Say No to Every Temptation 99% After watching this I Sermon I Billy Graham

God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above that which you're able to Bear but will with the Temptation make a way to escape in other words every Temptation that you ever have there's a way to escape now the Bible has a great deal to say about sensuality and lasciviousness and loudness the word lasciviousness means the tendency to incite lustful desires sensuality means the planned appeal to the physical senses for personal gratification the Bible says abstain from fleshly lust that is sensuality which war against the soul they at war against your soul

and your spirit and the Bible says abstain from them keep clear of them and then the Bible uses another word reprobate now these are the totally depraved people their consciences are either dead or seared they can no longer blush they've lost the ability to discern between good and evil and in Romans 1:28 it says and even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things that are not right in other words God gave them up and said go to it have all

the loudness and all the sex and sensuality you want I won't disturb you not yet but be sure your sins are going to find you out and you'll stand at the judgment and Paul wrote to Young Timothy and said these also resist the truth men of corrupt Minds reprobate concerning the faith in other words they've rejected Christ so long that their conscience is dead and seared and their hearts become hard and even if the spirit of God speaks they cannot hear that's the reason it's important to come to Christ while you're young and it's important

to come to Christ now if the spirit of God is even whispering to you give your life to Christ because there may come a time when your conscience will be dead and you can no longer hear God speak will you stand by the convictions of Christ and what the bible teach or are you going to give in and go on the broad road that leads to destruction or will you go through the narrow gate and go the narrow road that leads to eternal life which will it be you have a choice tonight God will never

Force his views upon you and then another young man was a young man was named Daniel and the scripture says that Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat eat no with the wine which he drank now Daniel was a young man with a purpose he had been captured in Jerusalem when Nebuchadnezzar's armies had invaded Jerusalem he had been captured and he was taken, 1500 miles across the Fertile Crescent to Babylon 15 mil from home 1500 miles from home now no airplanes no automobiles days and

weeks of travel but he was determined to serve God he couldn't have been more than 12 or 15 years of age and Nebuchadnezzar the great king had taken captives from Jerusalem to Babylon and ordered that these young men in whom there's no blemish but are well-favored and skillful in languages to be taught and reared in his court so he could use them he wanted to use these young Jews because he knew that they had a special gift and during the period of training they brought the finest wines and the finest foods and all the soft

living that you could imagine in the court of Nebuchadnezzar but Daniel said no I don't want the King's Wine and I don't want the finest Foods I want to sleep on the floor not the feather bed I want to lead a very simple self discipline life how different from those who can't wait until they can get away from home home and live it up but not Daniel Daniel was far from home and nobody would know if he did some of these things nobody would know if he had a girl and slept with her nobody would

know if he got drunk on the King's Wine nobody know back there in Jerusalem he could have gained popularity by indulging but this early no in his youth prepared him for the big no when he was prime minister of Babylon and was thrown in the Lion's Den because he wouldn't compromise his faith in God we defile ourselves by overeating drinking too much alcohol taking drugs spending too much time watching the television or going to the films in Luke Jesus said in the 21st chapter and take heed to yourselves lest at any time your hearts be

overcharged with serting and drunkenness and the cares of this life so that that day come upon you unawares the Apostle Paul said make no provision of the flesh to fulfill the lust thereof Peter said for in times past we walked in lasciviousness and lust and excess of wine reings banquetings and all sorts of evil things the Bible says we're to discipline our minds we're to discipline our bodies we're to discipline our hearts by their faith in Christ and then there was another young man by the name of Joseph and he was sold into Egypt by

his brothers and he became a slave to a man called Piper and Piper had a very beautiful wife now Joseph was strong and handsome and the in Genesis the 39th chapter if you want to read the story it tells the story of the temptation of Joseph Piper's wife sort of fell in love with Joseph because Joseph became head of the whole household and managed the Affairs of his master and she saw this handsome young veril young man walking through the house and in the gardens and in all the business Affairs every day and she lusted

for him she said come and lie with me and he said no he Saidi cannot disobey my master who has trusted me with all of this to lie with his wife and I cannot sin against God the god of my fathers now he was away from home way down in Egypt who would know but he said No and when he said no on the last time he ran from her when when she grabbed him and left his coat behind and she began to scream and yell and call for the servants and said he tried to

rape me which was not true but she said that and the master Piper had him thrown in prison and many of you know the story of how he was in prison and how through a whole series of circumstances he too became the prime minister of Egypt and ruled Egypt under Pharaoh God watched him and promot oted him because he had the strength that God gave him to say no when he was tempted now sex is not a Sin sex was given to us by God to propagate the human race and for enjoyment within the bonds

of certain rules that God laid down within matrimony and the marks of a Christian are self-control and self-discipline and Paul wrote to Timothy and said keep thyself pure how can you stay pure in a world like we live in how can you stay pure and look at the news stands how can you stay pure and look at the films how can you stay pure with all the Temptations thrown at you you can't no way except one if Christ is in your heart he will give you the strength and the power because no temptation will come

to you that's so strong but what he will provide a way to escape give your life to Christ tonight and let him take control of your life and let him be Lord of your life and let him rule that area of your life your mind and your body and even your sex let him be Lord of your sex life