Sunday, June 25, 2006
The Battle For The Family
Matt 5:27 “You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery. 28 But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell!
31 “It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce. 32 But I tell you, everyone who divorces his wife, except in a case of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
HISTORICAL TRIVIA: The most scandalous misprint of all time occurred 1631 edition in the hot-off-the-press King James Version. Because of a simple typesetting error, the word 'not' was accidentally left out, which left this verse reading 'Thou shalt commit adultery.' The printer was given a huge fine and this version became known as the "Wicked Bible." When God created Eve and brought her to Adam, He joined them together for life. That was the first marriage in human history. Since that time men and women have entered into a covenant relationship called marriage in which they have agreed to live their lives together as partners. In that committed relationship called marriage we share our lives together, face life together, reproduce and raise children together, share burdens together, and grow old together. And part of that relationship is sexual.
You see, sex is risky business. By it's very definition, it is one of the most intimate encounters two people can have. Because it is intimate, it places us in a very vulnerable situation. That is why God confines it to the committed covenant relationship of marriage. There, in the marriage relationship, trust can grow. There is love, devotion, respect, communication, confidentiality, and loyalty implied
in the covenant of marriage.
When someone violates that trust, they violate another person. Adultery is not merely a sin against God, it is also a sin against another person. Additionally it is a sin against yourself. We do not live in isolation. Adultery causes pain. It destroys our relationships and robs us of our self-esteem. Adultery devastates whole families as it crushes our mate and cripples our children.
His plan was for one man to marry one woman, till death do them part. He intended a man to leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife. He commanded that a man not commit adultery. But the devil has aimed the artillery of hell against God's plan for the family. Nothing tears at the fabric of society more than sexual immorality. When Gibbons wrote The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the main reason he gave for its destruction was sexual and moral impurity. Societal breakdown occurs when there is no morality. It's a sociological fact that those who treat sex lightly will treat other human beings cruelly. In Matthew 5:27-28, Jesus says, "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery; But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." The Lord knew the importance of purity, and He demands sexual purity of His followers. In Proverbs chapter five we are given some important guidelines for maintaining purity. These five factors will help build strong families, and their neglect will tear down families.
The Instruction Factor
"My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: that thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge" (Proverbs 5:1-2). Solomon wanted to talk to his son about sexual purity, so he starts by reminding him to listen to instruction. Every once in a while I'll hear somebody say, "What you don't know can't hurt you." That's both wrong and stupid. Sometimes what you don't know can kill you. We have families falling apart, often for lack of wisdom and knowledge. They don't know where to find instruction or even that instruction is available.
Where does a young person go to find instruction on sexual morals? Not from some humanistic lecturer. You can't find it from the money-grubbing moguls in Hollywood, nor from the popular trashy talk shows. Not even Oprah can give you a God-given morality! And certainly not Days Of Our Lives! Who is going to teach us? There is only one answer: God. God has a plan for our moral life, and we ought to follow it. Proverbs 6:32 tells us that "whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding." In other words, the person involved in immorality is ignorant. He doesn't know the truth, and his ignorance leads him to destruction. People today need instruction. They need to learn God's plan for sex. We're watching social engineers take the Bible out of our hospitals, distribute condoms, and provide abortions to young girls.. So we need to teach the truth to people through the church, and we need to do it clearly. Christian, God has given us an instruction manual for our lives. We need to study and apply His wisdom on morality. That's the first step in creating strong families.
The Deception Factor
Second, we have to be aware of Satan's snares. Proverbs 5:3-6 reads, "For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them." Satan wants to deceive you and thereby ruin your life. He does it by bringing immorality into your life and making it seem fun and exciting. The devil is too clever to fish without bait on the hook, so he tries to deceive us with allurement, entrapment, and eventual enslavement.
Solomon says that the lips of a strange woman, an immoral woman, offer sweet words. The honey just flows from this gal. She makes fornication sound wonderful. To many people in our culture, immorality is a great idea. A young man once asked me how anything so wonderful as sex could be wrong. He was convinced that, since it seemed sweet, it must be good. But what seems sweet at first can become tremendously bitter over time. The sweet-talker offers flattery smoother than oil. She knows how to make a man take notice. And of course, if Solomon had been talking to his daughter, he would have warned her of the man who uses flattery and sweet-talk to deceive her into sexual activity. But Solomon goes on to explain that, even though the words sound good, they lead directly to death. Her steps take her straight to hell.
there is the eye gate and the ear gate. Both bringg thedeception of adultery into our hearts. When it gets into our hearts it can get into our actions.
