XXIII. A Husband and a Wife Should Dwell on each Other.
XXIV. Jesus Loves You!
XXV. Who Goes to Hell????Who Goes to the Lake of Fire?????
Conclusion
Introduction
"As
obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former
lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so
be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be
ye holy; for I am holy." 1 Peter 1:14-16
Having
therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from
all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear
of God." 2
Corinthians 7:1
“Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.” 1 John 3:6
“He that committeth sin is of the devil;
for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of
God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”1 John 3:8
“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”1 John 3:9
“We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.”
1 John 5:18
The Holy Bible has a lot to say about sexual sins. You are warned!
Emotions can be used for good or bad.
“But
those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart;
and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.” (Mark 7:21-23) Matthew 15:18-20
God’s Standard for Sex
“For this is the will of God, even
your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That
every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification
and honour; 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles
which know not God: 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you
and testified. 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto
holiness. 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who
hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit.” 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8
The Reward for Overcoming Sexual Impurity
“Blessed is
the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall
receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that
love him.”James 1:12
Do not fellowship with a fornicator who claims to be a Christian!
“I
wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10 Yet
not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous,
or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of
the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if
any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an
idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an
one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are
without? do not ye judge them that are within?”1 Corinthians 5:9-12
Sin
of any kind separates one from God. As a result of sin, prayer in a
Christian’s life is non-existent or limited by sin. When a person
involved in a sexual sin thinks about Jesus, they don’t pray because of a
guilty conscience. Or they don’t pray in faith, because they know Jesus
may not answer their prayer because of their sin. Like with Adam and
Eve, when God came to the garden, they couldn’t fellowship because of
their sin, so they hid! Get rid of your sin, so you can have perfect
fellowship with Jesus!
The
first sexual sin may cause someone to get caught in the bondage of sin.
Your personal self gratification may cause you to get deeper into
sexual sins. You start here, and you end up at a worse level. David the
King started with a look and ended up murdering. The forbidden knowledge
you gain maybe the end of your Christian walk, with hell as your final
destiny!
Does Jesus just wink at sin? Acts 5:1-11Of course NOT!!!!! Yet many people live their lives ignoring Biblical commands and warnings!
I. Forbidden Knowledge
“A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.” Deuteronomy 22:30
“Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.”Deuteronomy 27:20
“Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.”Exodus 20:26
A. The start of forbidden knowledge
Adam and Eve were not to learn evil knowledge.
“And
out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant
to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of
the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and
evil.” Genesis 2:9
Learning the forbidden knowledge is sin which brings death.
“But
of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of
it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”Genesis 2:17
B. Those who do not know the evil/forbidden knowledge will be blessed by God.
“Moreover
your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children,
which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go
in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.”Deuteronomy 1:39
C. Some only want evil/forbidden knowledge which will cause them to perish.
“Therefore
they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of
thy ways. Because man is stupid with evil/forbidden knowledge, he shall
perish at the time of their visitation.”Job 21:14
“Every man is brutish (means ‘stupid’) in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and thereis no breath in them.” Jeremiah 10:14
“Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and thereis no breath in them.18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.”Jeremiah 51:17-18
D. A Christian must remove the evil/forbidden knowledge.
“Casting
down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against
the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ;”2 Corinthians 10:5
E. Ones nakedness is forbidden knowledge except for a few, as a baby - your caregivers, as an adult - your spouse.
“And
if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's
daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is
a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people:
he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.”Leviticus 20:17
The law of Jesus teaches Christians what is evil/forbidden knowledge.
“Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”Romans 3:20
Put off evil/forbidden knowledge and put on good Godly knowledge.
II. Good Godly Knowledge
A. Levites taught the good knowledge of Jehovah.
“And
Hezekiah spoke comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good
knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days,
offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of
their fathers.”2 Chronicles 30:22
B. Christians should want God to teach them good knowledge.
“Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.”Psalm 119:66
Fearing Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge.
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but
fools despise wisdom and
instruction.”
Proverbs 1:7
“Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.” Proverbs 2:5
Christians may go into demon possession/captivity because of their lack of Godly knowledge.
“Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.”Isaiah 5:13
“It is reported commonly that there is
fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named
among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's
wife.”
1 Corinthians 5:1
“To
deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that
the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?” 1 Corinthians 5:5-6
C. Christians, you must find a pastor who will feed you knowledge.
“And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”Jeremiah 3:15
To be on Jehovah’s/Jesus’ good side, a Christian must have knowledge of God.
“Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because thereis no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.”Hosea 4:1
“My
people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me:
seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy
children.”Hosea 4:6
“And
when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all
that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment:
and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.”Matthew 14:35-36
III. Your Conscience You have a conscience
"who
show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience
witnessing with [them]; and the thoughts between one another accusing or
excusing, in a day when God judges the hidden things of men, according
to my gospel, through Jesus Christ."Romans 2:15-16
"But
the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some will depart
from the faith, cleaving to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons,
in hypocrisy of liars, being seared in [their] own conscience,"1 Timothy 4:1-2
"Truly,
all things [are] pure to the pure; but to the ones having been defiled
and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but even their mind and conscience has
been defiled. They profess to know God, but by [their] works they deny [Him], being abominable and disobedient, and reprobate to every good work." Titus 1:15-16
IV. Adultery
One of the 10 commandments is:
“Thou shalt not commit adultery.” Exodus 20:14
“And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he
that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and
the adulteress shall surely be put to
death.” Leviticus
20:10
“The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.” Job 24:15
"For
the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of
instruction are the way of life: [24] To keep thee from the evil woman,
from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. [25] Lust not after
her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
[26] For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of
bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life." Proverbs 6:23-26
"If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, both
the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away
evil from
Israel."
Deuteronomy 22:22
“Ye
have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit
adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to
lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 29
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that
thy whole body should be cast into hell. 31 It hath been said,
Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of
divorcement: 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his
wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit
adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth
adultery.”Matthew 5:27-32
WARNING
If a wife is fornicating, than she is already committing adultery. So
if a wife is divorced and remarries, she is committing adultery! She
will go to hell! Whosoever marries her is also committing adultery, and
will also go to hell! Do not marry a divorced person!
“Know
ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be
not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit
the kingdom of God.” 1Corinthians 6:9-10
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:
of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21
"having
eyes full of an adulteress, and never ceasing from sin; alluring
unsettled souls; having a heart busied [with] covetousness;"2 Peter 2:14
Prophets that Commit Adultery
“I
have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they
commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of
evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are
all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.15
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold,
I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall:
for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all
the
land.”
Jeremiah 23:14-15
The Adulteress
“My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is
smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a
twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on
hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are
moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7 Hear me now
therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 8
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 9
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be
in the house of a stranger; 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy
flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated
instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not obeyed the
voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and
assembly. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters
out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and
rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not
strangers' with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with
the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and
pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou
ravished always with her love. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished
with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? 21 For the
ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all
his goings. 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he
shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without
instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.” Proverbs 5:1-23
Proverbs 7:4-27
Adultery - a Biblical Example
"And
the scribes and the Pharisees brought to Him a woman having been taken
in adultery. And standing her in [the] middle, they said to Him,
Teacher, this woman was taken in the very act, committing adultery."John 8:3-4
"... And Jesus said to her, Neither do I give judgment. Go, and sin no more."John 8:11
A husband and wife are to come together (sex).
“Nevertheless, to avoid
fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have
her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence:
and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power
of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not
power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other,
except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves
to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you
not for your incontinency.”1 Corinthians 7:2-5
What is the root of Potiphar’s wife’s sin? Potiphar is not physically capable of coming together.
Gen 39:1“And
Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer (5631) of
Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of
the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.” KJV
Gen 39:1
“And Joseph was carried down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an eunuch (5631)
of Pharaoh, the chief of the executioners, an Egyptian man, bought him
from the hand of the Ishmaelites who had carried him down there.” JG
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:
of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21
God says that ‘adultery’ is sin.
V. Bestiality
“Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.”Exodus 22:19
"Neither
shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither
shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion." Leviticus 18:23
“And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. 16 And
if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt
kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their
blood shall be upon them.”Leviticus 20:15-16
God says ‘bestiality’ is sin.
