BREAKING THE BOUNDS OF SEXUAL IMMORALITY: PASTOR J.F ODESOLA, DIGGING DEEP OCTOBER 27TH, 2020
RCCG ONLINE CENTRAL DIGGING DEEP SERVICE TEACHING
MINISTERING: PASTOR JOHNSON FOLORUNSHO ODESOLA (ASSISTANT GENERAL OVERSEER (AGO) ADMIN. AND PERSONNEL, RCCG)
TOPIC: BREAKING THE BOUNDS OF SEXUAL IMMORALITY.
DATE: 27TH OCTOBER, 2020
BIBLE TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 6:15, 19-20
We Bless the Name of Lord for the Rendition by the Choir.
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Shall we Pray!
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Our Father in Heaven
We Glorify Your Name
We bow down before You;
Our Father
Our Father who hath in Heaven (Amen)
Hallowed be Your Name.
OPENING PRAYER
Father in Heaven, we hallow Your Name; The Most Holy Name. The Most Dependable Name!
We Thank You for all that You have done and what You are doing. And will look into the future by Faith to what You are going to do. We are indeed very Grateful, our Maker!
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And we Thank You for his life and the life of his family; we Pray that God’s Glory will continually be upon Him, in the Name of Jesus!
And as we sit around the table of God today to look at Your Word,we Pray; both the one that is standing to represent the Holy Spirit, and the people who are listening or reading now on the Label of DMC; King of Glory, You will teach us together, in the Name of Jesus!
Our Father in Heaven we Pray, we will not miss the Point that You intend to Pass across to us. We will not switch off from the things You have determined to say to us.
Please, I don’t know anything; I surrender my mouth, my head and my heart to You. That the Holy Spirit will make use of this instrument of clay to deliver the Precious things in the Will and in the Counsel of God, in the Name of Jesus!
Father, let there be Salvation today, let there be Restitution. Let the Power of God descend upon the Word.
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In Jesus’ Mighty Name we Pray – Amen!
Praise the Name of the Lord – Hallelujah!
We want to appreciate God today, once again for the Privilege from my father in the Lord. I do not take it for granted.
I remain eternally grateful to God and to you for this opportunity. The Lord will continue to Bless you, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!
Today we are going to be talking about: BREAKING THE BOUNDS OF SEXUAL IMMORALITY.
I am going to read from: 1 Corinthians 6:15, 19-20; And I am reading from Common English Bible (CEB);
- Don’t you know that your bodies are Parts of the Body of Christ? Is it right for me to join Part of the body of Christ to an immoral woman? No, it isn’t!
19 Surely, you know that your body is the Temple where the Spirit lives; the Spirit is in you, and it’s a Gift from God. You are no longer your own.
20 God Paid a great Price for you, so use your body to honour God.
May the Lord Bless the Reading and Hearing of His Word, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.
Human sexuality can be one of the most beautiful aspects that God has given to human beings, especially those who are His children here on Earth.
But since the fall of Adam and Eve from the Grace; human sexual Practises have shifted from God’s Purposes.
Sexual sin is something many people do not want to speak about because of the Personal stigma attached to it.
But from our Text above, Apostle Paul said: “Don’t you know that your body is Part of God’s Body?”
How can you join yourself to some other Person who is not Part of your body?
So, Sexual Sin can include a list of various things: Adultery, formication (before marriage), Lust and many others!
And because it seems to be a more secret sin, the enemy repackages it (as it were), making people Practice it.
And today, even the way people treat sex; it makes it look as if greater Percentage of the entire world is morally bankrupt.
In the New Testament, the word most often translated Sexual Immorality, is from ‘Pornea’.
That word ‘Pornea’ is translated as Whoredom, Formication, Idolatry.
It means: Surrendering of Sexual Purity and it’s Primarily used for Premarital sex connoting.
And from the Greek word (where the word was taken) is where we get the word ‘Pornography’ from.
… We are not talking about that today!
And Pornography means selling off!
