“walking further with god” ephesians 5:3-7

“Walking Further With God”Ephesians 5:3-7


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)II Corinthians 12:21

I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin anddebauchery in which they have indulged.


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)A. Sexual Immoriality


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)A. Sexual ImmorialityIncest: I Corinthians 5:1

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)A. Sexual ImmorialityPromiscuity: I Thessalonians 4:3-4

3) It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;4) that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable,


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)A. Sexual ImmorialityProstitution: I Corinthians 6:15

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)A. Sexual ImmorialityIllicit sexual relations: I Corinthians 6:18

Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)A. Sexual ImmorialityPorenia: Revelation 2:20-21

20) Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.21) I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)B. Impurity


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)B. ImpurityPsalm 24:3-4

3) Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place?4) He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false.


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)B. ImpurityI Timothy 1:5

The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)B. ImpurityI Timothy 5:22

Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)B. ImpurityMatthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will See God.


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)C. Greed


I. Sexual Sin and Greed (v.3)C. GreedColossians 3:5

Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.


II. Sins of the Tongue (v.4)


II. Sins of the Tongue (v.4)Proverbs 10:10

He who winks maliciously causes grief, and a chattering fool comes to ruin.


II. Sins of the Tongue (v.4)Proverbs 10:10Proverbs 14:3

“A fool’s talk brings a rod to his back”


II. Sins of the Tongue (v.4)Proverbs 10:10Proverbs 14:3Proverbs 18:7

“A fool’s mouth is his undoing”


II. Sins of the Tongue (v.4)Proverbs 10:10Proverbs 14:3Proverbs 18:7Proverbs 29:11

A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.


III. The Punishment for Sin (vv.5-7)


III. The Punishment for Sin (vv.5-7)Matthew 6:33

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.


III. The Punishment for Sin (vv.5-7)I John 3:9-10

9) No-one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

10) This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.



I John 3:9-10I Corinthians 6:9-10 (reference only)



I John 3:9-10I Corinthians 6:9-10 (reference only)Numbers 25:1-9 (reference only)

“walking further with god” ephesians 5:3-7

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