VI. Cohabitating - Living Together Not Married
Normally a man and a woman of the world, live together until they tire of each other then he/she moves in with another.
“And
I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to
them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she
went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the LORD.”Hosea 2:13
God says ‘cohabitating’ is sin.
VII. Communication, Filthy Filthy Jokes, etc.
“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”Ephesians 4:22
“But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”Colossians 3:8
“Neither
filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient:
but rather giving of thanks.” Ephesians 5:4
“And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:”2 Peter 2:7
God says ‘filthy communication’ is sin.
VIII. Cross-dressing
"The
woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a
man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto
the Lord thy
God."
Deuteronomy 22:5
God says ‘cross-dressing’ is sin.
IX. Fornication
“Know
ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be
not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11And
such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye
are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our
God.”1 Corinthians 6:9-11
"...
But the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord
for the
body."
1 Corinthians 6:13
"Flee fornication. Every sin which a man may do is outside the body, but he doing fornication sins against [his] own body."1 Corinthians 6:18
"For
be knowing this, that every fornicator, or unclean one, or covetous
[one], who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ
and of God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for through these
the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience. Then do not be
partners with them; for you then were darkness, but now light in [the]
Lord - walk as children of light."Ephesians 5:5-8
Fornication is a work of the flesh, Galatians 5:19.
“Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”1 Corinthians 7:2
Fornication and paganismThe pagans of today combine open fornication with the worship of false gods openly in their meetings.
“And
Israel lived in Shittim. And the people began to fornicate with the
daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people to the sacrifices of
their gods. And the people ate and bowed themselves to their gods. 3And Israel was joined to Baal-peor, and the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel.” Numbers 25:1-3 JG
“And
Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with
the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices
of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3
And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Israel.”Numbers 25:1-3 KJV
New Covenant Directives
“It is reported commonly that there is
fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named
among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 2 And ye are
puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this
deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I verily, as absent in
body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were
present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, 4 In the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my
spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an
one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be
saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your glorying is not good.
Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out
therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are
unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 8
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the
leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth. 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company
with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this
world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for
then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto
you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a
fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or
an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do
to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are
within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away
from among yourselves that wicked person.”1 Corinthians 5:1-13
Spiritual Fornication in the New Covenant
“I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be
more than the first. 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against
thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a
prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication,
and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. 21 And I gave her space to
repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 22 Behold, I will cast
her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great
tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 23 And I will kill her
children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which
searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you
according to your works. 24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in
Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known
the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other
burden.”Revelation 2:19-24
“Know
ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be
not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit
the kingdom of God.” 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:
of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21
The word ‘fornication’ has been left out of the New International Version, why?
God says that ‘fornication’ is sin.
X. Homosexuality
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." Leviticus 18:22 KLV
"And you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it [is] detestable." Leviticus 18:22 JG
"And
a man who lies with a male as one lies with a woman, both of them have
done a disgusting thing; they shall certainly be put to death; their
blood [shall] be on them."Leviticus 20:22
"For
God's wrath is revealed from Heaven on all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, holding the truth in unrighteousness, because