Sexual Immorality is the SELLING OFF your Sexual Purity;
And it involves all kinds of Sexual Practices, outside the Jurisdiction, outside the Boundary of a Marriage Relationship.
Because Matthew 19: 4-5, the Master; The Word from the beginning said:
“And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?”
He made them MALE and FEMALE;
… I don’t want to emphasize on that today!
And so, when you look carefully at the Teaching of Jesus Christ, He emphasized on this. He made us to know that Sexual Purity is a MUST!
And except we are able to follow the Teaching of God in our Generation; we can easily become slaves to sin and fall from the Glory of God.
Therefore, we are going to emphasize on drinking water from your Cistern.
Because Sexual Immorality has become a plague even among Christians! And it is a great shame for those who are Born Again (the body of Christ) to do such.
The Bible says: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a New Creature: Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” – 2 Corinthians 5:17
But there are all manners of things that are being introduced in our Generation.
… Because Sexual Pleasure is just for few minutes.
I am going to use SAMSON AS AN EXAMPLE TODAY
Because he is an outstanding example I could find in the Bible!
- He was Anointed from his mother’s womb;
- He was the only one man Soldier that defended Israel for over twenty (20) years!
No other Recruits; anywhere there was a Battle, he went there!
But this same man’s Destiny collapsed, destroyed, bastardised, fell, Perished on the laps of a woman – Sexual Immortality!
In Judges 16:20-21: “And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.”
The Story of SAMSON is a lesson to all of us when we are talking about Immorality.
The above Passage shows us: CERTAIN CRACKS IN SAMSON’S LIFE:
… And his Spiritual Power was taken away!
- Samson was CAPTURED: Immorality will make you a CAPTIVE.
As Samson was captured, any day, any time; immoral act will make you a CAPTIVE.
- Samson was BOUND: Immorality will BIND you.
It will BIND you, and make you Incapacitated.
- Now Samson eyes were PLUCKED OUT: Immorality will BLIND your eyes, REMOVE your Vision.
- Samson was made to GRIND: Immorality will GRIND you to Shame and Reproach.
There are few things I was to suggest: WISDOM GUIDES TO STAY HOLY.
There are few Wisdom Guides that will help anyone any day, to stay PURE; to stay HOLY.
… And I will mention maybe Five (5) of such:
- You need to be SENSITIVE to the Enemy’s Plots
The enemy wants to take advantage of you; he wants to take advantage of me!
My father in the Lord has said that anytime you have Sexual Temptation, ask the Lord: “What have I done that You want to destroy me?”
You must be aware of the enemy’s plots.
1 Peter 5:8-9 says:
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”
There is an enemy of your Progress – Just as you have Vision, the enemy has a Vision to Pull you down and bring you to shame.
You need to be aware of this and be very sensitive to the Plots of the devil, so you will not become a victim of his Plots.
The devil hates Good Relationship, he hates the Power in Agreement, the Power in Unity!
“One will chase a thousand, two will chase ten thousand.”
He would do everything to Pollute, to destroy. He would everything to scatter any Good Relationship; so that you will not be able to do anything, and remain redundant and stagnant for life!
… You have to be AWARE! Be VIGILANT – That is what the Bible says.
- Don’t OVER ESTIMATE yourself.
1 Thessalonians 5:22 says: “Abstain from all appearance of evil.”
Wisdom demands that we avoid compromising situations and refrain from tempting the Grace of God.
To spend hours with a Lady who is not your wife; hours with a Single Person (as a married Person) in an isolated place; and say ‘of course, nothing happened.’
Even if nothing happened, you have taken the Grace of God too far!
So, you have OVER ESTIMATED yourself!
A lot of people have become casualties of situations – And you are NEVER, I am NEVER above temptation.
And if you feel you are lifted above temptation, you will be disgraced and destroyed.
Very crucial; don’t over estimate yourself!
- COUNT THE COST.
Proverbs 4:7 says: “Wisdom is the Principal thing; therefore get Wisdom: and with all thy getting get Understanding.”
