09 First Thess 4:1-8 (Sexual purity)

Live a life pleasing to God
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
I. Review & Big Picture
II. Instruction on living a life pleasing to God

A. Walk in the Lord Jesus (1:1)
Romans 8:10-11
B. Walk according to Biblical teaching (1:1-2)

***Christians, empowered by the Holy Spirit, are to live lives
pleasing to God according to His moral standards***

C. The will of God (3:3)
D. Sanctification (3:3)
1 Peter 1:15-16

***God’s will is for us to grow in holiness (to be sanctified)***

E. Sexual purity (4:3-8)
1. Why is God concerned?
2. Abstinence (3:3)

***God created sex for enjoyment within the confines of a biblical marriage***
(Defined as one man and one woman for life)

3. Control our bodies (3:4)
4. Not in the passionate of lust of the gentiles (3:5)
5. Adultery (3:6-8)
Exodus 20:14, 17
6. The wrath of God (3:6-7)
Proverbs 6:32-35
1 Corinthians 6:8

***Christians must flee sexual immorality!***

7. The forgiveness and restoration of the Lord
1 Corinthians 6:9-11

***God can and will forgive us, restore us, and redefine us***