Stop Dancing with the Devil - Disordered Sex is!

Sex is one of the most marketed, joked-about, and minimized parts of modern life, yet so many of us carry real confusion, regret, or invisible wounds because of it. We’re saying what our culture avoids: sex is not merely physical. From a biblical perspective, it functions like a covenant, a binding “one flesh” reality that can join people in ways that linger emotionally, mentally, and spiritually long after a relationship ends.

We walk through key Scriptures that shape Christian sexual ethics, starting in Genesis with God’s design for marriage and “one man, one woman, one flesh.” Then we move into the consequences of stepping outside that design, not as a scare tactic, but as an honest look at why sex can feel bigger than the moment. We connect Romans 1, Matthew 5, James 1, and 1 Corinthians 6 to show how lust begins internally, how sexual immorality can become bondage, and why it can fragment trust, identity, and peace. We also read Proverbs 5 as a vivid warning about the costs of adultery and fornication, and we reference Leviticus 18 to underline that God’s boundaries are specific and protective.

Most importantly, we make room for hope. If you’ve been trapped in patterns you hate, or if you’ve been harmed through abuse, rape, or exploitation, we speak directly to restoration in Christ. Confession, repentance, and a renewed mind are not religious buzzwords here; they’re a real path toward freedom, healing, and wholeness.

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Welcome back my listeners to another episode of the Drip Line Healing for Your Soul. Today I'm going to confront something that culture has reduced, cheapened, and distorted. Sex. Yes. Every day, every single day, all over the world, men and women, men and men, and women and women, girls and boys, boys and boys, and girls and girls are engaging in sexual activity prior to engaging in any marital commitment. My focus specifically is to demonstrate biblical support of how engaging in sex is a

Sex As A Cultural Distortion

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huge commitment that is much more than a physical act between two people. That sex should be taken as seriously as getting married to a person because that is how deep and spiritually profound sexual activity is. Sexual immorality in Scripture is not treated as a casual mistake. It is a deeply spiritual act that affects the body, the soul, the mind, relationships, and one's connection to God. And I've mentioned this in previous episodes. Now, the Bible warns us of its destruction and offers complete restoration through repentance and Christ. Sex is not just an act, it is a binding exchange. It is a transfer of energy and spirit. It is an engagement in more than one sense of the word. And I'll prove this later in Scripture. Also, when sex happens outside of marriage, it carries consequences that often outlive the relationship itself. Before I outline the consequences, I will provide some biblical context to support my position. First, there are two definitions of the word engagement. The fact of being involved with something, and an agreement to marry someone. I will address just how engaging sex is and how it is literally like a marriage without the blessing of God or the protection of the marital covenant. And when I say engaging in sex, I mean extramarital sex, premarital sex. Sex is not casual, it is covenantal in design, and the covenant is between one man and one woman. Yet we behave like sex is casual, we use it as recreational,

Engagement Means More Than A Ring

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and many believe it is just physical. But the word of God tells a completely different story. The truth lies in the history of man before and after the fall of Adam and Eve, when sin entered in the hearts of Adam and Eve and they acted upon it. From the beginning, God defined what the structure is between man and woman and their purpose as a couple. Within that structure is the binding of the flesh between one man and one woman. God only gave Adam one wife, one partner, one helpmate, one woman to rule with him and to have dominion with him. God's mandate to Adam and to Eve was there, even before Eve became flesh. It reads in Genesis one. 6 Then God said, “Let us make man[h] in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

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Verse 27. So God created men in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them. And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth. Hence we have one man and one female. They were created and called by God to be fruitful, to multiply, to fill the earth, and to do everything related to it and to rule over all of it. Now the depth of what that means in its totality is for a future episode. My point today, though, is for us to understand the gravity of our cavalier attitudes towards sex and marriage and our irresponsible behavior, engaging in it for pleasure and or for profit. Hence I continue by sharing the point in time when God created the first Adam and the first woman, Eve. Genesis chapter two, verse 18. Then the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helper fit for him. Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whenever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up