the thing known of God is clearly known within them, for God revealed
[it] to them-"Romans 1:18-19
"There
shall be no harlot among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a
homosexual among the sons of Israel. You shall not bring the hire of a
harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah your God for
any vow; for even both of these are an abomination to Jehovah your
God." Deuteronomy 23:17-18 JG
A. Homosexuals know that their acts are ungodly and unrighteous.
Because
they "changed the glory of the incorruptible God,...God gave them up to
uncleanness in the lusts of their hearts, their bodies to be dishonored
among themselves;"Romans 1:23-24
"who
changed the truth of God into the lie, and worshiped and served the
created thing more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen."Romans 1:25
B. Because they rejected God, God gave them over to homosexuality & lesbianism
"Because of this, God gave them up to dishonorable passions, for even their females changed the natural use to that contrary to nature. And likewise, the males also forsaking the natural use of the female burned in their lust toward one another, males with males working out shamefulness, and receiving back in themselves the reward which was fitting for their error."Romans 1:26-27
"And even as they did not think fit to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to do the things not right, having
been filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, iniquity,
covetousness, malice; [being] full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit,
evil habits; [becoming] whisperers, slanderers, God-haters, insolent,
proud, braggarts, devisers of evil things, disobedient to parents,
without discernment, perfidious, without natural affection, unforgiving,
unmerciful - who knowing the righteous order of God, that those
practicing such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also
applaud those practicing [them].”Romans 1:28-32
"and
covering the cities [of] Sodom and Gomorrah with ashes, [He] condemned
[them] with an overthrow, setting an example to men intending to live
ungodly. And He delivered righteous Lot, who had been oppressed by the
behavior of the lawless in lustfulness. For that righteous one living
among them day after day, in seeing and in hearing, [his] righteousness
soul was tormented with [their] lawless deeds." 2 Peter 2:6-8
"[But
the] Lord knows to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the
unjust for a day of judgment, being punished, and most of all those
going after flesh in [the] lust of defilement, and despising rulership,
darers, self-satisfied; they do not tremble [at] glories speaking evil;"2 Peter 2:9-10
"having
eyes full of an adulteress, and never ceasing from sin; alluring
unsettled souls; having a heart busied [with] covetousness; cursed
children; forsaking a straight path, they went astray, ..." 2 Peter 2:14-15
"For
men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, braggarts, arrogant,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without
natural feeling, unyielding, slanderers, without self-control, savage,
haters of good, betrayers, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure
rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying the
power of it - even turn away from these."2 Timothy 3:2-5
"always
learning, but never being able to come to a full knowledge of [the]
truth." 2 Timothy 3:7
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
“Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”Leviticus 18:22
"And
a man who lies with a male as one lies with a woman, both of them have
done a disgusting thing; they shall certainly be put to death; their
blood [shall] be on them." (Deuteronomy 23:17)Leviticus 20:13
C. Homosexuals/Sodomites - a Biblical Example(Sodomites- 1 Kings 15:12; 22:46, etc)
"Before
they had laid down, even the men of the city, the men of Sodom,
surrounded the house; from the young to the aged, all the people from
the limits. And they called to Lot and said to him, Where are the men
who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them. And
Lot went out to them, to the door, and he closed the door behind him.
And he said , My brothers, please do not act
evilly.”
Genesis 19:4-7
"And
they said, Stand back! And they said, This one came in to visit, and
must he always judge? Now we will do evil to you rather than to them.
And they pressed on the man, upon Lot violently, and drew near to break
the door. But the men put out their hands and pulled Lot to them, into
the house, and shout the door. And they struck the men at the door of
the house with blindness, from the small to the great; and they
struggled to find the door. And the men said to Lot, Who still [is] here
to you? Bring out of this place your sons and your sons-in-laws and
your daughters, and whoever [belongs] to you in the city. For we are
about to destroy this place, for the cry of them [is] great before
Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it. And Lot went out to
speak to his sons-in-laws, those taking his daughters. And [he] said,
Rise up, go out from this place, for Jehovah is about to destroy the
city. And he seemed as one joking to his sons-in-laws. And when the dawn
rose, then the angels urged Lot, saying, Rise up, take your wife and
your two daughters who [are] found, lest you be cut off in the
perversity of the city. And he lingered. And the men lay hold of his
hand and the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters,
Jehovah having mercy on him. And they caused him to go out, and [they]
put him down outside the city. And it happened as they led them outside,
he said, Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not look
behind you, and do not stay in all the plain. Escape to the mountain,
lest you be consumed. And Lot said to them, Oh no, Lord!"
Genesis 19:9-18
"The sun had risen on the, earth, and Lot came into Zoar." Genesis 19:23
"And
Jehovah rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from Jehovah
out of the heavens. And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain,
and all those living in the cities, and the produce of the ground. And
his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt."Genesis 19:24-26
“And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;”2 Peter 2:6
“Even
as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving
themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set
forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 8
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.”Jude 1:7-8
“As
I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her
daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. 49 Behold, this
was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and
abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she
strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”Ezekiel 16:48-49
“Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.”Psalms 11:6
Sodomites
“There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.” Deuteronomy 23:17
“And there were also sodomites (6945) in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.”1 Kings 14:24
“And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.” 1 Kings 15:12
“And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.” 1 Kings 22:46
“And he broke down the houses of the sodomites (6945), that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.”2 Kings 23:7
“They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean (6945, sodomite).” Job 36:14
The New International Version has replaced ‘sodomite(s)’ with ‘shrine prostitutes’, WHY?
