14/01/2020
••• Your Body Is Not Born Again •••
Years ago I heard a zealous brother say he can spend the night with a sister and not touch her. You know this is possible right? But I will never attempt it, except it's caused by inconvenience. I would not take myself closer to a temptation I can easily stay away from. Rather I'd do what the bible says "Flee every appearance of evil". [1 Thes. 5:22]
''Body no be firewood" You've heard many people say that already, but have you pondered it? God made our body with hormones and urges that can easily be stimulated. When her smooth skin courses against yours, you'd instantly be stimulated. Which brings me to my point; your body is not born again.
Your spirit is the one that was born again during repentance. If your body was born again, you would have had to go back to your mother's womb and be born again in the natural way. But how's that possible when you're already born?
Your body can never be born again. That's why you must be very careful with the things you allow close to your body. You must be careful about the things you watch and the literatures you read. You cannot watch every movie. You cannot read every book. You cannot tell me you're fleeing the temptation of lust when you're hooked on 'Game of Thrones' or 'A Knight In Shining Armour'.
You cannot be sitting in a beer parlour yet claim to be abstaining from alcohol. How do you stay away from s*x yet view pornographic content at the same time? There's no sense in this. You do not maintain close proximity to what you're avoiding. You stay away!
Beloved, wisdom is profitable!
Shallom!