For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, - 1 Thessalonians 4v3-4
I don’t really have a whole lot to say about this, except that I think it is important that we not neglect the fact that God stresses the importance of dealing with sexual immorality. God specifies here that among the clear things that are God’s will, one of them is to abstain from all sexual immorality, for our bodies and to possessed in ‘sanctification and honour’ not in gratification.
The danger is greater than just the physical repercussions of immorality. It defrauds the brethren and God will deal with it. Apparently some in Thessalonica were saying that it was not really a big deal, because the body and the spirit are two different things so you can do whatever you want with your body. Amazing how people will find ways to justify sin, isn’t it?
Anyway, in case there is any doubt – God’s will is that we abstain from all sexual immorality – full stop.
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I read an interesting comment not too long ago- that sex outside of marriage is "self-imposed sexual abuse." When a predator sexually abuses someone through rape or molestation, he/she has no appreciation for God's creation. There is no dignity afforded to the victim. The victim is an object for pleasure. When we choose sexual immorality, we are treating the body God gave us in the same way a rapist or predator does. And the ramifications are much the same. Just as a victim suffers lifelong ramifications and consequences from the abuse, we do too when we choose sexual immorality. When we are immersed in that choice, whether it's self-gratification, adultery, fornication, etc--that very choice impedes our ability to know what is proper control and proper boundaries, and it muddles our thinking in EVERY area of our lives. We discount the value or our souls when we objectify ourselves in this way!
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