Dating Delilah

My friend Cameron let me borrow this book called Dating Delilah by Judah Smith. It's all about purity and it's fantastic but since it isn't mine, I can't really write in it or anything so I decided to type up all of the things I want to highlight or underline and keep it here until I'm able to find my own copy of the book.

Notes/Quotes:

• Lack of purity affects intended influence.
• We do not have to be a product of the culture.
• Young people consumed with Christ and His convictions are the only hope for tomorrow's church and tomorrow's world.
• Our decisions have widespread influence and our compromises are hurting the future of our nation.
• We serve the God of the open coffin. We serve the God of the open tomb. It doesn't matter how far we've strayed or what disease we've transmitted. If we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive and purify us. (1 John 1:9)
• God can take us out of a place of desperation and restore us to His purposes.
• God knows where we've been. He is familiar with the coffin that we have been laying in, but He is calling us to sit up because He is has intentions to take us elsewhere. It is time to be obedient and respond to our faith, and sit up. Sit up and speak up.
• "I was not willing to remain silent while my peers went to hell."
• Purity = without mixture. God's original intention was for man to be without mixture. Get decontaminated.
• "All of your efforts...are like Adam and Eve trying to cover themselves up with leaves. You might be trying to cover yourself up with cool designer leaves or multicolor leaves. It's still just leaves. Stop trying to make yourself holy."
• "Jesus loves you the way you are so He can make you into the person He wants you to become."
• Jesus isn't only the lover of our soul, but also the Perfecter of our faith.
• If God commands us to do something, He will always provide us with the grace and the ability to carry it out.
• Purity is the restoration of the image of God in you.
• "Don't you know you are the only Jesus many people will ever see? In compromising your lifestyle, you forfeit your capacity to accurately reflect God's image and endanger an entire generation's understanding of Jesus."
• "You must decrease so He can increase. You must go to God seeking His divine enablement and invite Him to help you live blamelessly. You must make it a priority to spend time seeking God with the purpose of better understanding His character and allowing His spirit to make you more like Him in your thoughts, attitudes, and actions.