Purity: Forgiveness Edition

If you have already had sex before marriage. If you have kissed people who you aren't committed to now. If you have fallen away from God at some point, or are experiencing that now. This message is for you...

FORGIVENESS.

You see the thing about Purity, is that we all need it. Which means we are all impure. No one is any more pure than the other. Purity is a choice not a scale. You either are pursuing it, or you aren't.

People ask me "what if someone has already had sex" but that isn't what it's about. Your past has NO hold on you IF you change the direction of your course. Now, if you STAY on the wrong path, then okay, lets bring the past out so that you see the pattern. But if you want to be pure, then DO IT.
You want to save your kiss even though you gave it up...OKAY.

The reason you can do this is because of forgiveness. When we mess up, and we KNOW we messed up, we then confess that junk to the Lord and desire to turn from that, God then forgives us. HE no longer holds those things against us.

What a lot of people, I find, forget to tell us, is that God may forget, but the consequences are still there. And also, satan never forgets.
Why do I say consequences? Because, sin is ugly and messy. It messes everything up! But forgiveness makes YOU better. It makes the sin NOT mess you up. But you still have the same body.
When you are forgiven and seek the Lord, you can handle anything that comes your way. So consider yourself then ABLE to handle the consequences that will probably come.

Another thing some people, I find, fail to point out. Is that every time Jesus helped someone out of sin. He didn't say "I cleaned you up now do whatever you want....go ahead and keep doing what your doing" Um...NO!
He said "go and sin no more!"
There has to be a change somewhere. If the stove is burning your hand then MOVE YOUR HAND!
If you really want to be forgiven and pure, you WILL turn from your previous ways.

I have run into some people who have said they love my story and it's so encouraging to them and they want to be pure too. Yet, they are still sleeping with their boyfriend, living with him and/or getting pregnant without a commitment. How can I believe them, when their sin is so precious to them?

Jesus challenged the rich man in Mark 10:17-22 to give up what he had, but it was too great of a request.
Are you holding onto your sinful lifestyle like this? Is it too great of a request for you to let it go?
Where is your treasure? In Jesus? Or in your earthly satisfactions and desires?

Letting go of what you "want" is soooo important in pursuing Purity.
I had to let go of lots of things. One was my desire to be married. It was a DESIRE. It consumed my thoughts and I would drift off into fantasy thinking about it. Finally, I said "enough". I asked for forgiveness and begged God to help me get rid of the deep desire, because it was IN THE WAY of me desiring Him. Now, it has not been a overwhelming thought since!!!! :)

So you have to decide.

YOU have to decide.
No one else can do it for you.

Will you TURN from your sin?

Will you "go and sin no more"?

Purity is possible for you.

But it is a choice.

It has to be your choice.

Your life has to change, even if your consequences don't.

Will you stop having sex?

Will you stop kissing?

I'm really asking this of you.

I don't want your "likes"...I don't want to just encourage you.

I want you to experience freedom

I want you to be blessed and strong from forgiveness.

I want you to pursue Purity.

What do YOU want?

Everyone has sinned. You are not alone.
If you have gotten pregnant outside of marriage, had a abortion, or gone farther than you are proud of? You aren't alone. But you CANT stay there. It is messy and it will only eat away at your life little by little.

You can't get rid of sin by covering it up with more sin either.

There is a beautiful road you can choose. Adam and Eve chose sin, now you have the freedom to choose a better road. It takes work. But each and every time you work you get stronger and happier because you get closer and closer to the Lord. But YOUR SIN, your present sin, is IN THE WAY of you going deeper with the Lord. Are you going to let it stay there, or will you say "enough"?

Some of your decisions can't be undone easily.

• If you have children in a house with a man who isn't your husband....you will need help. You will need somewhere to go that is good for your children. Seek out Family, the Church, Christian Friends. That's what they should be there for. (you can't wait for your partner to marry you, but if he does, THEN you move in)
• If you are in a relationship where you know your partner expects to get sex from you...you will need to break it off.
• If you have already been kissing, you will need to establish rules for yourself and let others know of your decision so it's less of a chance of someone trying to get that from you.
• If you have had an abortion, and now are married, or not, you need to ask forgiveness. And live in honor or your child.
• If you have drifted away from the Lord and are still living in your sin, you need to STOP. It isn't easy. But choice by choice you have to say "NO"

All of these require that you....

1. Confess Your sins
2. Ask for FORGIVENESS (and mean it)
3. Ask God to help you TURN from it
4. TAKE YOUR HAND OFF THE STOVE
5. Seek The Lord, Purity, Love, Peace, Christian Friends, Church
6. LIVE BY THE WORD

This is all POSSIBLE. You know how I know? Because every single day I do it! I need Jesus every day...and you do too :)


Purity is achievable by THOSE WHO WANT IT, not by those who are perfect.

"For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23

"While we were STILL sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8

"What shall we say then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? BY NO MEANS! We died to sin, how can we live in it any longer?" Romans 6:1-2

"Just as you used to offer parts of your body in slavery to impurity and ever-increasing wickedness, so NOW offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness" Romans 6:19

"Clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature" Romans 13:14

"What fellowship can light have with darkness?" 2 Corinthians 6:14

"I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I may present you as a pure virgin to Him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpents cunning, your minds might somehow be led astray from your sincere devotion to Christ" 2 Corinthians 11:2-3

"Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men I would not be a servant of Christ." Galatians 1:10

"Flee the evil desire of youth an pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart" 2 Timothy 2:22

"It teaches us to say "no" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age" Titus 2:12

"As obedient children do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance" 1 Peter 1:14

"Be self-controlled and alert, your enemy, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers [and sisters] throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of sufferings" 1 Peter 5:8-9

"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" 1 John 1:8-9

"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him" 1 John 2:15

"Give Me your heart" Proverbs 23:26