TITLE: Yellow Teeth

TEXT: I Peter 2:9-12

PROPOSITION: God expects us to make moral decisions based upon the Biblical guidelines.

QUESTION: What?

KEY WORD: Arguments

READING:

INTRODUCTION:

               1. Story of youth rally as a teen.

                              A. Smoking - yellow teeth, bad breath, costs money

                              B. Dancing - Dark, alcohol, hold others close

               2. My decision - tonight - dancing, prom

I. Yellow Teeth

               A. The place it is done

               B. The darkness in which it is done

               C. Cheek to cheek, body against body

               D. Immodest apparel

                              1. I Timothy 2:9

                              2. I Peter 3:3

II. The Real Issues

               A. "Lasciviousness"

                              1. Galatians 5:19

                              2. I Peter 4:3

                              3. Jude 4

                              4. "Inclined to lustfulness; arousing or inciting sexual desire; expressing lust or lewdness" Dictionary

                              5. Thayer's, p. 79-80, "indecent bodily movements"

                              6. Vine, p. 650, "absence of restraint"

               B. "Revelling"

                              1. Galatians 5:21

                              2. Picture from newspaper - "Reveller's Ball"

               C. "Sex Appeal"

                              1. Exodus 32:19-25

                              2. What was going on?

                                             a. Dancing

                                             b. Idol worship

                                             c. Nakedness