God says that 'homosexuality' is sin.
XI. Incest
“And
Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two
daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a
cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said unto the
younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the
earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: 32 Come, let
us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may
preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine
that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he
perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to
pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I
lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night
also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed
of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night
also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when
she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of
Lot with child by their father. 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and
called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.”Genesis 19:30-38
“And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:” Genesis 35:22
“Reuben, thou art
my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the
excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4 Unstable as water,
thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then
defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.”Genesis 49:3-4
“Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was
the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his
birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the
genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.”1 Chronicles 5:1
“And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was
Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and
bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and
bare a son; and she called his name Onan. 5 And she yet again conceived,
and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when
she bare him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was
Tamar. 7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the
LORD; and the LORD slew him. 8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy
brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9 And
Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he
went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the
ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing
which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. 11 Then
said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's
house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he
die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her
father's house. 12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's
wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers
to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told
Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his
sheep. 14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered
her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is
by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was
not given unto him to wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be
an harlot; because she had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her
by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for
he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? 17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it
her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 19 And she arose,
and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of
her widowhood. 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the
Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. 23 And Judah said, Let her take it
to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not
found her. 24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was
told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot;
and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them,
and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her
not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. 27 And it came to
pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his
hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread,
saying, This came out first. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his
hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou
broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name
was called Pharez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the
scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called
Zarah.”
Genesis 38:1-30
"None
of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover
their nakedness: I am the Lord. [7] The nakedness of thy father, or the
nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou
shalt not uncover her nakedness. [8] The nakedness of thy father's wife
shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. [9] The nakedness
of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother,
whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou
shalt not uncover. [10] The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy
daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for
theirs is thine own nakedness. [11] The nakedness of thy father's wife's
daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not
uncover her nakedness. [12] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. [13] Thou shalt not
uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's
near kinswoman. [14] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine
aunt. [15] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law:
she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. [16] Thou
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy
brother's nakedness. [17] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a
woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or
her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near
kinswomen: it is wickedness. [18] Neither shalt thou take a wife to her
sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her
life time. [19] Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her
nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. [20]
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to
defile thyself with her. [21] And thou shalt not let any of thy seed
pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of
thy God: I am the Lord. [22] Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with
womankind: it is abomination. [23] Neither shalt thou lie with any beast
to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a
beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. [24] Defile not ye
yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are
defiled which I cast out before you: [25] And the land is defiled:
therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself
vomiteth out her inhabitants. [26] Ye shall therefore keep
my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these
abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that
sojourneth among you: [27] (For all these abominations have the men of
the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) [28]
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out
the nations that were before you. [29] For whosoever shall commit any of
these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off
from among their people. [30] Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance,
that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were
committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am
the Lord your God." Leviticus 18:6-30
Forbidden Knowledge
“And
if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's
daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is
a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people:
he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.”Leviticus 20:17
The word ‘incest’ has been left out of the New International Version, why?
God says ‘incest’ is sin.
XII. Lusts
Lust might just be the root of all sexual sins.
“I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?” Job 31:1
"But
I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and you will not fulfill [the] lust of
[the] flesh, For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit
against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another; lest whatever
you may will, these things you do." Galatians 5:16-17
"For
of these are those creeping into houses and leading silly women
captive, [the ones] having been heaped with sins, being led away by
various lusts," 2 Timothy 3:6
"For
speaking great swelling [words] of vanity, by [the] lusts of the flesh,
by unbridled lusts, they allure those who [were] escaping the ones
living in error, promising them freedom, [though] themselves being
slaves of corruption; for by whom anyone has been overcome, even to this
one he has been enslaved.For if by a full knowledge of
the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, [they] have been overcome by these,
[then their] last things are worse [than] the first. For it was better
for them not to have fully known the way of righteousness, than fully
knowing to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But the
[word] of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog turning to
[his] own vomit; also The washed sow to wallowing [in] mud." 2 Peter 2:18-22
"The
night is far gone, and the day has drawn near; therefore, let us cast
off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of the light.
