Family Matters: Overcoming Sexual Sin - Andrew Kimuli

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to god we then get to realize who god is we start to see god for who he truly is to us we start to realize that god is beyond our failures god is bigger than our dreams our hopes god is beyond our disappointments in life we start to realize that god has unlimited power and when we look at the scriptures one of the pictures that the bible shows us of who god is is that of a father father simply means one who sustains our source the one who holds us up and supports us and i know that where we are in life we go through different things different experiences different scenarios play out in our lives at this point i want to invite you to your father just so you can lay before him the burdens that you carry lay before him the worries the trials that you may be going through the moments of life that you are experiencing just take a moment right now in worship and adoration to acknowledge that god is your sustainer god is your source god is your father and start to trust him with what it is that is laying heavy on your heart take a moment right now and just start to pray thank you jesus ascribe greatness [Music] reach out to us [Music] our father this morning we exalt you we exalt you high above all our worries all our cares all our burdens we exalt your god beyond everything that we know because you alone are worthy of all our worship you alone are worthy of all our praise and as we come before you in prayer acknowledging that you are more than we could ever think or imagine we are asking that you will meet each and every single one of us your children at our different points of need supply for us provide for us heal sustain strengthen comfort us oh god we pray that we shall experience your power in our lives right this very moment and as we continue in the service we pray that we shall experience miracles that we shall hear testimonies of breakthrough because we have called out to you and you have responded to us we give you thanks and praise in the mighty name of jesus we pray and everybody says amen amen amen come on let's give god a clap offering right where you are it is such a great privilege to be in the presence of god thank you for joining us today welcome to church you may be in your living room in your bedroom it could be in a micro site right where you are you are welcome to church is not an event we go to church is a family that we belong to and if it's your first time joining us we are glad that you could join us today for service at waterloo church we celebrate christ and we care for community we are right at the beginning point of a brand new series last weekend we had pastor calvin share god's word with us in regard to the brand new series which is family matters and what he handled was god's design for marriage and today we carry on in this series and we're going to be looking at an exciting topic i have the privilege of inviting my brother my friend pastor andrew chimeli who is going to share the word of god with us come on family let's welcome him as he brings god's word to us today is a lot of things to a lot of people we are a church that celebrates christ and cares for community we rescue uganda's most vulnerable raise africa's future leaders love and restore dignity to the forgotten but to me watotto is my family [Music] and right here is my mom she raised me and my seven were taught her brothers and sisters here in this house this isn't a building made of bricks but it is a home made from love i've completed university and now i'm a leader right here in watertown mentoring the next generation my life would be very different without sponsors and partners from all over the world thank you thank you for loving me and my family hello family welcome to the word today andree's my name i'm one of the pastors here at waterloo church we are continuing with our series we started last week called family matters you know when families are healthy communities are healthy but also the nation is healthy that's why as wato we take off time the whole month to deal with family matters because we know that family is very important pastor calvin last week preached a great summon of god's design for marriage and one of the key highlights there is marriage is between one man one woman committed in a covenant relationship and if you missed it please go to our website you'll be able to get that message so today i want to bring you someone number two we are going to be dealing with overcoming sexual sin open your bibles to john 8 from verse 1 to 11 we'll also read john 4. john 8 verse 1 says this but jesus went to the mount of olives now early in the morning he came again to the temple and all the people came to him and he sat down and taught them then the scribes and the pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery and when they had sat her in the midst they said to him teacher this woman was caught in adultery in the very act now moses in the law commanded us that such should be stoned but what do you say this they say testing him that they may have something of which to accuse him but jesus scooped down wrought on the ground with his finger as though he did not hear so when they continued asking he raised himself up and said to them he who is without sin among you let him throw a stone to her first and again he scooped down and wrote on the ground then those who had it being convicted by their conscience went