Read I Corinthians 6:18 -20As I think about the pressures and values that our culture bombards us with, it seems like as Christians, we're constantly asked to paddle against the current of our modern day world. How do we accomplish this when it seems like such an uphill (or upstream?) battle?
Our culture teases us to the edge of disaster, and then mocks us as we step over. The Bible gives great incentive for evaluating what is influencing us and realistically setting up strong boundaries. How can your actions protect your heart for God?
The first thing Jesus instructs us to do in this set of verses is to flee from sexual immorality. Don't just back away slowly...RUN! Secondly, we've been discussing that there are no different degrees to sin, but in this set of verses, Jesus actually seems to set sexual immorality apart - He says it's the only sin we commit against our own body, which is to be a temple for the Holy Spirit.
Isn't that interesting that Jesus draws a distinction specifically about sexual sin; but our culture does the exact opposite? Sexual promiscuity and immorality most often aren't viewed as such a big deal to our society: sex before marriage is 'just the way it is' or affairs 'just happen'.
The way I see it is, I have one True moral compass in this world, and it's not dictated by what the world tells me. It's what Jesus tells me. And no matter how "backwards" it may seem from the ways our culture, it's my truth, it's what should fill my heart, it's what I should live by, and it's what I should teach my children to live by. It's a tall order, but it's absolutely necessary.
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