"Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a
man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own
body."
{1 Corinthians 6:18} (NIV 1984)
We are to
watch and pray. We are to be alert and look for the way out. We are to flee!
That means run full speed ahead along the path that leads away from the sin!
All sins are equal in the sense that all sins separate us from God. When we sin
we grieve the Holy Spirit within us; we turn away from the Living God.
This
verse teaches us that all sins are not equal in the sense of consequences.
Sexual sin has severe consequences in our own bodies. There is much research
done on this, but let’s take this verse by faith. Believe what it says and
follow its instruction. Let us not toy with this area of sin. Don’t walk close
to the edge of the cliff. Flee! Don’t watch that show anymore. Don’t read those
books anymore. Don’t hang around with those people anymore. I think of the
movie Forest Gump: 'Run Forest! Run!'
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