out one by one beginning with the oldest even to the least and jesus was left alone and the woman standing in the midst when jesus had risen himself up and saw no one but the woman he said to her woman where are those accusers of yours as no one condemned you she said no one lord and jesus said to her neither do i condemn you go sin no more then the other portion we want to read together today is john 4 verses 9 to 18. this is what it says verse 9 then the woman of samaria said to him saying to jesus how is it that you being a jew ask a drink from me a samaritan woman for jews have no dealing with samaritans jesus answered and said to her if you knew the gift of god and who it is who says to you give me a drink you would have asked him and he would have given you living water the woman said to him sir you have nothing to draw with and the world is deep where then do you get the living water and are you greater than our father jacob who gave us the well and drunk from it himself as well as his sons and his livestock jesus answered and said to her whoever drinks of this water will thirst again but whoever drinks of the water that i will give him will never fast but the water that shall give him will come in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life the woman said to him sir give me this water that i may not thrust nor come here to draw jesus said to her go call your husband and come here the woman answered and said i have no husband jesus said to her you have well said i have no husband for you have had five husbands and the one whom you now have is not your husband in that you speak truly father we thank you that your word is powerful today we pray the entrance of your word will bring understanding in this topic of sexual sin we thank you and we honor you in jesus name amen you see the world is grappling with pain as a result of deviating from god's plan for sex and the result of deviating from god's plan brings guilt it brings condemnation it brings abortion it brings children being born out of wedlock it brings a lot of pain in society and divorce and as a result of that is because mankind you and i when we deviate from god's plan trouble is coming and so we see sexual sin in our environment and the pain it causes and families end up being destroyed and so today i want to spend a few minutes looking at the word of god and seeing how does the word of god help us overcome sexual sin the text we read today it has two ladies who are involved in sexual sin they are struggling and then we have jesus and we see the response that jesus gives them so how do we overcome sexual sin according to jesus how he dealt with it he gives us two ways we can do this number one jesus extends grace and not condemnation from the two stories we have one lady caught in the act of adultery we have another one that has five husbands and even the husband she had was not us they had one thing in common both the ladies had emptiness inside you see we all have a void and that void was not meant to be fulfilled by sexual desires that void was meant to be filled by god and so that void that we have the void that these ladies had they indulged into sexual sin and you see some of us the way we feel this void is maybe alcohol but others pornography others you know homosexuality others fornication others adultery and all kinds of sexual activities i want to tell you that when we do such things it leaves us worse we never become better we live worse than we were when we engulfed into sexual sin i remember as a young man struggling with pornography and it act me up i'd be in my bedroom and i'm struggling i'm wondering what should i do and pornography led into living a morally um bad life a life that did not glorify god but i thank god that in that mess i met jesus like these ladies you see on top of sexual sin living you empty inside it brings a lot of emotional pain it brings a lot of disappointment bitterness shame and as a result of that we see that these two ladies were ostracized they were empty they were ashamed and society decided to ostracize them so what did jesus do in the midst of their pain and shame and denial jesus did not condemn them jesus extended grace you see when you're struggling with sexual sin grace is the way not condemnation listen to the words the bible says john 8 10 when jesus had risen himself up and saw no one but the woman he said to her woman where are those accusers of yours has no one condemned you she replied all she said no one lord and jesus said to her neither do i condemn you go and sin no more jesus did not condemn both ladies instead jesus showed mercy and grace you see sexual sin comes with a lot of shame and many people hide because of that shame and jesus understood this that these two ladies were ashamed they were broken they were empty so instead of joining the multitudes to condemn them jesus extends grace to them because it's the grace of god that leads us to repentance so you make me wondering but pastor if you extend grace is jesus saying that they should continue in sin no the grace that god was extending to them was so that he can love on them and feel the void that they were going through in fact the grace of god comes before change when people experience the grace of god that's where true change comes from paul reminds us in romans 8 1-2 therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in christ jesus because through christ jesus the law of the spirit gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death