INTRODUCTION:

1A Q: ANONG TAWAG SA TAONG NAG-EENJOY HABANG NASASAKTAN?

1B A: ADDICT

TS: there is a verse that exactly, personified this question. And it is…

2A Proverbs 14:12-13 MSG

12
There’s a way of life that looks harmless enough;
    look again—it leads straight to hell.
13
Sure, those people appear to be having a good time,
    but all that laughter will end in heartbreak.

ADDICTION HIGHLIGHT 2B looks harmless enough

HIGHLIGHT 2C appear to be having a good time
ACTUALLY, HIGHLIGHT straight to 2D HELL
HIGHLIGHT will end in 2E HEARTBREAK

2F ADDICTION TAKES YOU TO HELL, DISGUISE AS HEAVEN.

TITLE: 3 WHEN THE BEST THING BECAME THE WORST THING

PRAYER: LORD, allow to discern what are the things of this life that seems to be right but, in the end, will lead
us to death.

BACKGROUND:
PAUL CONFRONT THE CORINTHIANS FOR THEIR BELIEF WITH REGARDS TO THEIR
WRONG VIEW ABOUT FREEDOM AND THE BODY THAT COULD DESTROY THEM.

TEXT:
4A 1 Corinthians 6:12a TPT
It’s true that our freedom allows us to do anything…
HIGHLIGHT 4B freedom allows us to do anything

A. 4C WRONG VIEW ABOUT FREEDOM

TS: this is our usual or common WRONG understanding of freedom, not only during their time but until
in our time.

TS: IT IS THE NUMBER ONE LIE OF THE ENEMY, THAT GOD WITHHOLD SOMETHING
GOOD FROM THAT WE FAILED TO SEE WHAT GOD HAD FREELY GIVEN.

5 WE ARE FREE IN CHRIST. HOWEVER, OUR FREEDOM IS LIMITED.

6A 1 Corinthians 6:12 TPT
It’s true that our freedom allows us to do anything, but that doesn’t mean that everything we do is good for us.
I’m free to do as I choose, but I choose to never be enslaved to anything.

TS: PAUL TELLS US TWO LIMITS TO OUR FREEDOM

HIGHLIGHT 6B but that doesn’t mean that everything we do is good for us

 6C TEST OF EDIFICATION
is it “helpful.” Does this activity build you up spiritually? Does it build up the body of Christ? Edification is
about the promotion of spiritual growth in developing the character and conducts of Christ?

7A Q: How can we tell when something legitimate has moved from enjoyment to addiction?
7B A: Dr. Joseph Gerstein, a Massachusetts physician, says, “When people cling to activities despite
negative effects, it generally indicates addictive behavior.”
 Yung tipong kahit nasasaktan ka na tinutuloy mo pa rin.
 Yung tipong kahit nabibigatan ka na, KINAKAYA mo lang.
 Yung tipong mahal mo, kahit alam mo sinasaktan ka lang niya.

8 ADDICTION CAN BE DESCRIBED THIS WAY: “IT WAS THE BEST THING UNTIL IT BECAME
THE WORST THING.”

9A 1 Corinthians 6:12 TPT

It’s true that our freedom allows us to do anything, but that doesn’t mean that everything we do is good for us.
I’m free to do as I choose, but I choose to never be enslaved to anything.
HIGHLIGHT 9B but I choose to never be enslaved to anything.

 9C TEST OF ENSLAVEMENT
is it “dominating?” Does this activity put you under its authority or power? Have you repeatedly tried to stop
this activity? Do you blame others for your failure to stop? Do frequently commit this sin even though it does
not please God?

TS: Sadly, the very thing that they thought to set them FREE is that ENSLAVE them. It is the very same
characteristics 10A WHY SOMEONE GET INVOLVE INTO ADDICTION?

 10B PEER PRESSURE

 10C ANGER (REBELLION)
 10D INSTANT ESCAPE (TO GET RID OF PAIN OF ABUSE, REJECTION)
 10E NOTABLE PLEASURE

TS: MANY GET INVOLVE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN highlight 10F P.A.I.N.

11 “At first, addiction is maintained by pleasure, but the intensity of this pleasure gradually diminishes, and the
addiction is then maintained by the avoidance of pain. - Frank Tallis

12A 1 Corinthians 6:13 TPT

Some have said, “I eat to live and I live to eat!” But God will do away with it all. The body was not created for
illicit sex, but to serve and worship our Lord Jesus, who can fill the body with himself.
HIGHLIGHT 12B I eat to live and I live to eat!”

B. 12C WRONG VIEW ABOUT THE BODY

 The body is not merely for fulfilling appetites.

 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods: The Corinthian Christians were probably using this
motto to justify giving their bodies whatever their bodies wanted. "My body wants food, so I eat. My
body wants sex, so I hire a prostitute. What's the problem?"

13A Addiction begins with the hope that something "out there" can instantly fill up the emptiness inside. - Jean
Kilbourne
TS: youth’s measurement that they are 13B F.R.E.E.
 13C FUN (INTENSE HAPPINESS)
 13D RADICAL (INTENSE DIFFERENT)
 13E EUPHORIC (INTENSE PLEASURE)
 13F EXPLORE (INTENSE CURIOUSITY)

14A 1 Corinthians 6:13 TPT

Some have said, “I eat to live and I live to eat!” But God will do away with it all. The body was not created for
illicit sex, but to serve and worship our Lord Jesus, who can fill the body with himself.
HIGHLIGHT 14B but to serve and worship our Lord Jesus, who can fill the body with himself.

TS: WHY PAUL SUDDENLY SAY TO SERVE AND WORSHIP GOD WITH YOUR BODY?
BECAUSE…

15A ADDICTION is from the 15B Latin word addictus, which means 15C “to surrender to the gods.”
15D And so, YOUR ADDICTION BECOMES YOUR WORSHIP.

CONCLUSION:

16A HOW TO BE C.U.T. FREE FROM ADDICTION:

1. 16B COME TO GOD

16C Romans 6:13 GW
Never offer any part of your body to sin's power. No part of your body should ever be used to do any ungodly
thing. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have come back from death and are now alive. Offer all
the parts of your body to God. Use them to do everything that God approves of.

2. 16D UNION WITH OTHERS

16E James 5:16 CEV
If you have sinned, you should tell each other what you have done. Then you can pray for one another and be
healed. The prayer of an innocent person is powerful, and it can help a lot.

 16F Pray for me

 16G Help me when I fall
 16H Hold me accountable

3. 16I THRIVE WITH THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT

16J Galatians 5:16 TPT
As you yield freely and fully to the dynamic life and power of the Holy Spirit, you will abandon the cravings of
your self - life.

17 PICTURE OF BLACK AND WHITE WOLF

18 IF YOU WANT TO BE FREE AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, YOU TOO BECOME A
SLAVE, BUT IF YOU WILLINGLY AND JOYFULLY ENSLAVE YOURSELF TO JESUS BY FAITH
YOU BECOME FREE INDEED.