It is amazing, to see a lot if people become sober and ashamed of themselves after they have become victims of Sexual Immorality.
A man was caught in another man’s house, and he was begging: ‘Please, don’t exposé me!’
… What was he thinking when he did that?
If you are caught in the act of adultery, you LOOSE everything!
Make a list of what you will loose whenever you are tempted to commit Sexual immorality and let the List motivate you to stay Clean.
Say this: How many people will you disappoint – Because your family will be in shambles.
- Keep your System CLEAN.
You have (as it were) a Bowl, a bucket. Now, you need to keep your system CLEAN.
Hebrews 13:4 says: “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
When you refuse to tend your Garden, the grass will look GREENER on the other side.
As a man, you need to keep yourself neat and clean and make sure that your wife is well taken care of.
If you see something you like in other Ladies, instead of admiring that fellow, buy the same thing for your wife – Wisdom demands that you get it for your wife!
I always get weary when I hear people criticise other people’s wives; ‘she is too fat, she is too thin!’
She is not you wife! What is your business? Who art thou that judges another man’s wife? What concerns you?
Take your wife to the boutique; dress her! Just as wives should take Good care of their husband.
You must stay attractive to your spouse whether you are a man or a woman.
Let me say this one: Sex is meant to give Pleasure to ONLY legal couples (husband and wife) and it is Covenant SEAL, as it were!
Every woman (and I say it without any apology) who deprives her husband sex is a SINNER.
The Bible says: “Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to Fasting and Prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency” – 1 Corinthians 7:5
“Every time you say you are TIRED whenever the man wants to travel to ‘Jerusalem’ or go to ‘Jordan’ and any man that uses sex as a Punishment to the wife – You also need Deliverance!
It (Sex) is a Holy thing between husband and wife!
In fact, Sexologist made a Research that: Regular sex between couple keep them Younger and United.
So, you need to know, within the confinement of marriage, that sex is an Holy thing, but to do it outside Marriage, Whaooo! You will discover it is a monster that kills faster than anything!
Look at Samson, a most respected Person now become a ridicule because he cannot HOLD himself.
- Establish a COVENANT.
Very, very important Sir; Very important Ma!
Job 31:1 says: “I made a Covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?”
It is Good to admire, but when the admiration is getting to your thought, Please Jettison it.
The configuration of a man is different from that is a woman – Men appreciates Beauty; women are Emotional.
But Job as a man, said: “I made a Covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?”
Job understood the secret that many people ignore; the secret of Covenant restriction.
When you make a Covenant with God to cover an area of Moral Integrity; it will help you, and God will also help you to keep that.
Daniel 1:8 says: “But Daniel Purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the Portion of the King’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the Prince of the Eunuchs that he might not defile himself.”
… He made up his mind that he was not going to destroy his Destiny.
And there was a young boy in the Book of Genesis like that – He was called Joseph.
He ran out! He said ‘I cannot do this and sin against my Makers.’
Daniel PURPOSED – If you make up your mind, God will back your mind up.
Make a Covenant with God today, that you are going to keep yourself.
And this is a note of warning to all the Youth: Sex is something you Practice only in the confines of Marriage.
… It is a forbidden fruit outside Marriage.
You need to know that SEXUAL PURITY is a must!
I Pray that the God of Heaven, Who has kept you this far, will keep you to the end, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
So, if you have Problem with Sexual Immortality, DEAL WITH IT! – Ask God for help; and go to your Pastor to help you in Prayer and Counselling.
. And I know the Grace of God is available!
And of you are involved in Sexual Sin, I want you to repent – Do a Total Turnaround!
“Well, everybody does it!” – You are not everybody; you are UNIQUE and so you need to do something about it!
If you have Problem with the Spirit of Lust, do something about it.
If you need to go for Deliverance, please go ahead!
I still remember like yesterday, when I was courting my wife – We Thank the Lord for our Pastor back then!
… Today, I don’t really know whether it is overzealousness.