we too need to act like jesus we need to always extend grace to people who are struggling with sexual sin we should never be a part of the multitudes that are throwing stones that are condemning you see when people are struggling with sexual sin what they need is the grace of god to meet them where they are christ was loving on them because christ wanted to feel the void that they were going through i remember the story we have just read in john 4 13 this is what it says jesus answered and said to her the woman of the well whoever drinks of this water will fast again but whoever drinks of the water that i'll give him will never fast but the water that i shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life we see jesus inviting this lady to receive the river of life jesus himself when we totally surrender to god and allow him to come in our lives because of the grace he has given us we will not live in habitual sexual sin condemnation never changes people it is the grace of god that changes people i want to tell you this condemnation is saturn's weapon to keep you defeated but the grace of god is god's weapon for your victory you might be out there and you're struggling and you're hiding i want you to come out let the grace of god bring you to repentance let the grace of god receive you god loves you and he doesn't condemn you but what i love about the grace of god it not only receive you the way you were it never leaves you the same the grace of god will draw you closer to him but it's so great to leave you the same it will change your life and so number one we see the way jesus dealt with this he extended grace number two secondly grace empowers us to change after jesus had extended grace to these ladies by saying i don't condemn you jesus did not stop there instead he continued and this is what he said verse 11 she said no one lord and jesus said to her neither do i condemn you go and sin no more friends that's a great statement of saying go and sin no more but go and sin no more is impossible if you try to do it on your own in fact i know when i was struggling with pornography i tried to do it on my own i tried to do certain things self-will and read these books i failed i continued in the same circle same circle so when god says go and sin no more it is only possible to guard sin no more through the grace of god you see the grace of god draws you near to him and the grace of god empowers you to change paul writes to his son titus 2 verse 11 to 12. and this is what paul says for the grace of god has appeared that offers salvation to all people it teaches us to say no to ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled upright and godly lives in this present age so what do we learn from this text that paul is writing to us about the grace of god empowering us two things when it comes to sexual sin number one the grace of god gives us the power to say no to sexual sin paul says that this grace that god gives us empowers us to say not worldly passions i have never seen someone die because of not having sex and so the grace of god empowers us to say no i love verse 12 it says it teaches us the key word is teachers it teaches us to say no to ungodliness and worldly passion so this requires us you and i to depend on the grace of god in this process you see many people say you know pastor this is how i was born the reason i'm struggling with masturbation and pornography and adultery and fornications because this aware was born others say you know god's grace is available so if god wants to set me free from this he will do it on his own timing i believe that's a lie from the enemy i believe that is far from the truth of god's word i believe that this grace that helps us to say no to sexual sin is available to us but we need to collaborate with god there is god's part giving us the grace there is our part and our part is to receive to allow his teaching so that we deal with this so what are some of the things we do to say no to sexual sin a couple of things control what you watch many of us are struggling in sexual sin in homosexuality adultery fornication bestiality the reason we're struggling is because of the things we expose our eyes to i remember job saying i've made a covenant with my god not to set my eyes on lustful things what are you watching guard your mind guard what you watch set boundaries on relationships as a pastor and i've pastored for many years i never counsel ladies alone or in closed meetings why because i'm setting boundaries the environment you're in today young people are throwing parties and in those parties there's a lot of immorality shy away from such things put boundaries on your social media platforms many of us are on social media and we are abusing those platforms you know the phone is smart i pray that your head is also smart in terms of seeing what you watch and what you don't watch when we put all those boundaries we're trying to say no to sexual sin you see paul writes to the church and he says in galatians 5 34 those who belong to christ have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires so we belong to him and the grace of god helps us to say no to such worldly passions but the second part of how it helps us how the grace of god helps us that grace gives us the spirit power the grace gives us spirit power ii corinthians 3 17 says this now the lord is the spirit and where the spirit of the lord is the bible says there is freedom so god in