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Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by Nobody: 2:44am On Jan 25, 2015
laro kutukutu sunday
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by tit(f): 2:47am On Jan 25, 2015
Good write-up.
Our youth should repent.
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by Nobody: 2:48am On Jan 25, 2015
why the face, bunnie?
babyfun:
sad
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by Nobody: 2:48am On Jan 25, 2015
pabon:
how much is ur land?
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by joyceok: 2:52am On Jan 25, 2015
babyfun:
sad

Pla make a statement to show thar u are in support or against this article
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by Wisdytech(m): 2:56am On Jan 25, 2015
Good one OP! I must say today gonna be a great day!! Be blessed
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by InZA: 2:59am On Jan 25, 2015
'We were bought with a price" .That's a very profound verse in the Bible and it's one of such verses that as christians, we can use to claim our right to health , wealth and other promises of God, but we can only boldly do this when we steer clear from sin, you can't expect to pray along the lines of " You sickness of Asthma, because I was bought with a price- the precious blood of Jesus, I'm no longer a property of sickness, therefore, you Asthma..... die!. ;when the very body you're saying the blood of Jesus paid for sleeps with a prostitut:e every weekend.-Your prayers won't be answered.


On one of such accounts when Jesus was speaking He said "The devil has come and found nothing of his in me".... This should be the practising mantra of every christain, and by practising I mean, we should learn to say it only when we know that there's truly nothing (sin) that belongs to the devil in us. Sexual sin is sin quite alright and like every other sin, it would lead you to hell fire but in the same vein, it is not like every other sin, because it doesn't just have a punishment - hell fire, it also has a consequence - a number of them that literally start to destroy your life here on earth before the eternal punishment of hell fire.

I understand the struggle in maintaining sexual purity, I'm about turning 30, and at this stage, my body almost wants to start removing sperm from my nose, but I won't say because I'm so pressed and God would understand, so I end up engaging in premarital sex, as much as God is merciful, He has also said that ", He that must follow me must be ready to take up his cross ....maintaining your sexual purity in the presence of over surging testosterone levels, is a cross[so don't expect it to be easy] and as a christian, It is your God given responsibility to carry your cross.

God help us all.



Very good thread OP.



Thanks for sharing.

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Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by joyceok: 2:59am On Jan 25, 2015
mirexxx:
smiley
Make a state to show that u are against or in support of this article because romance outside wedlock leads to sexual sin
https://www.nairaland.com/mirexxx/topics
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by Tobetoe(m): 3:03am On Jan 25, 2015
Kyrie eleison
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by mirexxx(f): 3:03am On Jan 25, 2015
joyceok:

Make a state to show that u are against or in support of this article because romance outside wedlock leads to sexual sin
https://www.nairaland.com/mirexxx/topics
is dat y u posted a link of my topics? *crazy*
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by joyceok: 3:03am On Jan 25, 2015
Why are ladies avoiding to make comments on this article Are they more guilty of sexual sins than the guys?
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by Jonwesley(m): 3:07am On Jan 25, 2015
The classification of sexual sins is just by the way. If thou looketh upon a woman...., thou has committed adultery / fornication already. No contacts yet and then any of the above classification would have been committed. No one is free as I think that the women who draw men to lust after the looking act are part of the sin. May God have and show us mercy.
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by boluwatife66(m): 3:07am On Jan 25, 2015
tongue shocked
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by sistrunk: 3:08am On Jan 25, 2015
gsparks01:
Happy Sunday to you all! Start the day with this writeup.. I believe this will bless someone today



Excessive sexual sin and unclothedness is one of the marks of our Western culture and much of the world today. Everything is sensual. Everything must be sexy. We live in a sex-crazed world, and unclothedness jumps out at us from everywhere. It is becoming more and more difficult for men and women to keep themselves in a state of moral purity. Sexual sin and neglecting the laws of purity in the body of Christ is one of the elements that can potentially bring weakness, sickness, and even premature death to many in the Church. It is one forgotten aspect of not discerning the Lord’s body (1 Cor. 11:29-31).

Those last statements sound so primitive in today’s contemporary church. There is a lack of ministry from pastors in this area because of the fear of forthcoming accusations of being unloving, judgmental, legalistic, and ministering guilt and condemnation. Frankly, we’ve lost our way in this regard. Correction, rebuke and reproof are clearly missing from our counsel in these new crooked days of false comfort and unscriptural mercy. In days of old it was rather common for correction to be made not only using the Scriptures but through the manifestation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

For instance, it was observed by one old timer that in praying for the sick, individuals who had been unfaithful in their marriage and had not repented, but who nevertheless sought healing, had been rebuked sternly by the Spirit of God. Back then they understood that only deep repentance and cleansing through the precious Blood of Christ could the gravity of such a crime be pardoned. Today, as I said, we are considered condemning and judgmental if we minister in such a manner. Yet it is common for many to get in a healing line and seek deliverance, or submit prayer requests while living in gross immorality without any earnest desire for genuine repentance. Those who practice sexual sin, or any other sin for that matter, and profess Christ, are partaking of the body of the Lord unworthily; and in doing so they are receiving a curse rather than a blessing. “For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep” (1 Cor. 11:29-31).