Let us walk becomingly, as in [the] day; not in carousings and drinking;
not in cohabitation and lustful acts; not in fighting and envy. But put
on the Lord Jesus Christ and do not take thought beforehand for the
lusts of the flesh."Romans 13:12-14 JG
"For
the [one] sowing to his flesh will reap corruption of the flesh. But
the [one] sowing to the Spirit will reap everlasting life from the
Spirit. But we should not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we
shall reap, if [we] do not faint"Galatians 6:8-9
"But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.”Romans 13:14
“For all that is
in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 1 John 2:16
One of the 10 commandments
“Thou
shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy
neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox,
nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.”Exodus 20:17
God says that ‘lusting’ is sin.
XIII. Masturbation
"... changed the natural use to that contrary to nature." Romans 1:26
The context says female, but the point is the action being unnatural.
Masturbation is the unnatural use of the body, which is contrary to nature.
We should follow in Jesus' steps, 1 Peter 2:21.
“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.” Romans 6:12-13
"But let not be named among you fornication, and all uncleanness, or greediness, as is fitting for saints; also filthiness, and foolish talking, or joking - the things not becoming- but rather thanksgiving. For be knowing this, that every fornicator, or unclean one, ... has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God." Ephesians 5:3-5
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” 1 Corinthians 6:20
"that [in] my coming again my God may not humble me with you, and I shall mourn many of those previously sinning, and not repenting over the uncleanness, and fornication, and lustfulness which they have practiced." 2 Corinthians 12:21
“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.” Galatians 5:16-17
"Now the works of the flesh are clearly revealed, which are; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness," Galatians 5:19
"...[of] which I tell you beforehand, as I also said before, that the ones practicing such things will not inherit [the] kingdom of God." Galatians 5:21
"Then put to death you members which [are] on the earth: fornication (4202), uncleanness, passion, evil lust, and covetousness, which is idolatry;" Colossians 3:5
"And Jehovah smelled the delightful odor, and Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground for the sake of man, because the imagination of the heart of man is evil from his youth. Yea, I will not again smite every living thing as I have done;" Genesis 8:21
Masturbation is clearly taught in the negative in Ezekiel 16:17! “Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,” Ezekiel 16:17 “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;” 1 Peter 2:11
“But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” James 1:14-15
“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” 2 Timothy 2:22
“And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.” 2 Corinthians 12:21
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,” Galatians 5:19
“But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.” Ephesians 5:3-6
“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:” Colossians 3:5
“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:” 1 Thessalonians 4:3
“Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.” 1 Thessalonians 4:5
“And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” Romans 14:23
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” 1 Corinthians 6:20
God says that ‘masturbation’ is sin.
XIV. Murder because of Sexual Perversion Rape, Lust
“Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. 23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. 24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. 25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. 27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. 30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.” Judges 19:22-30
Murder because of sexual sin - King David and Bethsheba
XV. Paganism and Sex
Solomon’s pagan wives lead his into idolatry, 1 Kings 11.
XVI. Perverted Love
“And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.” Ezekiel 23:11
XVII. Pornography
"And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be uncovered on it.” Exodus 20:26
Nakedness is something that is protected Forbidden Knowledge
"And a man who lies with his father's wife, who has uncovered the nakedness of his father, both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall] be on them." Leviticus 20:11
"And Jehovah saw that the evil of man [was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thought of his heart [was] only evil all the day [long]." Genesis 6:5
"The heart [is] deceitful above all things, and it is incurable; who can know it?" Jeremiah 17:9
"Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed [is] the [one] watching and keeping his garments, that he does not walk naked, and they may see his shame." Revelation 16:15
Pornography - a Biblical Example
"And he drank from the wine, and was drunk. And he uncovered himself inside his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father. And he told his two brothers outside. And Shem and Japheth took a garment and put it on both their shoulders. And they went backwards and covered the nakedness of their father, their faces backward. And they did not see the nakedness of their father. And Noah awoke from his wine. And he came to know what his younger son had done to him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan. He shall be a slave of slaves to his brothers." Genesis 9:21-25
“And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, 15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: 16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. 17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. 18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.” Ezekiel 23:14-18
God says that ‘pornography’ is sin.
