
Sexual Entitlement
Anatomy of Self-Destruction
1. Ignore Godly Parents’ Wisdom
2. Compromise God’s Rules
3. Isolated and Unteachable
4. Impulsive Sensual Entitlement
5. Prideful In Rebellion
6. Unrepentant
But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.” —Judges 14:3
Then he went down and talked with the woman, and she was right in Samson’s eyes. —Judges 14:7
Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went to bed with her. —Judges 16:1
Some time later, he fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley. 5 The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Persuade him to tell you where his great strength comes from, so we can overpower him, tie him up, and make him helpless. Each of us will then give you 1,100 pieces of silver.” 6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me, where does your great strength come from? How could someone tie you up and make you helpless?” —Judges 16:4-6
Spiritual pressure points to “balance” the outside negative forces:
1. We love God more than the world.
2. We trust God’s truth more than world.
3. We fear God more than the world.
Sensual Entitlement Myths:
“Right in my own eyes”
- I am entitled to be Happy!
- I am entitled to express Love anyway I feel like it!
- If it Feels Good and right, then enjoy it!
Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. 19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body. —1 Corinthians 6:18-20
Sexual Sin according to the Bible:
1. Lusting or sexually desiring for someone that is not your spouse. (Matthew 5:28)
2. Sex with someone that is not your spouse. (Exd. 20:14; 1 Cor. 7:2, 1 Cor. 5:1; Gal. 5; )
3. Sex with someone of the same sexual gender. (Gen. 19:1-10; Lev. 18:22, 20:13; Rom. 1:26-27, 1 Cor. 6:9; 1 Tim. 1:9-10)
Spiritual pressure points to equal the outside negative forces:
1. We love God more than the world
2. We trust God’s truth more than world
3. We fear God more than the world
13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, 15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; 16 because it is written: “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.” 17 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. 20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you 21 who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. —1 Peter 1:13-21
Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. 17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor. —1 Peter 2:16-17
Spiritual pressure points to equal the outside negative forces:
1. We love God more than the world
2. We trust God’s truth more than world
3. We fear God more than the world
21 The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison. —Judges 16:21