11/09/2023
God also says that there will be physical (which I mentioned before) and .....
Flee fornication. Every other sin that a man cospiritual consequences for those who violate His command concerning fornicationmmits is outside the body, but the s*xually immoral man sins against his own body.
- I Corinthians 6:18
Here Paul summarizes the dangerous physical consequences that result from s*xual sin....
Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Do not be deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homos*xuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
- I Corinthians 6:9-10
This is pretty clear as to the sinfulness and seriousness of fornication. Paul teaches that those guilty of this sin will be lost, they will not go to heaven. We should take seriously an action that has the power to both ruin our physical and emotional health, as well as condemn our souls to hell.....
Satan has seduced us into thinking that fornication is normal, healthy, even something better than purity, self-control and obedience. Let's not be fooled (or "deceived" as Paul says), fornication in all of its forms: Is an offense to God because it crosses the boundary which He has set for human s*xuality, is destructive to one's body and emotion, and is the cause for losing one's soul....
People in the world write their own rules when it comes to s*x. As Christians, however, we follow the rules written by God concerning this and other matters.....