1 Corinthians 5: Now, it is actually
being said that there is sexual immorality among you so terrible that not even
the heathen would be guilty of it. I am told that a man is sleeping with his
stepmother! 2 How, then, can you be proud? On the
contrary, you should be filled with sadness, and the man who has done such a
thing should be expelled from your fellowship. 3-4 And even though I am far
away from you in body, still I am there with you in spirit; and as though I
were there with you, I have in the name of our Lord Jesus already passed
judgment on the man who has done this terrible thing. As you meet together, and
I meet with you in my spirit, by the power of our Lord Jesus present with us, 5 you are to hand this man
over to Satan for his body to be destroyed, so that his spirit may be saved in
the Day of the Lord.
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Looking at porn at
an early age set the stage for a struggle. Magazines were the internet of the
time and I only got one, but that was enough. After the magazine became boring,
I wanted the real thing. Isn’t sex before marriage old thinking I tried to
justify.
- Many times I tried to justify my lusts as being human.
- Many times I tried to justify fulfilling my sexual desires outside of how GOD intended.
- Many times I tried to justify my sexual acts as being normal versus immoral.
Paul switched from
compliments to a serious situation, namely sexual immorality. He gives one
specific example and some instructions of how to handle the people involved. He
suggests the man to be handed over to the power of Satan, keeping the man in
his lusts, destroying his body. But what he was saying applies to everyone.
- GOD wants me to focus on sex as HE intended.
- GOD wants me to not be proud that I have fallen outside of HIS structure for sex.
- GOD wants me to know there are not degrees to sin.
Sin is sin. I mean,
someone may think my sin is lightweight and GOD sees what I have done as
devastating. Remember Adam? It only took one “innocent” bite of fruit to make
all humans guilty of sin. That is how serious GOD takes sin.
Fortunately, JESUS
provides salvation for my sins. But what about living? The man Paul spoke about
still had a chance to have eternal life, but his power on earth may be ravaged
with unexplained problem after problem. The man was doomed to live a
non-victorious life. I am grateful JESUS forgives me and I seek “Well done”
from GOD.
- Are you caught up in justifying how you perform sex?
- Do you think there are degrees of right and wrong when it comes to sex?
- Will you ask GOD to help you little by little so HE can guide you to where HE wants you to be regarding sex?
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