Is it possible to be sexually pure as a follower of Christ in the world that we live in?

I can't tell you how many people have come to me with guilt and shame and struggle and basically say, how, I've tried how do you be pure before God that's today.

Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chippingroom.

The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians

through the Bible teaching of Chippinggroom.

And that question he just posed is a struggle every Jesus follower faces.

In a culture saturated by sexual perversion,

it's very challenging to be uninfected by it.

But today as Chip picks up in a series,

Love, Sex, and Lasting Relationships

we'll learn why purity is vital to God

and how we can discipline ourselves to live holy lives.

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plugged in with our ministry. Okay go on your Bible to

Ephesians chapter five as we join Chip with this talk. When you really

really love someone you want to give them something that you know will really make

them happy and I remember maybe the first time I really got this from a father's

perspective I have twin little boys and they were hitting that like five six seven year old age and I was

in seminary at the time and we were just I mean dirt dirt poor I was working full

time going to school full time and Trice was home with the kids, and we were making a little

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