Issues with sexual sins

We all have issues. Things we wish we could change about ourselves. For the church in Corinthians it dealt with sexual sins. They struggled with sexual immorality. This is an interesting word.

Sexual immorality in the original Bible language of Greek translated from the word porneia. It’s where we get porn from. It can be any sexual sin and not just homosexuality. It’s also sexual outside marriage, adultery, looking at porn, sleeping with relatives etc.1 Corinthians 6:12-13…

“I have the right to do anything,” you say – but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything” – but I will not be mastered by anything. You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord the body.”

Where was the author going with this? The Bible Knowledge Commentary, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food was another slogan by which some Corinthians sought to justify their immorality. They reasoned that “food” was both pleasurable and necessary. When their stomachs signaled hunger, food was taken to satisfy them. So too, they argued, sex was pleasurable and necessary. When their bodies signaled sexual desire, they needed to be satisfied. But Paul drew a sharp line between the stomach and the body.”

They were living for unnatural ways. This is like the show Dexter being true. Dexter would feel a need to be a killer and would kill to help level himself out. It’s truly not natural. Sexual sin is hard. The church in Corinth would be somewhat like a very bad Las Vegas. They did what they felt their bodies called them to do. Paul had to tell them this wasn’t what our bodies were meant for. We were designed with a greater purpose.

God has a greater purpose for us and sexual sins can keep us from living a life we are called to live. We all have struggled with different sexual sins and lust, that doesn't make us bad people, just we have made bad decisions. What life do you want to live and how can sin like this keep us from this life. Be free from this sin and see what happens in your life. Have a great day.

Eaten by worms and stomach pains

We all get made fun of or stuff said about us.

Some people will say this to our face and some behind our backs.

Some is good, some isn’t.

We have an image we keep and that we believe we are.

Sometimes who we say we are and what we do are two different things.

Sometimes I can be full of myself and we can be full of ourselves.

Herod in Acts 12 was kind of like this.

Listen to what people said after he gave a speech and what happened after words in Acts 12:22-23…

“They shouted, “This is the choice of a god, not of a man.”  Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.”

Weak.

Now the term eaten by worms is not a literal term, worms did not just come out of nowhere and eat him, but it’s a term where he immediately started to have stomach problems and died soon after.

Herod believed in God, because he did not give credit to him an angel struck him down.

We loved to be praised; sometimes the praise we receive isn’t our own doing.

It’s like when we take credit for someone else’s work.

It’s ok to give thanks and accept praise, but at times it’s not our own doing and someone else’s that we are getting praise for.

What do you get and give praise for?

This scripture really hit home with the stomach pains I have been having for the past several years and a really bad past month for me.

God deserves so much blessing.

While I am still sick and will be on some more medicine, one of the health concerns I got diagnosed as having a month ago is now gone.

I still have a bad bacterial infection that reminds me of something that Herod must have caught.

Not that I am overly comparing us, but I know what stomach pains are like.

It makes me thank God for the good he has put in my life and praise him for being over everything.

Even when sick, having God in my life has been such a blessing.

I praise God even through my sickness.

I realize I need to do a better job of giving credit when credit is due.

Today I am going to try to lift people up and give credit where credit is due.

What about you?

Have a great day.