This talk presents Biblical insights on the topic of sex. The moral aspect of our lives is a beautiful part of how we were created, and God wants us to experience freedom in this area.

<p>This talk presents Biblical insights on the topic of sex. The moral aspect of our lives is a beautiful part of how we were created, and God wants us to experience freedom in this area.</p>

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Oklahoma Academy

Blessed are the Pure in Heart

Gerry Wagoner

Twelve Locked Hearts

And this is the beginning of a home in embryo.

I was 5, my wife was 5 there at the age of 14.

That was the science fair, the eighth grade science fair.

And I was destined because of that to go to the state championships.

And the 1974 Xenia tornado went through Ohio and utterly decimated Central State University where the championships were to be held.

And 1 afternoon, Ohio's priorities were turned around.

They said, forget the championships for this year.

It probably saved me from a life of science.

I say that because of the errors of Darwinism.

This is my wife, also at 14, going down the road.

This is Nancy and I at our first Christmas.

And that's my Uncle Carl there between us, the man who is gone now.

It's a big hit with the girls, the guys are all quiet.

I know what you're thinking, and we're going to talk about that too later on.

This is 1984, this was after I became a baptized member of the church of my father's in 1984.

This is 1988, our 2 sons who are now 29 and 27, I believe.

He's now 2 meters tall, which is almost 6 foot 7.

I have to use meters when we were over in Norway.

It's our young son, Dylan, studying to be a doctor.

Maybe you can't see it real well, but I'm not.

Because during that period of time in my life, I wasn't the happiest kid.

And in 2003, I was and something happened in our life.

We, I don't want to jump ahead of the story.

We were attracted to each other for various reasons.

We became married and we brought into the relationship hidden issues that we didn't know how to resolve, didn't even know they were there, and we probably didn't care about them.

And there's our, this was in 2005, I believe, 5 or 6, our 2 sons, and this is 2009, that's the most recent picture I have.

And now we want to get down to what we want to talk about tonight.

And everything he said in the Bible he meant.

Now I want to talk about the heart tonight.

But I want to start out by talking about these 12 locked hearts.

And you might be thinking, was that the disciples?

But we're going to go through 12 different issues that have the potential to lock your heart and mine.

I had a heart that was locked with pride a number of years ago, and God in his mercy humbled me and took that away.

Number 1, our heart will influence the way you and I think.

It's doing something more than just beating tonight and being the circulatory pump for the life-giving blood in your body.

There's something more going on inside of you.

It's a special, beautiful part of you, your heart.

It's the center of an individual and it's where God wants to write his law along with your mind.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Proverbs 23, 7, As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

The Bible says a good man or girl or woman will bring good things out of the good stored up in them.

That's why God has a desire to see you young people and us middle-aged people.

He wants to see us store up good things in our life.

That way good things will come out of our life.

You store up bad things in your life, it is going to come out.

You store up pornography in your life, it's going to come out, guys.

You store up romance novels into your hearts, girls.

It will come out in false expectations of reality.

Our heart will influence the way we speak.

Those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart and they defile the man." Let's go on.

I'm going to go through them as quickly as I can.

If I go long, just wave in the back, Claire, and go like this, and I'll get the message.

I'll try to do this as efficiently as I can.

Now, the reason we're talking about this is because each of these areas have the ability to kill something special, your relationships.

You see, God created you and I for relationships.

Blessed are the Sexually Sanctified

We live in a world that is saturated with the wrong use of sex.

From the youngest 1 in this room to the oldest grandfather, grandmother.

In fact, the world takes God's ideal and turns it completely upside down.

And it fills marketing, entertainment, music, literature, everything.

When that young man turns 17 or 18 years of age, it is very likely that his biological collection will change his view on that.

I'd like to talk to you just briefly about the right way and the wrong way to conduct a dating relationship.

Many of you young people are either involved in a dating relationship, most of you aren't, but all of you are ultimately candidates for that.

And that's an exciting time in your life, when someone you think's terrific thinks you're terrific.

But it's not to be entered into casually or loosely as a game of some sort, but rather with wisdom.

And 1 particular pitfall that the enemy has thrown on the road to happiness and the road to joy, is this issue of morality.

And I'll explain to you later why that might be wrong, and I'll see if you agree with me.

Sexual immorality, my friends, young people, comes at a tremendous cost.

My question for each of you young people tonight is, can you afford it?

Well, you'll have to know what that cost is before you can answer the question accurately The Bible says flee sexual immorality every sin that a man does is outside the body But he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body that poor guy those paramedics don't even know what to do with him.

He's a golfer who got off the course and to some of the worst cactuses in California, and they they drive themselves into your skin and your clothing.

And those paramedics are like, what do we do?

So let's take a good hard look tonight at moral failure.

Proverbs 5.22 says, the evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him.

The cords of his sin shall hold him fast.

Enter not into the path of the wicked and go not in the way of evil men.

I love this question asked by Solomon, how can a young man keep his way pure?

The answer is by living according to thy word.

That's a good question, a very valid question in this day and age.

Lastly, Proverbs 5, 3, for the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her feet go down to death, her steps lead straight to the grave.

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

It is the way that God has designed our bodies to function.

He designed us with this physical, sexual capacity.

It's designed to exist in only 1 environment, and that's the marriage covenant.

Proverbs 30, there are 4 things too wonderful for me.

And number 4 says the way of a man with a maid.

It's talking about a young man, presumably, and a young woman have reached the dating, courting age.

Proverbs 5, 18 says, "'May your fountain be blessed "'and rejoice in the wife of thy youth.'" Now, the verses, is it Megan that you read?

