How do I live in purity in an impure world? | Asking for a Friend week 3

How do I live in purity in an impure world?Asking for a Friend • January 22, 2023Teacher: David Nunn--Cultural Changes Since 1963:1. Divorce rate-  1963: 3.5% of American households were headed by a divorced person. Today: 50%2. Out of wedlock births-  1963: 5%  Today: 22%3. Illegal Drugs-  1963: 18 arrests per 100,000 AmericansToday: 300 arrests4. Religious values-1963: 1% had no religious preference.  50% attended church in the last week.Today: 31% claim no preference.  22% attend regularly5. Work ethic-1963: 98% of civilian men age 30-50 were part of the work force.Today: 81%How Do I Live in Purity in an Impure World?Psalm 119:9 NIVHow can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.Matthew 7:24 NIV“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock."Obedience is the key to purity.1. TREASURE the Author.Psalm 119:10 NIVI seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.Philippians 3:8-11 NIVWhat is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ— the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ — yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.2. TREASURE God’s Word.Psalm 119:11 NIVI have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.Joshua 1:8 NIVKeep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.3. PROCLAIM God’s Word.Psalm 119:13 NIVWith my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.