Back then in our days, you talk with your wife to-be around the Church or the Pastor’s Living Room.
But today, engaged Youths exchange visits, and all that and they say ‘we are okay!’
You are not okay! SEXUAL PURITY is a MUST.
May I say to you: If at any Point in time, before you got married you had carnal knowledge of yourselves; you need to confess.
The Problem you are having now in your home, may be as a result of that because “a Curse Causeless will not come.”
May be that is why you need to confess.
The Pastor will join you to Pray. If they need to lay hands on both of you so that the curse can be removed.
You may be saying: ‘Everything is going on well.’ But you know you are not enjoying your marriage.
It may be because of what you did before Marriage. You can do something about it.
… Now, I want to mention some other things;
BREAKING DAILY THE BOUNDS OF SEXUAL IMMORTALITY.
How will you do it? Because you will continually face that temptation.
It is a MUST, you will continually face the Temptation – You will.
I faced it, and I am still facing it and by the Grace of God and help from the Word of God, we are able to keep overcoming!
Those who have overcome Temptation and are still overcoming, what are the Biblical Help they got?
… Biblical Help to staying Pure:
- You need to STAND FIRM Against Temptation EVERYDAY.
James 4:7 says: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Also, 1 Peter 5:8-9 says: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”
Galatians 5:1 says: “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”
So, it is something you need to do daily: STAND FIRM against temptation.
- CONFESS your SINS to your Leader.
If at any Point in time you are thinking, ‘I don’t know what is wrong with me; my heart is wandering’. You can go to your Leader.
If you have done it before – Because Sexual sin is a secret thing; go and confess to your Spiritual Leader, so that you can be free.
James 5:16 says: “Confess your faults one to another, and Pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent Prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
… An ‘Elder’ in this context is our Pastor!
- You need to Solidify yourself Daily in the WORD OF GOD.
Hide God’s Words in your heart.
Psalms 119:11 says: “Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
You trust in the strength of His Word because Hebrews 4:12 says:
“For the Word of God is quick, and Powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, Piercing even to the dividing asunder of Soul and Spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Isaiah 40:8 says: “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the Word of our God shall stand for ever.”
Hide the Word of God in your heart; solidify yourself in the Word of God.
- Do your BEST to Present yourself APPROVED to God on a daily basis.
Pray daily!
Jesus taught us in Matthew 6:13: “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever. Amen.”
And He is not talking about the number of years you have been saved; He is not even talking about your Title – No!
Pray Daily: Lead us not into temptation.
And the only way you can do that, is to Present yourself APPROVED unto God.
2 Timothy 2:15 says: “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth.”
- You need to FLEE Youthful Passion and Pursue Righteousness.
2 Timothy 2:22 says: “Flee also Youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, Faith, Charity, Peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a Pure heart.”
… Not all that glitters can be regarded as GOLD – No!
Especially those of us who are Young and Sexually active; that is when you need to FLEE!
Sexual Temptation does not need dialogue; you need to FLEE like there is a terror!
Pastor J.F ODESOLA
- Put on the WHOLE ARMOUR of God.
Ephesians 6:11-14 says: “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against Principalities, against Powers, against the Rulers of the darkness of this world, against Spiritual wickedness in High Places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;”
Put on the Whole Armour of God so that you can be able to do great exploits for God, and overcome the temptation of the enemy.
- You need to STRIVE to WORK for the Lord.
Strive to labour for Him!
There are so many things which take our attention today but you need to strive to work for Him.
Colossians 1:29 says: “Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.”
Jesus commissioned us while He was leaving the Earth. He said: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” – Matthew 28:19
You have been Born Again for a while now, but what do you do in Church?
You say’ ‘I don’t like what they are doing’ – Can’t you change it?
… You can’t change it overnight;
But you can change your circle of friends, you can be a Part of the Change and influence others Positively
And you see, most of all, change comes from within because the Bible says in Proverbs 23:7:
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.”
Do you want to be Sexual Pure? – It has to come from WITHIN.