Genesis And The One Flesh Bond

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its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then man said, This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Hear this, and the two shall become one flesh, not three, not four, not more, one man, one woman. This is not poetic language. This is spiritual reality, my listeners. Sex was never designed to be casual, it was designed to join, to bind, and to merge lives. One man, one woman. As I continue with my biblical position, I provide an account of the first recorded union between one man and two wives. The caveat is this though, despite Adam and Eve's responsibility in creating the fall of man, I believe we both know the story, or many of our listeners know the story about how Eve listened to the serpent and bit of the apple, and then the man ate with her and death entered in. Now, in ushering in sin and responding to sim, Adam and Eve ushered in the decay and death of the world and mankind. Adam and Eve remained monogamous though. Now they

Sin Spreads And Polygamy Appears

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did have two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain their son committed the first murder and committing murder against his brother. It is recorded that with Cain's sin, sin multiplied in the earth. There is even more disorder. Now one of his descendants named Lamech is recorded by name as being the first having two wives. Hence it seems that since his lineage is mentioned, there is significance in this fact. This descendant of Cain, this man Lamech, seemed to be bold, brash, and a man of ungodliness, disorder, and brutality. It states in Genesis chapter 2. Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. To Enoch was born Arad, and Arad father Mehizal, and Mehjael father Methusal, and Methusal fathered Lamech. And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Zillah. Ada bore Jabal, he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. And his brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the lair and pipe. Zillah also bore Tubul Cain, he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron, and the sister of Tubulkane was Naimah. Now in verse twenty three it reads, Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Zillah, hear my voice, you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say. I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me. If Cain's revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech's is seventy sevenfold. Verse twenty five and Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him. Now we see in this passage, this descendant of Cain, the first murderer, has also become a murderer, and he is bragging about his lack of self-control, his vengeance upon a man, and his disregard for godly order by taking on two wives. Now mind you, at the same time, we have evidence that Adam and Eve were yet one. Now they had every right to be sorrowful, and knowing how we act these days, is it not surprising that Adam stayed with Eve? He did not divorce her, he did not take on another wife, and even perhaps being angry with her following and allowing temptation to have his way, he remained. He didn't even take on a concubine. He remained her husband and she his wife. And evidence shows that the two maintained the solidarity and protection of the original covenant of one man, one wife, one flesh covenant with God. In Genesis chapter 4, now we have Adam giving her a name. Before all of this, Adam's woman was referred to as woman. But now we read, she is not just his wife or the woman. After God pronounces their judgment, Adam stands as the woman's husband. And in Genesis chapter 3, we can read where Adam gives her a name. The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living, and the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them. And the history continues, and Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth. For she said, God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel. For Cain killed him. To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord. Hence it seems that this covenant of marriage between Adam and Eve grew. She gained a name. She became the mother of all children. And through that covenant relationship, a godly man child was born. And as he grew, people began to call on the name of the Lord. Eith gave birth to a God-fearing son named Seth. People turned to the Lord. Seth was the blessing that came forth out of this continued monogamous relationship as they continued to follow God and call upon him, despite their fall. You see, God is loving, God is merciful, and God is with us no matter what. God will always honor those who follow him despite their missteps, despite entertaining sin, despite committing sin. God is merciful. First Corinthians chapter 7 verse 2 reads, but because of the temptation to sexual morality immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. Again, Old Testament and New Testament support monogamous marital relationships. So now I move further into this podcast discussing why sex outside the marriage can be so damaging and why sex can feel bigger than marriage outside of God's design. Hear this clearly.

