would deceive us. 3.We should avoid walking in lust.