Consider how Pornography works. the Lord Jesus spoke of this in verse 30.
There is the fascination stage
The desensitisatiion stage
the addiction stage
and the action stage.. where we act out what we see.
Sexual sin has a deadly power. Nothing is more destructive. It fascinates, then assassinates. It thrills, then kills. It leads directly to death—the death of joy, the death of purity, the death of your spiritual life, the death of your marriage, and eventually physical death. The only way to stay away from Satan's deceit is to fill your mind with Scripture. You need a quiet time, where you spend time with the Lord before going through your day. Nothing will offer you better protection from immorality than to load up on the Word of God. "For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman" (Proverbs 6:23-24). If you want to develop a strong home, first search for godly wisdom and then become aware of Satan's deceit and how you can protect yourself.
The Protection Factor
The third step is to protect yourself by avoiding dangerous situations. "Hear me now therefore, 0 ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house" (Proverbs 5:7-8). Sexually immorality is not a sin we are called to fight; it's a sin we are called to flee. We are to stay away from her door. Don't even walk past her house. That's why Paul told Timothy to "flee also youthful lusts" (2 Timothy 2:22) and the Corinthians to flee immorality (1 Corinthians 6:18). Don't worry about being called a coward; just stay away from her door. Don't put yourself in a situation where you know you're going to be tempted.
1 Corinthians 10:13 promises us that you'll never be tempted beyond what you can resist. With every temptation there is a way out, and often that escape is on two legs! Just get out of there; get away from the temptation. Don't hang around a spot that you know will tempt you. Don't hang around the places that foster immorality. Don't spend time around magazines or movies that cater to sexual sin. When Potiphar's wife tried to seduce Joseph, he didn't hang around offering excuses to her. She took hold of him, and he ran out the door. He went so fast he left his coat in her hands. He might have been cold, but he was still holy. He didn't try to fight the temptation. He didn't suggest they kneel down and pray about it. He simply fled in order to protect himself.
He who would not fall down ought not to walk in slippery places. Brother, don't visit the opposite sex alone in their homes. Don't counsel the opposite sex alone in your office. Don't go to lunch alone with the opposite sex. Never discuss sexually detailed problems with the opposite sex, or say cute things to them, or flirt, even if it seems good-natured and innocent. It plants a seed in your mind that Satan wants to water and cultivate. Be very careful what you put in your mind. What you put in your mind stays there, and it's almost impossible to get rid of it. So protect yourself. Give temptation a wide berth.
The Destruction Factor
Keep in mind that sin has consequences. We sometimes think we can sin and no one will know, but God knows. All sin has consequences. Solomon warns us not to go near the doorway of sin, "Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger" (Proverbs 5:9-10). Sin doesn't pay—it costs.
A friend of mine began to flirt with a woman in his gym. Soon he was involved in deep sin and immorality. He lost his job. He lost his home. He lost his family. He lost his reputation. Today somebody else works his job, somebody else lives in his home, and his children call somebody else "Daddy." It breaks my heart, but that's the destruction factor of sin. Many ministers have ruined their careers due to sexual sin. Sin simply dissipates your life. It may seem like it pays you the dividend of pleasure, but it costs far too much.
Sexual sin can also lead to disease, something Solomon knew about, for he says, "And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed" (v. 11).
Sexually transmitted diseases are the consequences of sin. For all the research and discussion about a cure for AIDS, I contend that we already know the cure: live according to God's plan. For all the social engineers running around looking for creative answers to AIDS, we already know the solution: one man marries one woman, and they remain true to each other. You may think that's too simple, but it's God's plan. Sexual sin leads to dissipation and disease.
It also leads to disappointment, which Solomon talks about in the next few verses: "And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; and have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly" (w. 12-14). This world is full of plenty of disappointed people, who ask themselves, "Why didn't I listen?" Why didn't they listen to their pastor? Why didn't they listen to their Christian friends? Why didn't they listen to the wisdom from the Word of God? They think they've found the path to joy, but it's a path to death, and it is filled with disappointment. Sex doesn't liberate—it enslaves. Thus the sinner is exposed and disgraced, which is the meaning of the words that speak of being "in the midst of the congregation." In other words, your sin is going to be exposed. God is going to allow everyone to know about your sin, and you will no longer be able to hide it. I once read a newspaper whose motto was, "If you don't want it printed, don't let it happen." Everyone will know of your sin, and you'll face disgrace.
