“Not even a Hint” (Part 3)
“But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.”
(Ephesians 5:3, NIV)
What does it mean that we have “not even a hint” of sexual impurity among us? How do we live this way in a highly sensualized culture? How do we win the battle for sexual holiness?
This month our theme on Breaking Free will be “Not Even A Hint.” Each Monday we’ll be highlighting a sermon by a well-known and gifted Bible teacher centering on this text in Ephesians 5.
This week: John Piper, “The Enthronement of Desire”
This message was preached on October 26, 1986, at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this message John Piper does a careful job explaining the specific sexual sins mentioned in Ephesians 5, and then explains how Paul motivates his readers to put off these sins. Piper calls us to put off the deep, dominating cravings that drive us to these impurities, and to live lives enthralled in thanksgiving and wonder.
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John Piper is the Pastor for Preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church. He earned his B.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary and his D.Th. from the University of Munich. Piper is the author of more than 30 books and is the dominant preaching voice behind the ministry of Desiring God.
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