Fornication or Adultery Will Destroy Your Soul!
Monday's Devotion (7-21-03)
"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. What? know ye not that he which
is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But
he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that
a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth
against his own body. 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? For ye are
bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit,
which are God's." 1 Corinthians 6:15-20 (KJV)
These scriptures
have very strong words. If you commit fornication or adultery, this will make
you think twice. When you accepted Christ, His Spirit (The Holy Spirit) came to
live in you. Once that happened you became one with God, the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit. You're one with the Lord! However, on the other hand when we
have sex with another person besides our spouse, our flesh becomes one with that
person. Our body is the body of Christ, so when we do that we're destroying our
own souls. We're separating ourselves from Christ, because we're making our
bodies an unclean place. The Holy Spirit, will not live in an unclean place. In
this way, marriages are also destroyed when a man cheats on a woman or vice
versa, because it breaks their marriage in God's eyes and no longer are they one
flesh. This is just my opinion on it anyway. It's kind of like this by law and
by God's law, we're allowed to be married to one person. However, if we cheat on
that one person, we're no longer one with our spouse. Once we're no longer one
with our spouse, our marriage is broken in God's eyes. Also, if you even look at
another man or woman and imagine having sex with them, you've committed
fornication and are no longer one with your spouse. Fornication and adultery,
are very serious sins, as all are if we don't repent. If you have a problem with
this, you're not condemned if you repent (Ask for forgiveness and turn from your
sin.) Even if you're not married and you look upon someone in a sexual way or
have sex with someone, you're committing fornication. You're separating yourself
from God. If you have this problem repeat this prayer and put all of your heart
into it.
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, I'm sorry. I am a sinner and I have committed
fornication. I ask for your forgiveness and I ask you to change me. Cleanse me
with your Son's blood and give me your Holy Spirit. Make me one with you. In
Jesus name. A-men.
Also if you're married say this prayer: Dear Lord, I ask for forgiveness, I have
committed adultery. Please restore my marriage and cleanse me with your blood.
Come and live in me. Make me to fall in love with my spouse again, but most
importantly make me fall in love with you. In Jesus, name. A-men!
God bless!
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