Covenant Weight Without Covenant Covering

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SEXAUL ACTIVITY IS A BINDING ALL ENCOMPASSING ACT THAT HAS TREMENDOUS PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL ,EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL RAMIFICATIONS on a person. WE THINK MARRIAGE IS THE biggest obligation and it is. AND Its a big commitment a huge one. BUT WITHOUT REALISING WHAT WE ARE DOING WE ARE LOCKING IN TO EVIL AND DESTRUCTION WHEN WE COMMIT SEXUAL ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF GODS ORDER. That

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doesn't result in marriage. That's where the destruction begins. Because in sex outside of marriage, we are experiencing the weight of covenant without the structure of covenant, living outside of God's covenant, God turns away. Our minds become depraved. The more we participate in the lust of the flesh, and mind you of any kind, in the pride of our own doing, we slowly deteriorate and we are on the road to death because sin leads to death. Now I'm going to read Romans chapter 1, verses 21 through 27 to give some further background. For although they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks to Him. But they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. I interject, does this not sound like idolatry and our own egos? I continue. Therefore, God gave them up in the lust of their hearts to impurity,

Romans 1 On Desire And Idolatry

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to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the creator, who was blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions, for their women exchanged natural relationships for those that are contrary to nature, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and maliciousness. They are gossip, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, and ruthless. Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them. Don't stop listening here, because though we stray and though we deny God, God is always ready to receive us and to redeem us, for he loves us eternally. First Peter chapter 2, verse 11 says, Beloved, I urge you as soul joiners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh which wage war against your soul. God is saying this all for our benefit, not to just make rules, but there is a kingdom system and there are principles of the kingdom. And when we operate outside of these principles, when we don't understand them, when we operate outside of covenant, there is a price to pay. Sin will occur. Sin against the body and soul are real. It is described this way. When we participate in sexual immorality, we're not sinning against our money, we're not sinning against our reputation only, we are sinning against ourselves, we are sinning against the body of Christ. First Corinthians chapter 6, verses 13 through 15 read, Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise up by his power, and will also raise us up by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?

Why Sexual Sin Hits Differently

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Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never. See, sexual sin is uniquely internal and defiling. It says it. We go on to read 1 Corinthians chapter 6, verses 18. Flee sexual immorality. He who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body, and your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. When you receive Christ, you become part of his body, and the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in you. It is a fact. And he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her, and the two will become one flesh. It is written in 1 Corinthians 6, verse 16. I suggest that any listener who has access to the Bible read 1 Corinthians chapter 6 in its entirety. Now, sin never just starts in the body, it has to come from our thoughts, and our thoughts impact our heart. Wherever our thoughts lie, our heart's desire becomes real and acted upon. Matthew chapter 5, verse 27 and 28 say lust is adultery in the heart, which means lust isn't just a behavior. Sex out of marriage isn't just a physical act, it's a matter of our heart. Hence, there is an internal transformation in the wrong direction. And then there becomes a progression. And in James chapter one, we have verification that our sinful desires are actually sinful acts. And those sinful acts lead to death because sin is just not acted, it is thought first, and God considers that sin. And I hope I'm not losing you. But sin comes in thought first, then in desire, and then physically acted upon. And the more acted upon or the more it's acted upon leads to our eventual death. Death of the soul, not just death of the body, but the soul. The death of the soul is everlasting because it will be forever separated from the presence and the glory and the peace of God. This is why sexual sin becomes addictive, consuming, and identity-shaping, because it goes deep. It's not just an act, it's something contrived, it's something that's manifested. It is a seed that grows like a tree with deep roots that bear deadly fruit, poisonous fruit. There are definitely mental and emotional consequences. Matthew chapter 5 again says, a man who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Again, sin begins eternally, internally, and corrupts the entire person. We are encouraged, therefore, to think on the word of God, to think on the presence of God. In Philippians chapter 4, it tells us to think on whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, and it continues. And as we continue to do that, we will think on Christ and His peace will overcome us. And when we think on Him, then we will not be thinking on doing other things, ungodly things. Hence, we are not to be addicted to what is ungodly. We are not to be slaves of the enemy, but we are to be slaves of God's love. Sin becomes bondage if it's not resisted, pure and simple. Everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. John chapter 8, verses 34. People are slaves to whatever has mastered them. That's in 2 Peter 2. The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him. Proverbs chapter 5. So who do you prefer to be a slave to? A slave to love because God is love, or a slave to evil, to evil addictions, a slave to destruction, and a slave to death. Yes, in sexual immorality, people may walk away physically, but unknowingly, or even knowingly, we remain bound emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Why? Because God already defined everything. And we can read in Matthew chapter 19. He answered, Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made the male and female? And said, Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate. Hence you've heard it in Matthew chapter 19: one man, one woman, one flesh. And when that bond is formed outside a covenant, it often leads to confusion, comparison, emotional fragmentation, and difficulty bonding correctly later. Strongholds are developed in our mind. Patterns of behavior are developed. We have longings that are unhealthy, desires that start to rule us that are not of God. Remember the flood in Noah? Well, let me provide you a short excerpt of what happened when the fallen angels came to the earth and sexual sin ran rapid. It reads, When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive, and they took as their wives any they chose. Then the Lord said, My spirit shall not abide in men forever, for he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came into the daughters of man,