I realize that sexual temptations are great, no one is exempt from them, and none should boast of their self-righteousness. I’m also aware that in seeking to turn someone from the error of their ways we must do so in gentleness and humility (Gal. 6:1; 2 Tim. 2:25). But if there is to be victory in this area, it must begin with a reverent understanding and a scriptural estimation of the defiling and degrading nature of sexual sin and its terrible dangers. Before people obey God, they must be thoroughly awakened. Only then will they overcome counteracting forces.

Carefully read these words of one of America’s greatest evangelists, Charles G. Finney: “Worldly desires, appetites, and feelings prevent true Christianity—the human will is, in a sense, enslaved by fleshly and worldly desires. It is therefore necessary for God to awaken people to a sense of guilt and danger and thus produce an opposite excitement or feeling and desire. This counter-feeling breaks the power of worldly desire and leaves the will free to obey God.” That ideology, my friends, is clearly absent from the mainstream of contemporary Christianity, yet it is so sorely needed. As in modern-day America, sexual sin and unclothedness were celebrated in the city of Corinth too and was infiltrating into the church there. Thus Paul had to remind the Corinthian saints that their bodies were now the temples of God and not their own. Their bodies, as ours, are now members of Christ, so a sin against our bodies is a sin against Christ. “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s” (1 Cor. 6:15, 19-20). As far back as the Mosaic books we find some interesting references to sexual immorality and unclothedness.

Here are the definitions of these four sexual sins:

1- Adultery:

Unlawful sexual intercourse involving at least one married person. Adultery is incompatible with the harmonious laws of family life in God’s kingdom, and is under God’s judgment since it violates God’s original purpose.

2- Fornication:

Pornography, illicit sexual intercourse including prostitution, whoredom, incest, licentiousness (lack of moral restraint), and habitual immorality (would include sexual fantasies that lead to masturbation).

3- Uncleanness: Often refers to homosexuality and lesbianism

4- Lewdness:

Unashamed indecency, unbridled lust, unrestrained depravity (a disposition or settled tendency to evil, the innate corruption of unregenerate man), the person with this characteristic has an insolent defiance of public opinion, sinning in broad daylight with arrogance and contempt. Again, this often refers to sexual sin. Here’s where many people err in their understanding of their sexuality. Notice the following verses. “Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power” (1 Cor. 6:13-14). Paul is correcting the dangerous misconception among the Corinthians who believed, “as the stomach is designed for food, the genitals are created for sexual experience.” This mind-set is not only common among unregenerate human beings but also among Christians who justify sexual immorality. Paul shows how this analogy is false because your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost and belongs to Christ. Eating food is a secondary and temporal arrangement, but sexuality reaches into the eternal and metaphysical depths of one’s being. An essential identity exists between the present physical body and the future glorified body (v 14). Sexual intercourse is more than a biological experience; it involves a communion of life.

Since Jesus is one with the born-again believer’s spirit, it is unthinkable to involve Him with immorality; thus the strong admonition not to let the sin of fornication and all uncleanness “even be named among you” (Eph. 5:3; emphasis added).

Sexuality is a uniquely profound aspect of the personality involving one’s entire being. Sexual immorality has far-reaching effects, with great spiritual significance and social implications (v18). Such immorality is not only a sin against the body but against the Holy Spirit, who dwells in the body. It is one of the ways we are to discern the Lord’s body, which when consistently neglected, as I stated earlier, often brings weakness, sickness, and even premature death. Regardless of how satisfying and fulfilling sex is in its rightful place within the marriage, it is still a temporal arrangement and not a part of our eternal existence. And yet by it we procreate and give birth to eternal spirits. Sexual immorality messes with the power of procreation with someone to whom you are not married.

The sexual drive is not sinful, but it is hurtful if not kept in its proper place. Scripture forbids sexual immorality in order to protect you. Politicians, businesses, schools and our public institutions are not qualified to handle the subject of sexual immorality and deviate sex problems we have in our culture. They are a part of the problem, not the solution. Sadly though, the church has fallen so short of addressing this problem from a strong scriptural perspective. Some churches no longer even believe what the Bible says about sexual immorality is pertinent. One high-ranking church official said that the church is going to have to come to an understanding of homosexuality according to the changing culture. That is one of the biggest problems in the church today. Many of us are conforming to the standards of the culture around us....

