FLEE!! FLEE!! FLEE!!!
1 Corinthians 6:18-20 “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.”
“Satan desires to undermine the sanctifying work of Christ. He knows that all believers have been, “set apart” from the unclean to the clean, and from the unholy to the holy. He also knows that when believers act like the sanctified people they are, God is released to do powerful wonders among them (Josh. 3:5). No purity- No power. Purity- boundless power. Satan is a fool but he is no dummy. Satan knows the overwhelming effects of sexual sin. We must resist “ranking” sin since every sin causes us to miss the mark and require grace. All sin is equal in the sense of eternal ramifications, but not all sin is equal in its earthly ramifications. Satan knows that sexual sin is unique in its attack and impact in the body of the individual believer….Since the Spirit of Christ now dwells in the temple of believers’ bodies, getting a Christian engaged in sexual sin is the closest Satan can come to personally assaulting Christ. That ought to make us mad enough to be determined to live victoriously. Sins against the body also have a way of sticking to us and making us feel like we are the sin rather that the fact that we’ve committed that sin.” –Praying God’s Word: by Beth Moore
“Stealing is a sin, yet if I stole $100 and then changed my mind, dumping the money in a garbage bin, in some respects I could walk away without taking the “sin” with me. On the other hand, if I commit sexual sin, I have a much harder time dumping the garbage. Why? Because spiritually speaking it got “on” me somehow. The sin was against my own body and wields a much stronger staying power.
Sexual sin can be dumped, all right, but not in a garbage bin. Only Christ through the power of His cross can peel off the adhesive effects of sexual sin. The sin against the body somewhat resembles the outer layer of skin on a burn victim. It must be peeled off , and fresh new skin must be allowed to grow. Satan cannot get inside a believer, but sexual seduction is one of the most powerful ways the fires of hell can burn the outside of a believer. The sin is forgiven the moment the person repents, but healing from the ramifications can take longer.
God desires more than anything to restore sexual purity to those who have been sexually seduced, but it takes time to peel away the damaged character. The pain that can be involved in the process demands much trust in a good and loving God.
If we searched for the root of our seasons of sin, we would find that a disastrous harvest almost always has its beginning in a deeply imbedded seed of distrust. Some level of unbelief is involved in every sin. That’s how Paul could make such a bold, all-inclusive statement in Romans 14:23, “Everything that does not come from faith is sin.”
Excerpt From "When godly people,do ungodly things." By Beth Moore
“Satan desires to undermine the sanctifying work of Christ. He knows that all believers have been, “set apart” from the unclean to the clean, and from the unholy to the holy. He also knows that when believers act like the sanctified people they are, God is released to do powerful wonders among them (Josh. 3:5). No purity- No power. Purity- boundless power. Satan is a fool but he is no dummy. Satan knows the overwhelming effects of sexual sin. We must resist “ranking” sin since every sin causes us to miss the mark and require grace. All sin is equal in the sense of eternal ramifications, but not all sin is equal in its earthly ramifications. Satan knows that sexual sin is unique in its attack and impact in the body of the individual believer….Since the Spirit of Christ now dwells in the temple of believers’ bodies, getting a Christian engaged in sexual sin is the closest Satan can come to personally assaulting Christ. That ought to make us mad enough to be determined to live victoriously. Sins against the body also have a way of sticking to us and making us feel like we are the sin rather that the fact that we’ve committed that sin.” –Praying God’s Word: by Beth Moore
“Stealing is a sin, yet if I stole $100 and then changed my mind, dumping the money in a garbage bin, in some respects I could walk away without taking the “sin” with me. On the other hand, if I commit sexual sin, I have a much harder time dumping the garbage. Why? Because spiritually speaking it got “on” me somehow. The sin was against my own body and wields a much stronger staying power.
Sexual sin can be dumped, all right, but not in a garbage bin. Only Christ through the power of His cross can peel off the adhesive effects of sexual sin. The sin against the body somewhat resembles the outer layer of skin on a burn victim. It must be peeled off , and fresh new skin must be allowed to grow. Satan cannot get inside a believer, but sexual seduction is one of the most powerful ways the fires of hell can burn the outside of a believer. The sin is forgiven the moment the person repents, but healing from the ramifications can take longer.
God desires more than anything to restore sexual purity to those who have been sexually seduced, but it takes time to peel away the damaged character. The pain that can be involved in the process demands much trust in a good and loving God.
If we searched for the root of our seasons of sin, we would find that a disastrous harvest almost always has its beginning in a deeply imbedded seed of distrust. Some level of unbelief is involved in every sin. That’s how Paul could make such a bold, all-inclusive statement in Romans 14:23, “Everything that does not come from faith is sin.”
Excerpt From "When godly people,do ungodly things." By Beth Moore
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