"His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins" (Proverbs 5:22). Sexual sin not only disappoints and disgraces, it dominates. It enslaves a person. I have counseled men living an immoral life, and they see that what they're doing is wrong.
They know God loves them and that He has the power to deliver them. They want what's best for their family and they are willing to repent, but soon they are involved in the same old sin. Sexual sin puts people into bondage. Like links in a chain, every act binds them, forged on the anvil of lust, tempered in the bellows of a hard heart. The very chain they created binds them. Thus Solomon ends his proverb with the words, "He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray" (v. 23). The warm flame of lust leads to the fiery flame of hell. You cannot live this way and strut into heaven. "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate . . . shall inherit the kingdom of God" (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).
The Intention Factor
If we are to have strong families, we must understand God's intention for us. He intends for us to have lasting marriages. "Let thy fountain be blessed," Solomon says in Proverbs 5:18, "and rejoice with the wife of thy youth." The woman you married when you were a young man ought to continue to be your wife when you're an old man. God's intention is that your marriage should last a long time. And it should not only be a lasting marriage, but it should be a loving marriage. "Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love" (v. 19). Don't think that by living according to God's laws, you're going to miss out. You'll miss out if you live according to the world's standards. You'll never know fulfillment and joy until you obey His Word.
God's laws are for your welfare. He would never ask you to do something less than the best. The Lord isn't trying to keep sex from you. He's trying to keep sex for you. That's why He calls us to flee fornication. He wants you to have something much greater: a happy marriage. Keep yourself pure. God has something wonderful in store for you.
Well how can you sort out this sisue in yourr life?
1. Admit your problem to the Lord And Get Clean
1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Affirm your desire to Stay clean
Psalm 119 :10 How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping Your word.
Cut off the addicition straight away.Cut off the sinful relationship
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell!
Assimilate The Promises
Psalm 119:10 I have sought You with all my heart; don’t let me wander from Your commands. 11 I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You.
How are you going at treasuring God's word in your heart?
How are you going at memorising God's Word?
How are you going at internalising the promises of God.
These promises will keep you from sin!
2 peter 1:3,4 For His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. 4 By these He has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires.
Matt 5:27 “You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery. 28 But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell!
31 “It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce. 32 But I tell you, everyone who divorces his wife, except in a case of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
HISTORICAL TRIVIA: The most scandalous misprint of all time occurred 1631 edition in the hot-off-the-press King James Version. Because of a simple typesetting error, the word 'not' was accidentally left out, which left this verse reading 'Thou shalt commit adultery.' The printer was given a huge fine and this version became known as the "Wicked Bible." When God created Eve and brought her to Adam, He joined them together for life. That was the first marriage in human history. Since that time men and women have entered into a covenant relationship called marriage in which they have agreed to live their lives together as partners. In that committed relationship called marriage we share our lives together, face life together, reproduce and raise children together, share burdens together, and grow old together. And part of that relationship is sexual.
You see, sex is risky business. By it's very definition, it is one of the most intimate encounters two people can have. Because it is intimate, it places us in a very vulnerable situation. That is why God confines it to the committed covenant relationship of marriage. There, in the marriage relationship, trust can grow. There is love, devotion, respect, communication, confidentiality, and loyalty implied
in the covenant of marriage.
When someone violates that trust, they violate another person. Adultery is not merely a sin against God, it is also a sin against another person. Additionally it is a sin against yourself. We do not live in isolation. Adultery causes pain. It destroys our relationships and robs us of our self-esteem. Adultery devastates whole families as it crushes our mate and cripples our children.
His plan was for one man to marry one woman, till death do them part. He intended a man to leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife. He commanded that a man not commit adultery. But the devil has aimed the artillery of hell against God's plan for the family. Nothing tears at the fabric of society more than sexual immorality. When Gibbons wrote The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the main reason he gave for its destruction was sexual and moral impurity. Societal breakdown occurs when there is no morality. It's a sociological fact that those who treat sex lightly will treat other human beings cruelly. In Matthew 5:27-28, Jesus says, "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery; But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." The Lord knew the importance of purity, and He demands sexual purity of His followers. In Proverbs chapter five we are given some important guidelines for maintaining purity. These five factors will help build strong families, and their neglect will tear down families.
