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Paul packed a lot into 12 verses! He tells us that as Christians we are to walk
in holiness, in harmony, and in honesty. Immorality was rampant in the Roman Empire as
it is now, and these Christians needed God’s instruction on how to live apart
from it. “Paul gave four reasons why
they should live a holy life and
abstain from sensual lusts:
To
please God
To obey
God
To
glorify God
To
escape the judgment of God”
according to my commentary.
“Pleasing God means much more than simply doing God’s will. It is possible to obey God and yet not please
Him.” (Jonah was an example they
cited.) It involved “getting to know the
heart of God, and this opens us up
to the will of God.”
God’s commandments concerning sex are clear, and since “He created sex, He had the authority to govern
its use.” So living a life according to
those commandments results in obedience.
For God to be glorified,
we must live a holy life, and “to make us holy, that entails first of all a
clean break with sexual immorality… The Christian who commits sexual sin is sinning
against his own body, and he is robbing God of the glory He should receive
through a believer’s way of life.”
Finally, in regard to judgment, “God is no respecter of
persons: He must deal with His children when
they sin … While it is true that the
Christian is not under condemnation, it is also
true that he is not free of the harvest
of sorrow that comes when we sow to the flesh.
God forgives, but God cannot
change the consequences.”
Father, help me in my singleness to continue to seek Your
will for my life – to not simply seek to obey
You, but to seek to please You by
conforming my heart to Yours. Don’t let
me try to rationalize anything regarding sexual sin. Strengthen me and help me to be pure for You
and because You know what’s best for me better than I ever will.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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