SIN AGAINST THE BODY
Memorise: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is
without the body; but he that committeth Fornication sinneth against his own body.
1st Corinthians 6:18
Read: 1st Corinthians 6:15-20, 15 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.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without
the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the
Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in
your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Bible in one year: Judges 18-19, Proverbs 1:1-19
The scripture tells us that our bodies are the temple of the
Almighty God. This is to let us know how important our body is to the Almighty
God. He dwells in it. Can you imagine that divinity lives inside of you?
As Christians, our bodies are the extension of Christ in this world. This is
why we are being admonished not to conform to this world. The moment a person
begins to sin against his body through fornication, that person is already
doomed for destruction because you are taking the body of Christ and laying it
with a harlot. All sins are against the Almighty God. Some sins are against
those around us when we engage in certain acts, but the sin of fornication is
destruction against one’s own body.
Your body is a tool entrusted into your hands by the
Almighty God and everyone will give account of what they do with their body.
You will be answerable to all the damages against your body because the body
does not belong to you; it was only entrusted to your care by God. The moment a
person gives his life to Christ, Jesus Christ becomes the owner and Lord of
your life. Every part of your body becomes a tool in His hand. Your eyes,
hands, legs, tongue, nose and every organ of your body becomes His. You can no
longer sin with your body; you can no longer walk in the company of the
ungodly. You can no longer taste alcohol, Indian hemp, smoke cigarettes,
cocaine etc. Your hands become clean and for His glory alone. You are no longer
the owner of your body. You are only the owner of something that you created.
You did not create your body.
“And the lord formed man of the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man become a living souls.”
Genesis 2:7
Fornication is a very terrible sin because it is a total
abuse of the temple of the Almighty God. Anyone that destroys the temple of the
Almighty God will see the wrath of God! The consequence is always disastrous on
the part of the person abusing the temple of God.
There are different kinds of teachers today who trivialise
some things that God has a great disgust for. You cannot play with fire and not
have your fingers burnt. Are you the leader of a group and you are abusing the
bodies of those God has put in your care? Are you an executive in the
fellowship and you are sleeping around with the sisters in the name of
‘brotherly love’? Are you single but becoming so impatient that you have
started doing what exclusively reserved for married people? You are looking for
the ‘consuming fire’ side of God and you can be sure you will not be able to
withstand the consequences. I want you to make up your mind this moment that
enough is enough on every unholy relationship and affair. If you don’t want
your destiny to be truncated by sin, you must FLEE from every appearance of
evil.
Prayer Point
Father, please help me to honour You daily with my
body.
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