 Lust is passion outside of principles love is passion within principles How do I know that Amnon did not have love is because he desired something that was forbidden What he desired the scripture says God's word said it was improper for Amnon to have tomorrow. The girl was 15 years of age. Come on, bro. Dude, really? She's your half-sister. Dude, that's not right and God said in Leviticus that Bros should not date their sisters Have sisters God's word was very clear. Do not be with someone who is part of your biological family But see God's word also says don't be unequally yoked with those who have not your faith God's word also says that a man should be with a woman and the woman should be with the man God's word also says these things but the problem a lot of times is that we have a passion that's raging and this is how you know that That passion is not love if that passion violates God's principles As a Christian for us its sin now if you are here today and you're not a follower of Jesus Christ I want to tell you something you actually have a free pass You actually can follow your passions It's not wise, but you can do that why because you are the Lord of your life You are the God of your life. You are your own supreme ruler like North Korea has their supreme ruler. You got your own it's you You are in charge of you. You are the savior of you So you can do whatever you want as Christians. We have surrendered that right when we gave our life to Jesus We accepted him as our savior and accepted him as our Lord Because somebody say amen his word becomes the regulation for our passion. We submit our passions to him We don't go in and try to change God's word to fulfill our passions. We let God's word Control our passions Sometimes you're 15 years of age and you're sexually got awakened you realize girls exist and they're cute But it's not right time for you So what do you do? You don't go dating around like the world does you go in and you put your feelings into God's feet And say Lord, it's not my time and you submit them. Why because you're not ready to date if you're not ready for marriage Did you just say that I did But what about high school? Half of people who are cool in high school will become fools third 20 years down the road The worst and children from every continent That's not your destiny That's not your calling don't follow the crowd don't follow the world God never called you to fit in he called you to stand out You have a Lord his name is Jesus God wants you to spend your high school years finishing school Get the best grades. God wants you to finish your high school years getting into some college God wants you to finish your high school. You're speaking up a hobby learn how to do things in life Learn how to have friends learn how to have hobbies instead of smooches stuff at the end of the football games and Then when it's your time to get married so you pass on to your growth and that's sexual transmitted disease and Children from different people whose context you lost already, but you pass on something that is valuable something. That's precious I'm not trying to step on anybody's toes, but I think what culture does is stupid They may they make fun of oh you guys are talking about these values like values in the 80s and their old school That stuff works And what culture does doesn't we as Christians we submit our passion to the principles of God We don't try to mix the principles to regulate our passions. You have to understand sex within marriage is beautiful Outside of marriage. It's dirty Nah, it's not it is Very simple. You see this plant that the soil within this Within this pot is a soil that cultivates the plant The very same soil Just became dirt This is dirt Within the pot it's soil. How could the same? Thing within the pot becomes something that cultivates outside of the pot something that stains Take passion outside of God's principles. It stains your consciousness Stains your physical life and brings guilt sexual transmitted disease Unwanted pregnancies a heartbreak and you may say but it's just sex if I just try harder you can try all you want. This is dirt Why because God intended it for sexuality and for passion to be within the context of marriage pot That's why the same sex that you can have with the spouse the moment It's outside of the context it becomes you feel guilty You know like boys because I grew up in the geochristened community and that's why I feel guilty No, it's because you're a human and God sets some boundaries and when you violate them your consciousness triggers You feel dirty why because you just took the soil out of a pot and you put it on the top of a podium It stains you You know you can be naked when the moment you get married and you watch naked people you feel dirty Why because you're taking that soil that cultivates into the podium and it stains you and you can You can tell yourself all you want all day long this Stains because if I put this right now on your hands if I put this on your Bible If I put it on your dashboard in your car if I put it on your phone and I say isn't that cute All of you here today who are living in sexual immorality. You know deep in your heart is wrong It hurts it stains your consciousness You know this please is God and it's not helping your future and sexual sins are the worst sins you can ever commit Do you know why it's not because God has a hard time forgiving them? It's because you will have a hard time recovering from them