XVIII. Prostitution
"There shall be no harlot among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a homosexual among the sons of Israel. You shall not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah your God for any vow; for even both of these are an abomination to Jehovah your God." Deuteronomy 23:17-18 JG
“For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.” Proverbs 6:23-35
“How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.” Jeremiah 5:7
Old Covenant punishment for prostitution
“And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.” Genesis 38:24
“And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.” Leviticus 21:9
“Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.” Deuteronomy 22:21
“For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. 28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.” Proverbs 23:27
“Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.” Nahum 3:4
“Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.” 1 Corinthians 6:15-16
“Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.” Leviticus 19:29
Hosea is the book of prostitution Spiritual and Physical Prostitution
“For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.” Hosea 2:5
“Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley: 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee” Hosea 3:1-3
A Demon of Prostitution
“My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms (prostitution) hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.” Hosea 4:12
Rahab was a Prostitute/Harlot
“And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.” Joshua 2:1
“And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.” Joshua 6:23
“And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.” Joshua 6:25
“By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.” Hebrews 11:31
God says that ‘prostitution’ is sin.
XIX. Seduction
“To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.” Proverbs 6:24-26
God says ‘seduction’ is sin.
XX. Virginity, Importance of
"But if this thing is true, [that] tokens of virginity have not been found for the girl, then they shall bring out the girl to the door of her father's house. And the men of her city shall stone her with stones, and she shall die; because she has done fooly in Israel, to commit fornication in her father's house. And you shall cut off the evil from among you." Deuteronomy 22:20-21
God says that ‘loosing your virginity by fornication’ is sin.
XXI. Voyeurism (spying on live nudity)
“And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.” Genesis 9:20-27
Please see the Biblical Study Guides on Water Baptism, Holy Spirit Baptism and Who is Your God?????
B. Realize what is sin
"Everyone practicing sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And you know that He was revealed that He might bear our sins; and sin is not in Him." 1 John 3:4-5 C. Holiness
"Then having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of flesh and of spirit, perfection holiness in [the] fear of God." 2 Corinthians 7:1
"for the weapons of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful to God in order to pull down strongholds; pulling down imaginations and every high thing lifting up [itself] against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought into the obedience of Christ;" 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
Be very careful what you see and think. "... you shall meditate on it (God's Word) by day and by night, so that you shall be on guard to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall prosper your way, and then you shall act wisely." Joshua 1:8
D. Power needed to get out of bondage
"We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in evil." 1 John 5:19
"Now to Him being able to keep you without stumbling, and to set [you] before His glory without blemish, with unspeakable joy;" Jude 24
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is God coming to live inside of you. God’s anointing as the result of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit will give you the power to over come sin. If you speak in God given tongues you have the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. If you don’t speak in tongues, you don’t have the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Please see my study on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Please trust God to take care of you and to keep you from sin. God loves you, John 3:16.
E. God's Word the Holy Bible
"Every Scripture [is] God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;" 2 Timothy 3:16
F. If God has forgiven you, than you are forgiven.
“Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”Hebrews 4:14-16
“As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.” Psalm 103:12
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23
“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:8-9
“Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.” Luke 15:1-2
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20
Jesus’ Lineage
“And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; 6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; 7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;” Matthew 1:4-7
There are 3 women mentioned in Jesus’ lineage. Rachab had been a prostitute in Jericho, Ruth was a Moabite/idolater, and Bathsheba was an adulterer! All three had been forgiven!
“By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.” Hebrews 11:31
“Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?” James 2:25
G. Temptation
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” James 4:7-10
“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.” 1 Peter 5:6-9
“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” 2 Timothy 2:22
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” James 5:16
Memorize God’s Word!
