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The Importance of Sexual Purity
The theme of Matthew 5 is saying, I'm not just interested in your actions, I'm interested in the heart that leads to your actions. It may be helpful to think about some of the parallels that Jesus makes in Matthew chapter 5. If you're even angry at your brother without a righteous cause, you've already committed murder in your heart. There's this distinction between sexual desire, which is healthy and God given, and lust, which is taking something that's not rightfully yours. And if Jesus is preaching a kingdom of inward transformation then we should expect that with sexual purity, it will begin inwardly.