In How Can I Overcome Lust?, Ryan M. McGraw highlights the seriousness of sexual lust and gives readers hope for overcoming it. He considers the foundational principles of overcoming lust in general, identifies the nature of sexual lust in particular, and applies biblical principles for finding a path through it.
As McGraw shows, overcoming sexual lust is made possible by union with Christ as the Spirit makes us like Him through God-given means. He also encourages us to meditate on appropriate truths of Scripture so that our affections can be reordered in a God-honoring way.
Contents
Foundation: Overcoming ‘Lust’ and Lust in Christ
What Lust Is and How It Works
Uprooting and Replacing Lust
* Seek
* Kill
* Replace
* Repeat
Focus: Identifying Sexual Lust
* How Not to Kill Lust
* What Lust Is
Forward: The Path to Victory over Lust
Nine Rules for Mortifying Lust
* Consider the Dangerous Symptoms of Unmortified Sin
* Develop a Clear Sense of the Guilt, Danger, and Evil of Your Sin
* Load Your Conscience with the Guilt of the Sin
* Long Vigorously and Constantly to Be Delivered from the Sin
* Consider Your Natural Distempers
* Prevent the Occasions and the Advantages of the Sin in Question
* Oppose Vigorously the First Acts of Sin
* Develop Low Thoughts of Yourself in Light of High Thoughts of God in Christ
* We Must Accept Peace of Conscience Only from God
About the Series
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones once said that what the church needs to do most all is “to begin herself to live the Christian life. If she did that, men and women would be crowding into our buildings. They would say, ‘What is the secret of this?’” As Christians, one of our greatest needs is for the Spirit of God to cultivate biblical godliness in us in order to put the beauty of Christ on display through us, all to the glory of the triune God. With this goal in mind, this series of booklets treats matters vital to Christian experience at a basic level. Each booklet addresses a specific question in order to inform the mind, warm the affections, and transform the whole person by the Spirit’s grace, so that the church may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