First Thessalonians 4, I won't go through that all, but I would like to pause for a moment and focus in on that 1 word there in verse 6.

That word shows up 3 times in the Bible in 3 different contexts.

It shows up in 1 Corinthians 7 when Paul hears that some believers are taking other believers to court and suing them, and he says, how can you do that?

The word defrauding also shows up here in 1 Thessalonians 4, in the sexual contact of fornication.

Now Paul has a concern in these verses in 1 Thessalonians 4.

Number 1, he has a concern for our walk, that we would walk in the right way, in the right direction.

And number 2, he has a concern that we would please God.

Number 3, that we would excel or we would abound.

In other words, that we would grow, that we would prosper.

Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that as you received from us instruction as to how ye ought to walk and to please God that you might excel, or as the King James says, abound more and more.

You see, Paul had a concern for their moral example.

The believers at Thessalonica largely came in out of a worldly culture.

They came in Outside of both the Jewish and the Christian culture and they brought things with them into their relationship with God And so Paul writes to them and he says I have this burden for you And he gives them some very very helpful explicit instructions number 1 that you would abstain from sexual immorality.

Number 2, that we would know how to control our sexual desires in sanctification and in honor.

He first defines what God's will isn't, and then he says, what is God's will?

Marriage is to be held in honor among all, in the marriage bed, undefiled.

And so God's will is not, Paul goes on to, that we would yield to lustful passions, that we would transgress by defrauding, and I'll explain to you what that means.

A young couple came into my office years ago, premarital couple, neat kids.

Wagoner, we came to see you because we're thinking about getting married.

They said, you know, we had a really good 6 months.

We went to a nursing home, sang 1 Sabbath to the people there.

And we just enjoyed being around each other.

But lately, it seems like we've been fighting a lot.

That's why we came to see you." At that statement, a big red flag went up in my mind.

I waited for the story to come out and I'll explain to you later why that flag went up.

God's will is not that we would use or damage other people.

How to Choose a Good Mate

And apparently this is a topic that the enemy doesn't want you to see.

So I'm glad you're here, because every shovel full of righteousness is a blow against the enemy's kingdom, against his desire for your life.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Tonight's topic is 1 that I first showed in Norway back in 2009.

That was a special trip there at the Madison School.

Nancy and I have enjoyed our time here immensely with you.

Just before I went on to the platform there in Norway, I changed the title of this presentation.

I had the title previously to this as How to Choose the Right Spouse, and I changed it right there 2 minutes before the presentation.

Because there is an idea floating around in our culture.

How many of you have heard of a soulmate?

That idea is that there is just 1 person out there that is just right for you.

And you have to find that 1 person or else spend the rest of your life wondering, did I find that 1 person?

Did you know this comes from Greek mythology?

Aristophanes wrote in Plato's Symposium that humans had 2 heads, 4 arms, 4 legs, And Zeus, fearing their power, split them in half and sent them out different directions, thus destining all humanity in this search for the rest of their life, for that missing half.

That's where this idea comes from, that there's a soulmate that you have to find.

And ultimately, that becomes a very self-centered approach.

I have to find just this 1 right person that will complete me.

And so how to choose a good mate becomes a very, very real question when you're a young person.

How can I choose, I pick someone with the whitest teeth?

I'd like to introduce some thinking along those lines tonight.

I'd like to relax you a little bit as we start with some young children's ideas of dating and relationships.

Glenn, age 7, if falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it.

Love is like an avalanche where you have to run for your life, John, age 9.

Manuel, age 8, I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something but the rest of it isn't supposed to be too bad.

No 1 is real sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell.

I think that's why deodorant and perfume are so popular.

Can't you hear this with those Southern drawl?

Once I get done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife.

On the first date, Mike, age 10, they just tell each other lies.

And after that, they decide if they are interested enough to go out for a second date.

Kenny, age 7, It gives me a headache to think about all that stuff.

Lovers will just be staring at each other, and their food will get cold.

They act mooshy like puppy dogs, except puppy dogs don't wag their tails nearly as much.

Well, I reckon love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too.

Angie, age 10, most men are brainless, so you might have to try more than once to find a live 1.

What are the chances that Angie's mom and dad are still together?

Now we're getting down to where people really live.

This young 10-year-old girl has a jaded view of life.

You gotta find somebody who likes the same stuff.

Like if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and the dips coming.

No person really decides before they grew up who they're going to marry.

Now, these are some of my favorites here.

Lynette, age 8, dates are for having fun and people should use them to get to know each other.

Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.

Ricky, tell your wife she looks pretty even if she looks like a truck.

Aaron, age 8, Don't forget your wife's name.

It's time to open up the Bible and communicate with our Creator on this important topic tonight.

Lean not into thine own understanding, and all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

Waggoner, what do I look for in a spouse?

And I hope when that happens, I'm lucky enough to have 2 quarters in my pocket.

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Blessed are the Pure in Heart

Blessed are the Sexually Sanctified

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02 The Snares of this World

1h 4m

03 The Last Party: Judgment Must Come

56m

The Power of the 3 Angels Messages

Marked for Death or Sealed for Life: 3rd Angels Message

1h 11m

Go and Do: New England Conference Youth Week of Prayer

04 Test of Purity

44m

Eric Walsh Weekend

Seducing the Remnant: Satan’s Not So Secret Weapon of Sexual Sin

58m

Digital Destruction of Christians (Warning-Everyone is Affected!)

35m

"Tell It Again"

God’s Love Language

56m

Pandemic at the Door

The Pandemic of Perversion

46m

Seminars

Sanctified or Sexualized

56m

Finding Peace in the Time of Chaos

03 Digital Rooftops

1h 7m

Three Words That Kill the Christian

1h 4m

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