I was blessed by this, you can see the complete writeup
http://247nigerianewsupdate.co/4-sexual-sins-every-christian-should-avoid

Blessed. thank you. appy sundae!
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by kobonaire(m): 3:12am On Jan 25, 2015
gsparks01:
Uncleanness: Often refers to homosexuality and lesbianism
uncleanliness has to do with personal hygiene

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Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by Waspy(m): 3:12am On Jan 25, 2015
Lord, have mercy
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by bunmioguns(m): 3:36am On Jan 25, 2015
Snoup6:
IDIAT! them they talk better tin you dey here dey do useless fake advertisement.


@contralbebe, @Dr. Lagusta.. Pls come and help me examine this guy's brain because I doubt the possibility of him being normal
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by EACBLAZE: 3:36am On Jan 25, 2015
Noted thanks
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by DWJOBScom(m): 3:40am On Jan 25, 2015
Great article, great reminder, cool admonition......
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by Nobody: 4:09am On Jan 25, 2015
May God give us all that enablement and sincere heart to act according to the knowledge of His word!
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by 123ayodeji(m): 4:26am On Jan 25, 2015
Nice one...
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by tellwisdom: 4:44am On Jan 25, 2015
Op, You are very foolish..does that mean i shouldnt yansh??
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by dahunsy(f): 4:46am On Jan 25, 2015
coughs***clear throat
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by Olanireti(m): 4:48am On Jan 25, 2015
If sexual sin is not counted as sin anymore, i bet you many people will make heaven. It takes special GRACE to be totally free from sexual sin of any type. @Op, tell me you are not guilty of it one way or the other. God please have mercy on us

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Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by Nobody: 4:50am On Jan 25, 2015
b0rn2fuck:
Sunday don land again, una don dey scare man pikin with fire again.... na only God know the amount of people that will sent to fire, whether nah Devil abi Nah Baba God build hell fire, make dem mod additional blocks for hell fire room because this one wey dem still dey dwell on no fit contain people

I do not know why one should avoid any sexual sins if ordinary lie could land one in fire, sin is sin. If not for police with guns, lots of people will commit robbery but thank God for government.

Make seun osewa no go put repent, fire is near, Jesus is coming to scare people away from coming to nairaland front page on Sunday because I dey so, my heart ddon harden, na fire for this earth dey fear me, not bi after death wey body and bone don turn to sand, na God get soul i.e that one no concern me

Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by Olanireti(m): 4:52am On Jan 25, 2015
If sexual sin is not counted as sin anymore, i bet you many people will make heaven. It takes special GRACE to be totally free from sexual sin of any type. @Op, tell me you are not guilty of it one way or the other. God please have mercy on us..
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by goshen26: 4:57am On Jan 25, 2015
nice one
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by aribitoye(m): 5:02am On Jan 25, 2015
Blessed and bookmarked.
Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by Donfegzy(m): 5:20am On Jan 25, 2015
This is nice.I been won call be today Sunday bt NW I should have a re think.
8 lipsrsealed

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Re: 4 Sexual Sins Every Christian Should Avoid by MadCow1: 5:21am On Jan 25, 2015
gsparks01:
Happy Sunday to you all! Start the day with this writeup.. I believe this will bless someone today



Excessive sexual sin and unclothedness is one of the marks of our Western culture and much of the world today. Everything is sensual. Everything must be sexy. We live in a sex-crazed world, and unclothedness jumps out at us from everywhere. It is becoming more and more difficult for men and women to keep themselves in a state of moral purity. Sexual sin and neglecting the laws of purity in the body of Christ is one of the elements that can potentially bring weakness, sickness, and even premature death to many in the Church. It is one forgotten aspect of not discerning the Lord’s body (1 Cor. 11:29-31).

Those last statements sound so primitive in today’s contemporary church. There is a lack of ministry from pastors in this area because of the fear of forthcoming accusations of being unloving, judgmental, legalistic, and ministering guilt and condemnation. Frankly, we’ve lost our way in this regard. Correction, rebuke and reproof are clearly missing from our counsel in these new crooked days of false comfort and unscriptural mercy. In days of old it was rather common for correction to be made not only using the Scriptures but through the manifestation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

For instance, it was observed by one old timer that in praying for the sick, individuals who had been unfaithful in their marriage and had not repented, but who nevertheless sought healing, had been rebuked sternly by the Spirit of God. Back then they understood that only deep repentance and cleansing through the precious Blood of Christ could the gravity of such a crime be pardoned. Today, as I said, we are considered condemning and judgmental if we minister in such a manner. Yet it is common for many to get in a healing line and seek deliverance, or submit prayer requests while living in gross immorality without any earnest desire for genuine repentance. Those who practice sexual sin, or any other sin for that matter, and profess Christ, are partaking of the body of the Lord unworthily; and in doing so they are receiving a curse rather than a blessing. “For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep” (1 Cor. 11:29-31).