The Instruction Factor
"My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: that thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge" (Proverbs 5:1-2). Solomon wanted to talk to his son about sexual purity, so he starts by reminding him to listen to instruction. Every once in a while I'll hear somebody say, "What you don't know can't hurt you." That's both wrong and stupid. Sometimes what you don't know can kill you. We have families falling apart, often for lack of wisdom and knowledge. They don't know where to find instruction or even that instruction is available.
Where does a young person go to find instruction on sexual morals? Not from some humanistic lecturer. You can't find it from the money-grubbing moguls in Hollywood, nor from the popular trashy talk shows. Not even Oprah can give you a God-given morality! And certainly not Days Of Our Lives! Who is going to teach us? There is only one answer: God. God has a plan for our moral life, and we ought to follow it. Proverbs 6:32 tells us that "whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding." In other words, the person involved in immorality is ignorant. He doesn't know the truth, and his ignorance leads him to destruction. People today need instruction. They need to learn God's plan for sex. We're watching social engineers take the Bible out of our hospitals, distribute condoms, and provide abortions to young girls.. So we need to teach the truth to people through the church, and we need to do it clearly. Christian, God has given us an instruction manual for our lives. We need to study and apply His wisdom on morality. That's the first step in creating strong families.
The Deception Factor
Second, we have to be aware of Satan's snares. Proverbs 5:3-6 reads, "For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them." Satan wants to deceive you and thereby ruin your life. He does it by bringing immorality into your life and making it seem fun and exciting. The devil is too clever to fish without bait on the hook, so he tries to deceive us with allurement, entrapment, and eventual enslavement.
Solomon says that the lips of a strange woman, an immoral woman, offer sweet words. The honey just flows from this gal. She makes fornication sound wonderful. To many people in our culture, immorality is a great idea. A young man once asked me how anything so wonderful as sex could be wrong. He was convinced that, since it seemed sweet, it must be good. But what seems sweet at first can become tremendously bitter over time. The sweet-talker offers flattery smoother than oil. She knows how to make a man take notice. And of course, if Solomon had been talking to his daughter, he would have warned her of the man who uses flattery and sweet-talk to deceive her into sexual activity. But Solomon goes on to explain that, even though the words sound good, they lead directly to death. Her steps take her straight to hell.
there is the eye gate and the ear gate. Both bringg thedeception of adultery into our hearts. When it gets into our hearts it can get into our actions.
Consider how Pornography works. the Lord Jesus spoke of this in verse 30.
There is the fascination stage
The desensitisatiion stage
the addiction stage
and the action stage.. where we act out what we see.
Sexual sin has a deadly power. Nothing is more destructive. It fascinates, then assassinates. It thrills, then kills. It leads directly to death—the death of joy, the death of purity, the death of your spiritual life, the death of your marriage, and eventually physical death. The only way to stay away from Satan's deceit is to fill your mind with Scripture. You need a quiet time, where you spend time with the Lord before going through your day. Nothing will offer you better protection from immorality than to load up on the Word of God. "For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman" (Proverbs 6:23-24). If you want to develop a strong home, first search for godly wisdom and then become aware of Satan's deceit and how you can protect yourself.
The Protection Factor
The third step is to protect yourself by avoiding dangerous situations. "Hear me now therefore, 0 ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house" (Proverbs 5:7-8). Sexually immorality is not a sin we are called to fight; it's a sin we are called to flee. We are to stay away from her door. Don't even walk past her house. That's why Paul told Timothy to "flee also youthful lusts" (2 Timothy 2:22) and the Corinthians to flee immorality (1 Corinthians 6:18). Don't worry about being called a coward; just stay away from her door. Don't put yourself in a situation where you know you're going to be tempted.
1 Corinthians 10:13 promises us that you'll never be tempted beyond what you can resist. With every temptation there is a way out, and often that escape is on two legs! Just get out of there; get away from the temptation. Don't hang around a spot that you know will tempt you. Don't hang around the places that foster immorality. Don't spend time around magazines or movies that cater to sexual sin. When Potiphar's wife tried to seduce Joseph, he didn't hang around offering excuses to her. She took hold of him, and he ran out the door. He went so fast he left his coat in her hands. He might have been cold, but he was still holy. He didn't try to fight the temptation. He didn't suggest they kneel down and pray about it. He simply fled in order to protect himself.
