Playing with fire

Prov.6:27

PLAYING WITH FIRE

DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND FORNICATION

• Drugs• First, get close to those who use drugs• Secondly, let them keep influencing you toward the first

try• Thirdly, tell yourself it has a pleasure worth trying again• Fourthly, tell yourself that you have control over it• All addicts went through all four steps


• Alcohol• First, get close to those who drink• Secondly, let them keep influencing you toward the first

try• Thirdly, tell yourself it has a pleasure worth trying again• Fourthly, tell yourself that you have control over it• All alcoholics went through all four steps


• Fornication• First, get close to those who give in to passion• Secondly, let them keep influencing you toward the first

try• Thirdly, tell yourself it has a pleasure worth trying again• Fourthly, tell yourself that you have control over it• All lost virginity and pregnancy out of wedlock went

through these steps

THE WAY TO RUIN• James 1:14-16• Drawn away by own

lusts• Enticed• Sin• Death

Played with fire

Burned

HOW TO AVOID GETTING BURNED

• Cut off the place where sin starts –Prov.23:31-35• If your EYE causes you to sin – Matt.5:28-29• If getting alone with that person opens the slightest door

to fornication, cut off the provision for it to happen• Flee -1 Cor.6:9,18• Make no provision…..Rom.13:13,14

NEED TO START OVER?

• You can• Jesus is all about new starts -2 Cor.5:17• Repentance is all about new starts

Spiritual

Playing with fire