August 11
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ON SEXUAL SIN
A poem by ILMA
You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you
“Food was made for the stomach, and the stomach for food”
Though “I’m allowed to do anything,” I mustn’t be enslaved by anything
You can’t say that our bodies were made for sexual immorality
They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies
God will raise us from the dead by his power like His Son was risen.
Don’t you realize that your bodies are actually parts of Christ?
Should a man take his body, which is part of Christ, and sleep with a prostitute? Don’t you know that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, they’re united
He can’t separate himself from anyone whom he had been intertwined
Scriptures say that when a man and a woman joined in body, they are one
A person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him and his only Son
Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does
Sexual immorality is a sin against your own body which is God’s temple
He lives in you and was given to you by God? You don’t belong to yourself
God bought you with a high price. So, you must honor God with your body.
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MEMORY VERSE
Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. – 1 Corinthians 6:18
Read: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
It’s amazing how many people don’t understand that our bodies are not ours but the Lord’s when we committed our lives to him. Just like a husband and wife, we can’t defile our bodies for it does belong to whom we have committed ourselves to.
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REFLECTION
• What lies have the world taught us that makes us justify that sexual sins is okay?
• Why do we need to honor and respect our own bodies?
• What would a compromised body do to a person?
• Why do you think God wants us to honor our bodies?