He who would not fall down ought not to walk in slippery places. Brother, don't visit the opposite sex alone in their homes. Don't counsel the opposite sex alone in your office. Don't go to lunch alone with the opposite sex. Never discuss sexually detailed problems with the opposite sex, or say cute things to them, or flirt, even if it seems good-natured and innocent. It plants a seed in your mind that Satan wants to water and cultivate. Be very careful what you put in your mind. What you put in your mind stays there, and it's almost impossible to get rid of it. So protect yourself. Give temptation a wide berth.
The Destruction Factor
Keep in mind that sin has consequences. We sometimes think we can sin and no one will know, but God knows. All sin has consequences. Solomon warns us not to go near the doorway of sin, "Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger" (Proverbs 5:9-10). Sin doesn't pay—it costs.
A friend of mine began to flirt with a woman in his gym. Soon he was involved in deep sin and immorality. He lost his job. He lost his home. He lost his family. He lost his reputation. Today somebody else works his job, somebody else lives in his home, and his children call somebody else "Daddy." It breaks my heart, but that's the destruction factor of sin. Many ministers have ruined their careers due to sexual sin. Sin simply dissipates your life. It may seem like it pays you the dividend of pleasure, but it costs far too much.
Sexual sin can also lead to disease, something Solomon knew about, for he says, "And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed" (v. 11).
Sexually transmitted diseases are the consequences of sin. For all the research and discussion about a cure for AIDS, I contend that we already know the cure: live according to God's plan. For all the social engineers running around looking for creative answers to AIDS, we already know the solution: one man marries one woman, and they remain true to each other. You may think that's too simple, but it's God's plan. Sexual sin leads to dissipation and disease.
It also leads to disappointment, which Solomon talks about in the next few verses: "And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; and have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly" (w. 12-14). This world is full of plenty of disappointed people, who ask themselves, "Why didn't I listen?" Why didn't they listen to their pastor? Why didn't they listen to their Christian friends? Why didn't they listen to the wisdom from the Word of God? They think they've found the path to joy, but it's a path to death, and it is filled with disappointment. Sex doesn't liberate—it enslaves. Thus the sinner is exposed and disgraced, which is the meaning of the words that speak of being "in the midst of the congregation." In other words, your sin is going to be exposed. God is going to allow everyone to know about your sin, and you will no longer be able to hide it. I once read a newspaper whose motto was, "If you don't want it printed, don't let it happen." Everyone will know of your sin, and you'll face disgrace.
"His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins" (Proverbs 5:22). Sexual sin not only disappoints and disgraces, it dominates. It enslaves a person. I have counseled men living an immoral life, and they see that what they're doing is wrong.
They know God loves them and that He has the power to deliver them. They want what's best for their family and they are willing to repent, but soon they are involved in the same old sin. Sexual sin puts people into bondage. Like links in a chain, every act binds them, forged on the anvil of lust, tempered in the bellows of a hard heart. The very chain they created binds them. Thus Solomon ends his proverb with the words, "He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray" (v. 23). The warm flame of lust leads to the fiery flame of hell. You cannot live this way and strut into heaven. "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate . . . shall inherit the kingdom of God" (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).
The Intention Factor
If we are to have strong families, we must understand God's intention for us. He intends for us to have lasting marriages. "Let thy fountain be blessed," Solomon says in Proverbs 5:18, "and rejoice with the wife of thy youth." The woman you married when you were a young man ought to continue to be your wife when you're an old man. God's intention is that your marriage should last a long time. And it should not only be a lasting marriage, but it should be a loving marriage. "Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love" (v. 19). Don't think that by living according to God's laws, you're going to miss out. You'll miss out if you live according to the world's standards. You'll never know fulfillment and joy until you obey His Word.
God's laws are for your welfare. He would never ask you to do something less than the best. The Lord isn't trying to keep sex from you. He's trying to keep sex for you. That's why He calls us to flee fornication. He wants you to have something much greater: a happy marriage. Keep yourself pure. God has something wonderful in store for you.
Well how can you sort out this sisue in yourr life?
1. Admit your problem to the Lord And Get Clean
1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Affirm your desire to Stay clean
Psalm 119 :10 How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping Your word.
Cut off the addicition straight away.Cut off the sinful relationship
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell!
Assimilate The Promises
Psalm 119:10 I have sought You with all my heart; don’t let me wander from Your commands. 11 I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You.
How are you going at treasuring God's word in your heart?
How are you going at memorising God's Word?
How are you going at internalising the promises of God.
These promises will keep you from sin!
2 peter 1:3,4 For His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. 4 By these He has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires.
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