How does a Christian man pursue personal purity in a world full of temptation?

In this message from the Well-Trained Man series, Pastor Darrell Harrison calls men to the lifelong pursuit of holiness and warns about the destructive power of sexual sin.

▶️ Watch and be encouraged to pursue holiness through the power of the gospel.

Navigation:
0:00 – Introduction: “Well-Trained Man” theme and pursuit of personal purity
0:45 – What are you most passionate about? The soul on fire (Foch quote)
23:35 – Israel’s defeat at Ai and God exposing hidden sin in the camp
25:07 – “You cannot stand before your enemies” until sin is dealt with
25:43 – The enemy within: indwelling sin working from the heart (Chris Lungard)
26:31 – Harboring unrepentant sin blocks spiritual growth and victory
27:31 – Augustine on the lustful gaze and the unchaste eye revealing the heart
29:20 – Jesus on heart adultery: looking with lust (Matthew 5:28, blepō)
31:05 – The dangerous word “saw” in Scripture: Eve, Samson, David
33:10 – Achan’s confession: “I saw, I coveted, I took” as a pattern of sin
35:23 – James 1:14–15: desire conceives, gives birth to sin, leading to death
36:47 – The heart of the matter: heart as the womb of all actions (John Flavel)
37:35 – Jesus on what defiles a man: sins proceeding from the heart (Matt. 15)
38:17 – John Owen: sin is most alive when it cannot satisfy its lusts
39:20 – God examines the heart; there are no secret sins (1 Thes. 2:4)
40:19 – A true heart searches out secret sins (Alexander Comrie)
40:49 – MacArthur’s airplane crash story: conscience as the soul’s warning system
43:15 – Ignoring the conscience’s “pull up” warnings in sexual temptation
44:01 – Spurgeon: temptation as the real test of Christian character
44:42 – No fence-straddling on lust; conscience either accuses or defends
45:03 – Flame or flicker: has hidden sexual sin dimmed your zeal for God?
46:06 – David Brainerd: the enemy strikes when we think the battle is over
46:35 – Walking by the Spirit and not carrying out fleshly desires (Gal. 5:16)
47:24 – Make no provision for the flesh (Rom. 13:14); preparation and discipline
47:32 – Main theme verse: 1 Peter 2:11 – fleshly lusts warring against the soul
48:38 – Guard your heart with all diligence; holiness as lifelong pursuit (Prov. 4:23)
49:03 – William Law: abstinence weakens appetites and increases spiritual joy
50:03 – No joy in hidden sin; longing for the joy of restored salvation
50:40 – Luther: don’t trivialize sin, but don’t despair over it either
51:06 – Christ died for “mountainous,” stubborn sins, not imaginary ones
52:07 – Refusing the lie that you’re too far gone to pray or be heard
52:15 – Apart from Christ, you can do “no thing” (John 15:5); stop fighting alone
53:03 – The call to imitate Christ and focus chiefly on the state of the heart
53:50 – Final exhortation and closing prayer for God’s help in personal purity

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