1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 (NASB)
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 and that no one violate the rights and take advantage of his brother or sister in the matter, because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you previously and solemnly warned you. 7 For God has not called us for impurity, but in sanctification. 8 Therefore, the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.
Theme: God’s explicit will for us as Christians is to live a sanctified life of sexual purity.
Outline: Three aspects of personal purity that God requires of you and desires for you.
1) Stop any sexually immoral behavior (4:3)
2) Steward your body honorably (4:4-5)
3) Steer clear of cheating others (4:6)
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