DOUBLE “H” WAR: Holiness vs Hormone (Part 5)

DOUBLE “H” WAR: Holiness vs Hormone (Part 5)

Living right, feeling right

Adesina A. Abegunde

What is Sexual Sin?

Sex is a Blessing not a Sin. Sex was created by God before the Fall of man in Genesis 3. Sex is pure, holy and righteous when it is within the design of God.Sex in itself is not a sin but becomes a sin when it is outside certain parameters. Just as sex is not a sin, so also sexual intercourse is not a sin. The corruption of human nature by Sin in Genesis 3 is what brought about sinful sex. So every child of God must make efforts to avoid sexual sins. Now let us define sexual sin; simply put,

Sexual sin is yielding to a sexual temptation

Sexual temptation is every sexual urges or stimulus that does not come from your legally married spouse. Sexual temptation is the ungodly avenue, opportunity or offer to express sexual emotions. It is the sexual impulse caused by anything or anyone asides your spouse that stimulate your sexual hormone and seeks to engage your sexual organs.

Note that sexual temptation can come through people or things. People of opposite or same sex (lesbians and gays) or things like pictures, films, music, imaginations etc. Temptation is wrong desires stimulated by a wrong source.

TEMPTATION IS NOT A SIN, BUT YIELDING TO IT IS A SIN. You have not sinned when you are tempted; it is when you respond to do what you are tempted to do. Jesus was tempted but He had no sin.

“For we do not have a High Priest  who is unable to feel sympathy  for our weaknesses, but we have one who have been tempted in every way, just as we are- yet He did not sin” (Hebrews 4:15 niv).

We must not feel guilty when we have lots of temptations; many feel worried and helpless, thinking they can’t help themselves and that they have to sin, NO NONO! Temptation is not for you to sin, it is to overcome. Only be sure not to tempt the devil yourself, desist from things, situations and people that stimulate immoral sexual thoughts and actions.

Sexual temptation is the ungodly avenue or offer to express sexual emotions

 Temptation is wrong desires stimulated by a wrong source

 

Meditate on the three versions of 1 Corinthians 10:12-13 below;

“Don't be so naive and self-confident. You're not exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else. Forget about self-confidence; it's useless. Cultivate God-confidence. No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it” (1 Corinthians 10:12-13 msg).

Temptation is not for you to sin, it is to overcome

“So be careful. If you are thinking, "Oh, I would never behave like that"--let this be a warning to you. For you too may fall into sin. But remember this--the wrong desires that come into your life aren't anything new and different. Many others have faced exactly the same problems before you. And no temptation is irresistible. You can trust God to keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can't stand up against it, for he has promised this and will do what he says. He will show you how to escape temptation's power so that you can bear up patiently against it” (1 Corinthians 10:12-13 tlb).

“Therefore let anyone who thinks he stands [who feels sure that he has a steadfast mind and is standing firm], take heed lest he fall [into sin]. For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently” (1 Corinthians 10:12-13 amp).

“Happy is the man who doesn't give in and do wrong when he is tempted, for afterwards he will get as his reward the crown of life that God has promised those who love him” (James 1:12 tlb).

We are to simply trust God to overcome every sexual temptation and not commit sexual sin. Sexual sin is one of the potent weapons of the devil all through several generations until now. It still remains a potent power in devil’s hands and so, we must master it, deal with all its causes and stay pure.

Always remember that it is by NATURE that we have sexual feelings, but it is by CHOICE that we have sexual fallings. That you feel does not mean that you should fall.