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The Ethics of God’s NewPeople IV
Ephesians 5:3-7
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Sexual Mores
• Triads in these verses
– Sexual Immorality
– Impurity
– Greed
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Sexual Mores
• Sexual Immorality—porneia– Related to the word “pornography”– Broad word related to any type of sexual sin
– Sex is a PSYCHICAL act (1 Cor. 6:15-19)
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Sexual Mores
• Impurity—unrestrained living; flaunting of sexual sin (1 Peter 4:3-4)
• Greed- How is this related?
– 1 Thess. 4:3-7
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Clean in Speech• Another triad
– Obscenity– that which is shameful or disgraceful– Foolish Talk– morologia—words of a moron or a
fool– Coarse Jesting—turning of a phrase for sexual
humor
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Clean in Speech
• “A dirty mind expressing itself in dirty speech.”
John Stott
Joking lowers our resistance to a taboo
Language reveals what is on the mind and in the heart
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Reality of Judgment
• This is not a threat but a WARNING—this is going to happen (vv. 5-7)
• “Grace is not only a privilege and a gift but an obligation and a responsibility.” Wm. Barclay
• Romans 6: 15-17
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Reality of Judgment
• Christianity may not be a religion of “rules” but it does contain commandments that true believers will follow
• Jesus said “IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS”
• Wrath will come to those who spurn His standards
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