there used to be a time
when sin was called by its right name
when people were not afraid to say sin
was sin
there used to be a time when there were
standards and limits
this was acceptable that
was unacceptable moral standards and
limits were known
and respected godly standards were known
and upheld there used to be a time when
engaging in particular
behaviors and activities was frowned
upon
and people would be ashamed to
participate in them
there used to be a time when sexuality
was something private
between a husband and a wife and to
deviate outside of that
was unthinkable sure people have engaged
in sinful behavior all throughout
history
but it was never something to be
celebrated
and elevated until now
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now it's my belief that the devil has
been quietly at work
he has been subtle and he's been cunning
and what he's done is
he's used entertainment he's used music
he's used all forms of media and
everything available to dismantle
godly values relating to sex
the standard of god's word
is that marriage is honorable among all
and the bed undefiled but the devil
has perverted this and promoted
fornication and music
in movies in society
now marriage is honorable among all and
the bid
undefiled but the devil
has promoted adultery and affairs
satan has built this kind of an
acceptance
among people that sex outside of
marriage is no longer a sin
his lies are that there is no shame
there is no consequence
in sexuality outside of marriage
his lies are that there is no shame
there's no
consequence when it comes to how many
sexual partners one can
and should have my friends
we're living in an age where sexual sin
has been
normalized by the devil
but there are four effects that sexual
sin has
that i'd like to bring to your attention
the first effect of blatant sexual sin
is that you
are opening spiritual doors
with another person and more often than
not
you do not know what lies behind those
doors
so what does this mean well
when we engage in sexual sin
we engage in sin against our own bodies
sexuality is spiritual it was designed
by god
as a spiritual tie between a husband and
a wife
therefore a man shall leave his father
and his mother
and hold fast to his wife and they shall
become one
flesh that's what the bible says
so even when it is distorted
this principle still holds true it's
true for non-marital
sexual behavior when you join with
another person
you are still united as one flesh
and there is a spiritual tie that is
made
listen when you do this
you open yourself up spiritually and the
point here
is that you don't know where the other
person has been
you don't know what spirits they've
united themselves with
that are now united with you when you
lay down with them
you don't know what you're opening
yourself up to
we tend to think that god was being
repressive and cruel
in limiting sexual behavior when in fact
he was trying to protect us from powers
and principalities
the rulers of the darkness of this age
and spiritual hosts of wickedness in the
heavenly places and so the question i
have
is why won't we heed god's warning
so the first effect of sexual sin
is that you open yourself up spiritually
now the second effect of sexual sin is
that you are making
soul ties and attachments to someone who
is potentially destructive for you
in addition to the potential of taking
on the spirits
of multiple partners you are also
uniting yourself with people
that will be destructive for your soul
your spirit
and your life in general and oh
be careful be careful
who you unite yourself to
one example from scripture is ahab and
jezebel
that's in first kings ahab was already
wicked
but his union with jezebel took his
wickedness to another level
his attachment to jezebel was extremely
destructive
for him and for the nation of israel
when you tie your soul to someone whose
soul is not committed to following the
ways of god
you open your soul up to corruption
don't you know that whoever you choose
to unite yourself with
can have an influence on your soul
and when you're talking about sexual sin
you're talking about
uniting your soul with another soul
so if you're uniting your soul
with multiple other souls who have been
uniting with
multiple other souls
you now have soul ties with people
who you've never even met
multiple people you have never met
personally i would want to know
what souls are in me i'd prefer to have
only one
as a matter of fact we must always be on
guard
against those corrupting influences
and we have to guard our souls
the third effect of sexual sin is
separation from god
the apostle paul tells us that the wages
of
sin is death
ultimate death is separation from jesus
christ
if we are actively engaging in sin
we are actively separating ourselves
from god
and if we are actively separating
ourselves from god
we are actively choosing to walk into
death
i don't know about you but i'd much
prefer
to walk into life not dead are a few
minutes of pleasure
worth and eternity of pain
are a few casual relationships
worth your eternal relationship with god
no no there is no greater state of being
than being in the presence of god
let us rid ourselves of the sins of the
flesh
and throw ourselves into the life of the
spirit
now the final effect of sexual sin
is that your desire will take you
captive
the longer you entertain it the longer
you're in it
the more you become a slave to it
i can't think of a better case to
illustrate this
than samson's story over in judges
13-16
god called samson to deliver his people
from the philistines
however samson had a weakness
for sexual sin repeatedly
he gets off track of his mission and he
is derailed
by his relationship with philistine
women
judges 14 verse 3 says it plainly
then his father and mother said to him
is there no woman among the daughters of
your brethren
or among all my people that you must go
and get a wife from the uncircumcised
philistines
and sampson said to his father get her
for me
for she pleases me well
samson was completely ruled by his
passions and desires
and they became his undoing he ended up
powerless
blind and rotting in a jail cell
rather than fulfilling the purpose god
had called them to
engaging in sexual sin will derail you
from god's purpose in your life
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beloved let us turn away from those
things which god has forbidden
and let's run to the things that he has
approved
god has not given us these rules to be
harsh and cruel he has given them
because he is trying to spare us trouble
he's trying to spare us heartache and
pain
let us take heed of god's word
and let's flee from sexual immorality
let us repent and seek to be
washed by the blood of jesus christ
let us live in purity
chasing holiness and chasing jesus
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