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” Psalm 119:11
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12
If you are thinking about sexual sin, so are you.
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.” Proverbs 23:7
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.” Colossians 3:3-19
Please read and memorize your Bible
XXIII. A Husband and a Wife Should Dwell on each Other.
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.” Hebrews 13:4 KJV
“Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled; but God will judge fornicators and adulterers.” Hebrews 13:4 JG
The Holy Bible says:
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8
You should dwell on good things about your spouse.
If you dwell on a past girlfriend or some girl, you may think you are in love with her. If you dwell about good thoughts about your wife, you will be in love with her. God will sanctify your marriage which is the institution He created, and God is love, 1 John 4:16. Only through our God can one experience true love!
There have been GIs in the military who thought they were in love with Marilyn Monroe. They only had a picture to dwell on, but they were sure they were in love!
With Jesus, there is no falling in or out of love with your spouse.
Dwell on good thoughts about your spouse, and you will be in love with your spouse. Dwell on someone else, and you may fall into an unbiblical/ungodly love with him/her!
Be careful what you look at.
Lust and love aren’t the same.
Some lovers seek your soul – knowingly or unknowingly. (For another study) “Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:” 2 Peter 2:14
“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 1 John 2:16
Your spouse may have done some terrible things to you, but must you forgive? Don’t dwell on your spouse’s sin.
Do you dwell on others children, so you have less love for yours? Of course not!
Godly counsel:
Put as big as possible picture of your spouse in your bedroom, and office, and kitchen, and garage, and car, etc. When you see the picture pray, intercede, confess his/her sin, do spiritual warfare, etc. You are responsible for your spouse. At judgment, will you be able to face Jesus to say ‘Yes, I had and kept a right relationship with my spouse.’
God is number one. Your spouse and family are number two. Where do past boyfriends/girlfriends fit? Right, they don’t have a place at all! Where do future girlfriends/boyfriends fit? Please ask Jesus for help. If you are not praying, you have a deep spiritual problem. I know of people who could not pray. Once they honestly confessed their sin, prayer was once again a part of their life. Sin separates a person from Jesus. Confess your sin to renew your relationship with Jesus.
XXIV. Jesus Loves You!
God loves you! God loves you! God loves you! God loves you! God loves you!
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that everyone believing into Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
"God in His holy dwelling [is] a father of the fatherless, ..." Psalm 68:5
Do you need a father? Father God will be your father. He will love you perfectly. With Father God you don't have to be perfect to be loved. Once you are a Christian, He will love you and take care of you. Part of becoming a Christian is agreeing that He is your Father and that you want His love and protection. He will Father you (Psalm 23, Psalm 91).
"Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God, and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. The [one] who does not love has not known God, because God is love. By this the love of God was revealed in us, because His son, the Only-begotten, God has sent into the world that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent his son [to be] a propitiation relating to our sins." (1 Corinthians 13) 1 John 4:7-10
God has shown His love toward you; will you show your love toward Him?
My prayer for you is:
"... Lord direct your hearts into the love of God ..." 2 Thessalonians 3:5
XXV. Who Goes to Hell???? Who Goes to the Lake of Fire?????
“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.” 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21 KJV
Now the works of the flesh are clearly revealed, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, fightings, jealousies, angers, rivalries, divisions, heresies, 21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you beforehand, as I also said before, that the ones practicing such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21 JG
“For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.” Ephesians 5:5 KJV
“For be knowing this, that every fornicator, or unclean one, or covetous one, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.” Ephesians 5:5 JG
“Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.” Revelation 2:22
“And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.” Revelation 21:27
“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8 KJV
“But for the cowardly and unbelieving, and those having become foul, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the lying ones, their part will be in the Lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8 JG
Conclusion
There is a verse that teaches God does not have to forgive sin. When I find it, will add it to this study.
"But evil men and pretenders will go forward to worse, leading astray, and being led astray. But you keep on in what you learned and were assured of, knowing from whom you learned," 2 Timothy 3:13-14
“For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 1:4
“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;” 1 Timothy 4:1-2
“Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.” Romans 1:21-27
“This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.” Ephesians 4:17-19
Deliverance from demons may be required because of your sinful ways.
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