Fill your thoughts with God’s Words, with God’s thoughts – And you will be able to overcome.
Be Sensitive to the Power of the Holy Spirit.
And I Pray that God of Heaven shall Bless and give you Strength to be able to overcome, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
So, today; should there be any need for you; I mean, you are saying: ‘All these things this man is saying, I just find myself in this Particular web, I don’t know how to get out.’
God has the answer!
God has brought this Topic because He wants to set you Free.
He knows; He had you in mind, before instructing us to Teach it.
Oh, you say: ‘I have committed so many atrocities. I have even helped people to commit abortion – I have done this, I have done that!
… He is there to Help you!
And as a married man, nobody knows about it – Oh, you sneak out to commit adultery.
… It’s high time you return to God.
Listen to this: Your time is ticking, your life is going. There is Eternity, where sinners will suffer forever and all those who did not do His Will.
Only those who do His Will enjoy in Eternity and that is why you need to Restitute your ways today.
Bro, Sis, Minister – If you need to Restitute to your spouse please, do it. Go to your Pastor to Pray for you.
Sir/Ma, the stigma of Sexual Immorality actually has a way of telling on your children.
If you don’t know it, check the Bible.
We don’t have enough time to look at all those things that happened in the Bible.
… And that is why for the sake of your children, for the sake of your future, you need to Restitute.
ALTAR CALL
And for those of you who don’t know what to do, you have to say Lord: I surrender to You today.
The Bible says in 1 John 1:9 – “If we confess our sins, he is Faithful and Just to forgive us our sins.”
And that is one thing about David – When he falls, he confesses!
You have hidden this sin for so long, and you have been suffering for so long.
Look at the afflictions in your family, look at the challenges in your life – Those are what we are talking about.
Oh, are you saying: Sins are largely responsible for my Predicaments?
I have not said that! But sin is one of the things that could cause afflictions in your life.
… That’s why we need to Pray:
If you are not Born Again, tell God: I surrender my life to You today. I don’t want to live an immoral life again.
If you are Born Again and you are still committing immoral sin; Pray: Lord, help me.
But not only that, you need to go to your Pastor, and confess to him.
If you need to restitute to your spouse, do it and God will heal you.
Once you confess, it is gone. But when you are still hiding it, it is a Point against your life.
And if you want to give your life to Jesus, say this Prayer after me:
MY LORD JESUS, I RELEASE MY LIFE UNTO YOU TODAY, FORGIVE MY SIN, WASH ME FROM ALL MY INIQUITIES, COME INTO MY LIFE AND BE MY LORD, I AM READY TO FOLLOW YOU.
GIVE ME THE POWER TO FOLLOW YOU FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. THANK YOU MY FATHER!
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we Pray – Amen!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER
Father Eternal, we Thank You because You are the Lord.
For ALL the people who are confessing their sins and the people who have made up their minds to RESTITUTE;
I Pray that this Particular day, You Almighty God will receive them, answer their Prayers and You will do something NEW for them today.
Deliver everyone who have been stung with this Particular Poison of IMMORALITY; Deliver them, and give them Freedom.
Those who have done it before and are ready to Restitute, Please Help them. Give them the Courage and equip them with Wisdom to do it.
And all of us, Oh God, we want to live in HOLINESS, we want our lives to be PURE; we want to live in LOVE and we want to UPHOLD the Integrity of the Word of God; Please, help all of us
And when the Roll is Called up in Heaven, we will make it there together.
Thank You our Maker.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we Pray – Amen!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
OFFERING AND PRAYER
Let’s Pray on our Offering; because your Service is not a Complete Service without giving an Offering.
Father in Heaven we Thank You! Lord, we Worship and we Adore Your Name.
For all those Giving an Offering; Please Bless the Offering, receive them, receive the olOffering. Use them for Your Glory.
And in the Kingdom of the Righteous, count all of us worthy to be able to Reign with You.
In Jesus’ Most Precious Name we have Prayed – Amen!
God Bless You!
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