his own wisdom gives us the power of the holy spirit to help us his grace gives us the power of the holy spirit why because i have met people in my pastoral work who have put the boundaries there who have tried to keep clean but they're still bound they're still bound in this enemy called sexual sin i believe that such people need deliverance from that such uh perversion they need deliverance and how do you get deliverance there is the power of the holy spirit i'm grateful the good news is that jesus so graciously left us with holy spirit holy spirit is that power that breaks the yokes and the chains that have held you and so some of you you're sitting there you're listening in and you're wondering can i get free yes you can the power of the holy spirit can set you free because the holy spirit is here to break chains i love what the scriptures say in john 8 36 so he the son sets you free you will be free indeed freedom comes through the power of the holy spirit that the grace of god gives us so as i conclude i want to remind you this amazing truth that jesus does not condemn you rather he extends grace and the reason why he extends grace is so that he can feel the void that is inside you his grace draws you near but also his grace never leaves you the same the grace of god has appeared to all people unto salvation it empowers you so that you may be set free so that you can say no to sexual sin so that you can receive the power of the holy spirit that breaks the shackles of fornication of adultery of homosexuality of pornography all these sexual sins and so as i conclude you may be wondering pastor even with all my struggles of sexual sin like these two ladies we've seen in scripture can god still use me i have good news for you i'm one of those testimonies i struggled in my early years i messed up but god in his own wisdom in his own grace he extended grace to me a man who was addicted to porn and an immoral life god changed my life but he not only changed my life he extended grace to me and restored me i've been married for over 10 plus years beautiful woman have two beautiful daughters listen god not only sets you free from sexual sin but he restores you to even a better ministry when you read the woman of the world john 4 the story did not end there the story ended the woman went back to her community and she shared the good news of what had happened to her and she was one of those evangelists in her community her community changed jesus used her to change the entire community listen god can restore you god can make you even much better than you are so what do we need to do pastor we need to go before him and ask him to forgive us of our sin of sexual immorality that sexual sin but also to ask him to restore us so today i want to pray with you whether you are out there you're struggling with sexual sin i want to pray with you it starts by coming to jesus to feel that void it's the grace of god that changes man let's pray i want to pray for you who is struggling in sexual sin father in the name of jesus i pray for every man or woman that right now is struggling with sexual sin they're struggling with pornography they're struggling with adultery and fornication homosexuality or god lord they're struggling with lustful thoughts lord i pray that the spirit of the living god today will grip their hearts will break the chains of lust of their lives that lord they will live a lives that are redeemed and restored for your glory lord i pray that every guilt will turn away in the name of jesus father like you set me free many years ago i pray for deliverance upon my brothers and sisters that today they will behold freedom that they will know that jesus you are the only true satisfaction not sex perversions not sexual sin you are the true true inner feeling it is you who feels us in jesus name amen but also before i end i want to pray for those you have heard the word maybe you're struggling with sexual sin but you have never received jesus i want to pray that jesus will come in your heart when this lady at the world received jesus everything changed i want to pray for you so that you receive jesus father i thank you for every man or woman out there that is listening and watching who desires to receive you today as lord and savior lord your grace is sufficient so i pray that today is the day of salvation i ask that your holy spirit will draw them to yourself i thank you and i honor you in jesus name amen amen amen god bless you i hope you have an incredible day today as you enjoy the word of god and live a life free from sexual sin bye thank you pastor and for preaching god's word i have been blessed you are such a wonderful communicator now if you give your life to christ congratulations welcome to god's family and we would like to get in touch with you so write to us connect what totalchurch.com congratulations once again and now what's your family it's time for us to give are you ready to give now remember we don't give because we want to get back from god we give simply because god has blessed us so much god is a gracious giver and he gave us his very best gift jesus christ and as christians we return our tithes and offerings to say thank you god for loving us but also we give because we are passionate about god's mission we give so we can reach more people with the most wonderful message in the whole world and now i want to pray for you get your offering right now and let's 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