I realize that sexual temptations are great, no one is exempt from them, and none should boast of their self-righteousness. I’m also aware that in seeking to turn someone from the error of their ways we must do so in gentleness and humility (Gal. 6:1; 2 Tim. 2:25). But if there is to be victory in this area, it must begin with a reverent understanding and a scriptural estimation of the defiling and degrading nature of sexual sin and its terrible dangers. Before people obey God, they must be thoroughly awakened. Only then will they overcome counteracting forces.

Carefully read these words of one of America’s greatest evangelists, Charles G. Finney: “Worldly desires, appetites, and feelings prevent true Christianity—the human will is, in a sense, enslaved by fleshly and worldly desires. It is therefore necessary for God to awaken people to a sense of guilt and danger and thus produce an opposite excitement or feeling and desire. This counter-feeling breaks the power of worldly desire and leaves the will free to obey God.” That ideology, my friends, is clearly absent from the mainstream of contemporary Christianity, yet it is so sorely needed. As in modern-day America, sexual sin and unclothedness were celebrated in the city of Corinth too and was infiltrating into the church there. Thus Paul had to remind the Corinthian saints that their bodies were now the temples of God and not their own. Their bodies, as ours, are now members of Christ, so a sin against our bodies is a sin against Christ. “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s” (1 Cor. 6:15, 19-20). As far back as the Mosaic books we find some interesting references to sexual immorality and unclothedness.

Here are the definitions of these four sexual sins:

1- Adultery:

Unlawful sexual intercourse involving at least one married person. Adultery is incompatible with the harmonious laws of family life in God’s kingdom, and is under God’s judgment since it violates God’s original purpose.

2- Fornication:

Pornography, illicit sexual intercourse including prostitution, whoredom, incest, licentiousness (lack of moral restraint), and habitual immorality (would include sexual fantasies that lead to masturbation).

3- Uncleanness: Often refers to homosexuality and lesbianism

4- Lewdness:

Unashamed indecency, unbridled lust, unrestrained depravity (a disposition or settled tendency to evil, the innate corruption of unregenerate man), the person with this characteristic has an insolent defiance of public opinion, sinning in broad daylight with arrogance and contempt. Again, this often refers to sexual sin. Here’s where many people err in their understanding of their sexuality. Notice the following verses. “Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power” (1 Cor. 6:13-14). Paul is correcting the dangerous misconception among the Corinthians who believed, “as the stomach is designed for food, the genitals are created for sexual experience.” This mind-set is not only common among unregenerate human beings but also among Christians who justify sexual immorality. Paul shows how this analogy is false because your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost and belongs to Christ. Eating food is a secondary and temporal arrangement, but sexuality reaches into the eternal and metaphysical depths of one’s being. An essential identity exists between the present physical body and the future glorified body (v 14). Sexual intercourse is more than a biological experience; it involves a communion of life.

Since Jesus is one with the born-again believer’s spirit, it is unthinkable to involve Him with immorality; thus the strong admonition not to let the sin of fornication and all uncleanness “even be named among you” (Eph. 5:3; emphasis added).

Sexuality is a uniquely profound aspect of the personality involving one’s entire being. Sexual immorality has far-reaching effects, with great spiritual significance and social implications (v18). Such immorality is not only a sin against the body but against the Holy Spirit, who dwells in the body. It is one of the ways we are to discern the Lord’s body, which when consistently neglected, as I stated earlier, often brings weakness, sickness, and even premature death. Regardless of how satisfying and fulfilling sex is in its rightful place within the marriage, it is still a temporal arrangement and not a part of our eternal existence. And yet by it we procreate and give birth to eternal spirits. Sexual immorality messes with the power of procreation with someone to whom you are not married.

The sexual drive is not sinful, but it is hurtful if not kept in its proper place. Scripture forbids sexual immorality in order to protect you. Politicians, businesses, schools and our public institutions are not qualified to handle the subject of sexual immorality and deviate sex problems we have in our culture. They are a part of the problem, not the solution. Sadly though, the church has fallen so short of addressing this problem from a strong scriptural perspective. Some churches no longer even believe what the Bible says about sexual immorality is pertinent. One high-ranking church official said that the church is going to have to come to an understanding of homosexuality according to the changing culture. That is one of the biggest problems in the church today. Many of us are conforming to the standards of the culture around us....

I was blessed by this, you can see the complete writeup
http://247nigerianewsupdate.co/4-sexual-sins-every-christian-should-avoid



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