Scripture Text: (1 Cor 6:12-20)
We each have a body and a spirit.
The body can be seen and touched physically while the spirit cannot.
God has given us each a body and a spirit so that we can do His will
and give honour and glory to Him. In 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, the Apostle
Paul warned the Corinthian church against the sin of sexual immorality
which can destroy both our body and spirit. Sexual immorality abuses
our body and spirit in two ways.
(1) It controls us (vv 12-13)
The
Apostle Paul used food to illustrate this point. Not all food are good
for us. We have to exercise both control and discipline so that we will
not eat food that are harmful to our body. Similarly, for our sexual
appetite. We must exercise control by guarding our own eyes and
avoiding places that will make us vulnerable to sin. We must control
our sexual needs and not let it control us.
(2) It perverts us (v 15)
Man
is often not content with God’s creation and original intent for him.
He wants to change and alter the use of it, i.e. pervert it. God
forbid! An example is in the matter of marriage. Marriage, as ordained
by God, is between one man and one woman, to join together as one flesh
and unto Him in one spirit till death. However, man perverts it by
divorce, homosexuality, etc, which are against God’s original design.
The only way to escape from the perversion of sexual immorality is to
flee from it (v 18).
Our body is the temple of God (v 19). God
has bought us with the blood of Jesus Christ (v 20). Jesus has died for
us. Sin can no longer have any power over us. As our body and spirit
now belong to God, we must live a holy life, always glorifying God with
our body and spirit and not follow after the ways of the world which
lead only to destruction. May God help us.
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