The Flood And Sexual Disorder

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and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually, and the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So here we have it in Genesis chapter six, when there were fallen angels that came into the earthly realm and engaged in sexual activity with the women, natural women, human women, and the offspring became giants and perverted. And with that engagement, sex among mankind became even more egregious. The marital covenants were broken, and violence raged in the earth, and all kinds of atrocities and abominations were committed, and hence the Lord regretted every bit of it and chose Noah out of all of them to be the one to build the ark when God decided to flood the earth. So what started this mess? Sexual disorder, which led to violence and a multitude of abominations. This provoked God to wipe everyone off the face of the earth except Noah and his family. Those bonds had to be broken. The lewd and lascivious behavior was so profane the earth could no longer bear the evil of it. God could not. So ask yourself, what are you participating in that is outside of God's covenant? What is it that is causing your life to be infested with things that destroy your destiny and peace? Are you being flooded with the wrong ideations, with the wrong beliefs, with the wrong uh systems of behavior to satisfy any failings or weaknesses in your character? What energy and spiritual wickedness is corrupting your life versus the Spirit of God working through you, in you, and through you? How much flesh, or shall I say, how many souls are you joined to? How many people or partners have you engaged with outside of marriage? Now I'm not condemning or I'm not judging because I wasn't perfect before God changed me, far from it. But I ask, have you repented and turned away? Or do you still believe that because you don't believe in all of this, that it's okay and has no impact on your life? The question is crucial. Just because we don't necessarily believe in something does not mean that that something is not real or has no validity or impact. Again, remember when people could never conceive of a plane flying through the air or even a car driving on the road. Whoever believed that electricity could be harnessed before it was harnessed? Whoever believed in DNA until science uncovered that it already existed. People believed, and some still think that the world is flat. But Columbus proved them wrong. We won't talk about Columbus here today, though. But just because you say nay or yay in your own mind does not make it so. Sexual activity is a bond that doesn't break. There is the destruction of marriage and mistrust that can ensue. The bonds of trust break. Sexual sin breaks covenant and breaks relationships. Proverbs 6, verse 32 and 33 read, He who commits adultery lacks sense. That's pretty bold, isn't it? He who does it destroys himself, he will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be wiped away. Malachi chapter 2, verses 14 through 16 discuss the sanctity of marriage and its covenant. It reads, Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to

