Flee Youthful Lust
Saturday, December 27, 2025Key Verse
“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (2 Timothy 2:22).
Text — 2 Timothy 2:19-22
Message
Youthful lust refers to strong, uncontrolled desires to satisfy cravings of the flesh. If unchecked, it leads to immorality and sensual pleasures through obscene video, photos, and music that damn the soul. Youthful lust is common among teenagers because of some biological changes in their bodies starting from the onset of puberty. The devil takes advantage of these changes to suggest immoral relationship with the opposite sex to careless youths.
The consequences of youthful lust cannot be over-emphasized. It brings untimely death as was the case with Samson (Judges 16) and Shechem (Genesis 34). It is a dream destroyer. Many boys and girls have had their academic pursuits terminated by youthful lust. Unwanted pregnancies and STD’s have ruined many youths’ goals in life. As a Christian youth, flee youthful lust and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace. Follow the example of Joseph. He resisted the temptation to commit immorality by fleeing from the woman who wanted to destroy his life of purity. Reject allurement to youthful lust. Repent if your life is being destroyed by youthful lust today.
Quote
Reject allurement to youthful lust
Challenge
Pursue righteousness.
Prayer for today
Make me always willing to serve you, Lord.