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What God Says About Your Sex Life
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parallel human family, partly through sexual sin, you will be
prepared with the determination you need to follow the next
step
in
your defense.
Second, guard the door of your mind. Sex sin, like all
sins, begins in the mind (James
1:14-15).
The place to stop
sin is at the point where we are tempted. All sin, and
especially sexual sin, gains allure
if
we harbor it.
It
begins to
snowball and gains strength until we allow ourselves to sin in
our mind or even in our actions.
So do not permit yourself the luxury of even a "little"
lust. For a "little" lust is the match that lights the fire of
sexual promiscuity, which bums the bonds of matrimony into
ashes.
God Forgives
God plainly states that our sex sins are grievous in his
sight. "Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the
marriage bed be undefiled [i.e, by extramarital sex]; for God
will judge the immoral and adulterous" (Heb.
13:4,
Revised
Standard Version).
Fidelity and sexual purity are, clearly, what God requires.
But it is true, unfortunately, that in the lives of many who
read this, Satan will have already struck.
The good news is that we can be forgiven of our past
sins-even our sex sins-if we repent-stop sinning and start
doing what is right. And we can have the power of God's Holy
Spirit to help fight our battles (Acts
5:32).
Remember the story of the "woman caught in adultery"?
"When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the
woman, He said to her, 'Woman, where are those accusers of
yours? Has no one condemned you?' She said, 'No one, Lord.'
And Jesus said to her, 'Neither do I condemn you; go and sin
no more'" (John
8:10-11).
"Go and sin no more.''
Good advice, and the advice that all of us must take if
we are to learn the lesson of fidelity, which can carry us from
the warm bonds of a physical marriage into the spiritual
family of God.