Adultery Breaks Trust And Dignity

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whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant, did he not make them one with a portion of the spirit? That's capital S P I R I T, with a portion of God's spirit in their union. And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not be faithless. Yet even in marriage, those married by minister of the word disregard every word of God and do not invite him into that relationship. Hear me and take heed. There are blessings and curses. Let us not destroy the blessings that God promised by living under a curse and outside of his covenant, outside of his principles. We endanger ourselves and we cannot blame God for it. We must take heed and not be so egotistical, but we must familiarize ourselves with who God is, the power of his love, and the power of living in covenant with him. We are warned again in Proverbs chapter 5. It says, well, lust is personified here as a woman in this passage, as the immoral woman, as a forbidden woman, or as an adulterous woman. And it says that this woman will bring ultimate destruction if not avoided. Now, yes, lust is personified as a woman here, but later God also personifies wisdom as a woman. But let's listen. Now, before I read Proverbs chapter 5, someone argue that this Proverb refers to listening to the wrong voices, like listening to false prophets and false teachers versus being sexually immoral. Of course, the voice of lust can take many forms. So I'm not going to argue that, really. Whether Proverbs chapter 5, though, is merely speaking about sexual immorality or turning away from truth, meaning the word of God, both may apply here. Rebellion in any form is indeed dangerous and destructive in every way. And sin unchecked leads to death, as the word of God says sin does. However, I do tend to lean more to the interpretation of Proverbs 5 as lust in this context, referring to sexual immorality over listening to false teachers. And that's because of the verbiage. The verbiage in Proverbs 5 refers to a lot of physicality as the loss of one's strength, one's honor being given to others, labor being wasted, and streams of springs being scattered and water spilled into the streets. I do not think hearing false teaching lends to these types of analogies. So with confidence, I can say that sexual activity involves energy. I think you'll agree. We can say that sexual immorality can dishonor our bodies, and that by partaking in all types of sexual activity without an honorable partner, we give honor to others that do not deserve it, that God will not give it to. What should give life is spilled in the streets and wasted. So listen to the reading. I'm going to play it with you and see what you think. Listen carefully as it unravels the layers of evil that are involved and ignited when we disregard godly order in our lives.

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My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight, 2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.For

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the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil. But in the end, she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. Her feet go down to death, her steps lead straight to the grave. She gives no

Proverbs 5 And Lust’s Costs

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thought to the way of life. Her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it. Now then, my sons, listen to me. Do not turn aside from what I say. Keep to a path far from her. Do not go near the door of her house, lest you lose your honor to others and your dignity to one who is cruel, lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another. At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and body are spent.

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You will say, How I hated discipline, how my heart spurned correction. I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors, and I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God's people.

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Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well. Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer, may her breasts satisfy you always. May you ever be intoxicated with her love. Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man's wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman? For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths. The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them. The cords of their sins hold them fast. For lack of discipline, they will die, led astray by their own great folly.

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Listening to those words in Proverbs 5 can be very scary, but also very enlightening as to the dangers of living in a world of sexual immorality, especially fornicating and committing adultery outside of marriage. Leviticus chapter 18 is another chapter that is very exhaustive in its list of sexual sin that remain in effect today. Some people think God is outdated, but no, he's not, because there's nothing new under the sun. God ordained how we are to live and we should follow it. God is very detailed and all-inclusive of what constitutes sexual immorality. This chapter evidences that even after the flood, men continue to rebel and worship satanic gods that are in part responsible for the creation of other religions and sexual traditions that are outside of the Judeo-Christian faith. It's worth

Leviticus 18 And Lasting Boundaries

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reading. 1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2"Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the Lord your God.

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You should not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you lived, and you should not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You should not walk in their statutes. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules. If a person does them, he shall live by them. I am the Lord. It goes on to say, Do not make yourselves unclean by any of the following things. For by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean, and the land became unclean so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. But you shall keep my statutes and my rules, and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who so journeys among you. For the people of the land who were before you did all these abominations, so that the land became unclean. Lest the land vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. For everyone who does any of these abominations, the person who do them shall be cut off from among their people. So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs that were practiced before you, and never to make yourselves unclean by them. I am the Lord your God. And in that, Leviticus talks about sexual prostitution, temple prostitution, sexual slavery, hiring out for slaves, prostituting, sleeping with one's in-laws, sleeping with an aunt or uncle, sleeping with their own children, sleeping with someone outside of marriage. The list is very detailed. God makes it clear that sex is to be participated in in the marriage, which is an institution that God established to reflect his relationship with us, his people. And we are all created to be his. Hebrews Chapter 13:4 reads Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. So when we think we walk away clean we don't. Without God, without that covenant relationship we carry all the sins and the energy and the spirit that we entangled ourselves with when participate in that sexual activity. The destruction is real. Sexual activity doesn't stay contained. It lingers. It breaks trust, it fractures marriages and destabilizes identities. It opens the door to deeper sin. It says anyone who does these things destroys himself. So no, this is not oudated morality as we live this spiritua law is in force and is real. Spiritual separation and disconnection are real. Sin dulls our spiritual sensitivity with God and separates us from God. Isaiah 59 vs 2 says it.Your iniquities have separated you from your God…Ephesians 4:18–19 “They are darkened in their understanding… due to the hardening of their hearts… given themselves up to sensuality…” and the verse goes on. Galatians 5:16–17 “The desires of the flesh are against the Spirit…”Period. There is a warning. God continually warns us not to be sexually immoral or adulterous. Marriage shall be held in honor among all. Among all of us. IT s not just about slipping. We should not be living in it without repentance. The apostle Paul makes it clear in !1 Corinthians Ch 6. 1 Corinthians 6- 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous[b] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,[c] 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. Again, “He who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her…”So Let that settle it. Yes , there are different versions of the Bible, the King James version, the NIV and the English Standard version and so forth but they all have the same message although some of the words might be slightly different. Outside of marriage sex is sin.

