O Matthew Henry, the commentator prayed like this, Lord, put my mouth out of taste for the food with which Satan bates his hooks.

Put my mouth out of taste for the food with which Satan bates his hooks.

It really won't do much good for me to look at it and say, oh, I'm not supposed to do this,

I'm not supposed to do this and try to grit my teeth and not think. Far better is to be ravished with a superior

pleasure. Have you ever noticed how powerless it feels just to tell yourself not to sin when you're

tempted? I'm Dan Kroover. In this episode of Light and... just to tell yourself not to sin when you're tempted.

I'm Dan Kruver.

In this episode of Light and Truth,

John Piper shows us a better strategy

than that's being so satisfied in Christ

that sin loses its attractiveness.

This message was originally delivered at the EFAC National Conference in Melbourne, Australia,

on June 30, 1996.

Now let's take just a few states of unbelief because I need to work you through two or three more so that as you face these kinds

of temptations of unbelief and sin, you will have at least a paradigm that you remember from

this conference of attacking those sins and those states of unbelief that can bring your ministry

to a screeching and permanent

end, even if you don't for sure buy it all.

You'll have it in your head as a possible way of fighting the fight.

It might come in handy someday.

So let's talk about lust for a minute.

It's a very relevant thing for me because two and a half years ago, a 10-year

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