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Flee Sexual Immorality

Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.*

On the path to Life in Christ, we can not be passive, we are in a spiritual war, one for our souls. Conquerseries.com writes that"68% of church-going men and over 50% of pastors view porn on a regular basis."* Crosswalk.com writes "50 percent of men viewed pornography within one week of attending a Promise Keepers stadium event… 54 percent of pastors said they viewed porn within the past year in a Pastors.com survey…"* Paul writes for us not to be deceived in this area. "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality... And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be mastered by anything."* A believer struggling with sexual immorality is not living in freedom, they are being mastered, overpowered by evil, their very soul is in danger.

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.*

This is not our home, we live on a corrupt earth that is dying. This body in which we live, it is dying, and sin dwells there and evil wars against this member to bring us into captivity to sin. There is salvation from this body waiting to come, the redemption of our bodies. This is the truth of the scriptures, but also we see the truth that the old man has been crucified with Christ so that sin is rendered powerless and that the Spirit puts to death the deeds of the flesh.* At some point a line is drawn in the sand, here are the children of the devil, and on the other side are the children of God, those born of God will not continue in sin.* There is a wretched state of a believer who does the things against his new man, which is spiritual, and also there is the concept of making sure of your calling, of overcoming. If Christ is in us, greater is He in you, so then "abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul."* 

Therefore put to death the member, to the extent of sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and covetousness, which is idolatry.*

The word of God is powerful for tearing down strongholds. The battle is within the mind, thus we are commanded to take our thoughts captive (these the devil put there) and submit them unto obedience to Christ. Meditate on the truth and you will be set free. The word of God is the sword of the Spirit. Here are some;
"The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body."1 Corinthians 6:13 Jesus died so that we would be set free from sin.* "In Him, you were also circumcised in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands."Colossians 2:11 "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." Romans 6:6 "Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness."Romans 6:13 If Christ has redeemed us we are no longer indebted to the flesh, but to our new nature, of the Spirit. If we live according to the flesh we will die. We have a choice, we can not be passive, it is spiritual warfare, one must stand and be courageous!

For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.Romans 8:13

Here is where the passivity will not work, it is a choice set before us, what will we choose, will we choose life or will we choose death? There are sins that lead to death, these sins John writes we can not pray for a brother to be healed. Paul had the church of Corinth, give a man over to Satan for living in sexual immorality so that perhaps his soul would be saved. In the new covenant in Christ, the temple is the body. Jesus spoke of His body being a temple, when he said the temple would be destroyed and raised in three days.* The body is the Temple of the Spirit who dwells within our body. The Old covenant temple, built on a corrupt earth, body, the Spirit of God dwelt in, the holiness was due to His presence there. Think about sexual immorality this way, in the Old temple, a priest bringing a prostitute into the building joining with her, in the presence of God's spirit. Our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body, a body that belongs to the Lord.* Paul writes my body belongs to the Lord though I am joined not in body with Christ but in spirit, the Spirit of Christ is in me, therefore what I do in my body will either glorify God or not. 

for you were redeemed worthy, therefore glorify God with your bodies.*

God had a purpose in Christ before he created the world, He "chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love," and he blessed us in Christ, with adoption, and redemption, the forgiveness of sin.* He redeemed us because he found us worthy, favored in the Beloved, a matter of election, predestined for adoption as sons. God wanted people to love him and be loved by him, but he is holy, so these people needed to be consecrated, set apart unto holiness, so to be blameless in his presence. This purpose he accomplished in Christ, and according to this purpose, we are being conformed to the image of His Son, who is holy. God is working out all for our good, according to this plan, for those called according to this purpose. The Holy Spirit is a pledge of this inheritance until the redemption of His possession, which are his children called according to this purpose. If I am called according to His purpose, to be holy in His presence in love, called to heaven where God exists holy, then I am to put away those things that are earthly, that will not exist in heaven and glorify God in my body. I glorify God in my body when I share in His holy character.


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