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Even outside of marriage, the bond still forms. But there is hope. Let me remind you: there is hope. We're never stuck. God always provides a way out. Jesus is the way out. Hear me clearly. God tells us to seek wisdom and understanding, for in the one hand is life, and the other health and prosperity. Proverbs chapter 3 reads, Blessed is the one who finds wisdom and the one who gets understanding. For the gain from her is better than gain from silver, and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing we desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand, and in her left hand are

Wisdom Discipline And Restoration In Christ

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riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree to life to those who laid hold of her. Those who hold her fast are called blessed. This is where the enemy wants to shut people down, or he wants people to shut down. It takes work. And we usually want the easy way out. But life takes discipline and not quick self-gratification. Life requires humility and a setting aside of ego and pride that causes to act rashly, to disrespect others, to trample upon others. We are not our own God. We are not independent of a creator. And that takes humility to understand that. And to abide by God takes some faith and discipline. But it is worth it. You see, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. And knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. So it is important that we take that first step to gaining wisdom by seeking understanding, by seeking God, by seeking who we are in Him. Truly, we all want to prosper. We will all want to live a good life. So in order to do that, it's a worthy effort to get to know who this God is, to not merely believe that there is a God that exists, to not merely say you believe that Jesus Christ died for your sins, but to truly listen to the word, abide by the word, get to know the word, who is Jesus Christ, and ultimately submit to the word. You see, God questions website says to fear God means to hold him in reverential awe, not to be terrified of him like a child afraid of the dark, but it is the kind of fear that overwhelmed Isaiah and Peter when they encountered God's holiness, making them aware of their own sinfulness. So rather than producing anxiety, godly fear fosters understanding that leads to worship. So, listeners, there is a complete restoration in Christ from worldly, fleshly living to living in the mind of Christ, to knowing the mind of Christ, to being redeemed in Him and by Him. And in so doing, we can look forward to a new life here and now. There is complete restoration in Christ no matter what we've done. Ephesians chapter 4 reads, Now, this I say and testify in the Lord that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do in the futility of their minds. And that means anybody that's outside of Christ Jesus. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them. Due to their hardness of heart, they have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy, and to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ. Assuming that you have heard about Christ and were taught in Christ as the truth is in Jesus. So put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life, and which is corrupt through deceitful desires, and be renewed in the spirit of your minds. Put on your new self, created after the likeness of God and true righteousness and holiness. Therefore, having put away all falsehood, let each listener and each one speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. You may be angry, but do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. The scripture goes on to speak about godly living, about how to abide with God, how to commune with God, and letting all bitterness and rage and wrath and wrong thinking and wrong acts be far from us because we set our minds on Christ. First Corinthians chapter 6 says, rather, speaking the truth and love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. The word of God is replete with words of encouragement, with healing and redemption. I would suggest every reader read first John, for it says that God cleanses us. Read Galatians chapter 5, for it says God calls us to true freedom. Not that we can just do anything, but the freedom in Christ, knowing that we are not bound and enslaved in the chains of evil and darkness. For it says that freedom truly comes from Christ who has set us free. Now, in summary, God's design for us, God's design for sex is marriage involves sex, and sex is to be in marriage. There are benefits to covenantal sex. We have a commitment from God that He will cover us when we engage in sex within the marital relationship. Hence, our relationships are protected and they are covered and aligned with God's design. There's true safety and faithfulness when we engage in a covenantal sexual relationship. It says that marriage is honorable and pure,

The Benefits Of Sex In Marriage

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and the marriage bed is to remain pure, and that the man and the wife are not to withhold themselves one from another. So there's emotional security, which replaces fear. There is emotional compatibility because if God is leading the relationship that will develop, there will be sexual compatibility because if God is in that relationship, both the man and the woman will hear God, defer to God, and be gentle and loving to their marital partner and listen to the needs of their marital partner in every way: physical, sexual, mental, and emotional. There's spiritual unity and growth in the marital relationship. God strengthens the union, and unions can be strengthened with a healthy sexual and intimate relationship. Marriage can strengthen your walk with God when done his way. So hence, sex in marriage brings peace, trust, faith, growth, health, prosperity, and a plethora of goodness. There is no hidden guilt, no secrecy, no emotional chaos, no emotional abandonment, no mental confusion. There is fruitfulness and a legacy inside a healthy marital and sexual relationship. There is freedom, not bondage. But outside of that, extramarital and premarital sex, disorder sex, there is no covering from God. You are only exposed to the enemy's devices. You alone carry the weight spiritually, emotionally, and mentally. Trust is broken. There's betrayal. There are wounds, there is dishonor, there are fractured relationships, fractured souls. There's detachment. There's a lack of stability. There are soul wounds, soul ties, confusion, a loss of sensitivity to the Holy Spirit. There's guilt, shame, anxiety, comparison, and obsession, a false sense of self, a false sense of manlyhood, a false sense of womanhood, a false sense of who I am in Christ, of who I am to myself. There are cycles of lust and secrecy and an escalation, an escalation of addictive behavior. Then we have judgment and spiritual consequences. Ongoing unrepentant, sin has an eternal weight, an eternal weight. Sin weighs heavy on the soul and leads to death. We are to present our bodies as living sacrifices holy and acceptable to God. And that is in Romans chapter 12. So the truth about sex is marriage provides a protective covering. It is a covenantal relationship honored by God. And sex outside of marriage creates covenant-level consequences without covenant-level protection and exposes everyone to spiritual evil that you can't even imagine, that you think might just be natural things of life, but there are added things that create complications and deficiencies and often tragedies in our lives. So it's important to know who God is. There's redemption in Christ. For although we have lived fallen lives, we never have to stay that way. First John reads, but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another. And the blood of Jesus, his son, cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, he, God, Jesus, is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. And that's 1 John

Clean Slate Healing And Closing Blessing

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chapter 1, verse 7. So no matter the past, the restoration is available. Our future awaits us. So let me leave you with this. Sex is not just physical. It is covenantal and impacts. And when we engage in it outside of God's design, we can experience covenant-level consequences without covenant-level covering. We expose ourselves to unnecessary dangers and mishaps in life that are unnecessary. But through Christ, we have peace, we have healing, we have protection. Through Christ, we have blessings and God's promises. We have his benefits, gain his favor, his provision, and can live in prosperity and joy. For the joy of the Lord is our strength, and his peace is the peace beyond all understanding. So do not let the evil one steal any of it. Do not let sexual promiscuity steal any of it. And if you've been taken advantage of, know that God heals. If you've been raped or abused or sexually trafficked, God knows. Speak to him, and he will deliver you. And in him you will find peace in your mind, even though other tragedies may still abound. And I don't say this lightly. You can be restored, you can be made whole. And remember, you are not your past, you're not what happened to you, you're not what is happening. You are God's child, created in his image and created in love and continually loved. Let our minds be in Christ. Let us live in Christ and let us live victoriously. Until next time, be focused, be grounded, be in peace, be blessed, be in Him, and be free of all ungodly entanglements. Let your mind be free. Truth drips.