Sin against your body?

Of all the commandments that God gave to man, the one that warns us off adultery is the only one that is a sin against your body but the rest is a sin against our fellow man. When we commit adultery we defile own own body and cut short our destiny and purpose in Life as a Christian. With sexual promiscuity we sign a covenant with our sexual partner, this covenant forms a link and bond that can only be broken through prayers and intervention from God. "Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?" Isaiah 49:24

As Christians it is important that we believe in God; secondly we have to read, learn from and believe in the word of God. The word of God shows to us who God is and believing in the words draws us closer to God. We move from knowing of God to actually knowing who God is.

The fulfillment of God's promises to man is dependent on how well we fulfill the conditions of the promises. We as Christians owe it a duty to ourselves to read the word, find out what is in it and how it applies to us. God's word is man's user manual and it cannot be manipulated to suit our desires. Just like we would not buy a device and discard the instructions on the user manual to do things our way, the same applies to God's words.

Leviticus 20: 10-22 says that a man or woman that commits adultery (which also includes fornication) opens a door to the enemy to operate in his/her life. Adultery is a sin against our body and our own self; and we know that our body is the temple of God in which the spirit of God resides.  "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?" 1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV

Reuben went in to his father's wife and this action waited for him at the point of receiving his blessings. Genesis 49: 3-4. "Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch". Gen. 49:4 KJV. Even though his father acknowledged Reuben as the firstborn, his might, and the beginning of his strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power; he however brought to remembrance the sin of fornication he committed and did not bless him.

Proverbs 6:26 says for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. The act of adultery puts your career in jeopardy. Sex outside and before marriage makes the Christian meat for the enemy. Any Christian in a position of leadership that indulges in sexual promiscuity will not be a good leader. 2 Samuel 12:14 "Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die." Such a Christian leader allows the enemy to blaspheme the name of the Lord God.

Since adultery is a sin against our body and the temple of God, some problems and life challenges would rise from it. Some of the problems could be terminal; some could be eternal; while others could be for a space of time. Whatever the case the sin of adultery drags with it the rewards thereof. Some of this problems or life challenges can be seen below.

Problems that arise as a result of premarital sex

1. You have major problems on the earth Proverbs 5:4
2. It leads to diseases 
3. It's a guarantee of hell 
4. It makes you give your honours to others and your years to the cruel. Proverbs 5:9
5. Sex makes you age and look more matured than your age (you lose your youthfulness) 
6. Death without instruction Proverbs 7:7-16
7.  Indulging in sexual promiscuity means you might not make heaven 1Corinthians 6:9

The Christian Character Part 2

"Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." Mathew 16:24 KJV

A lot of us Christians take the work of God and our walk with God for granted. We seek to do things in a way that is soothing to us as individuals. God is very finicky about the life that we lead as a Christian.

The bible says that Ruben slept with his father's wife and the father heard and pretended like he didn't hear. They were still doing things together but he didn't say anything. That is how God deals with us. He waits and watches to see what we would do. Everything we have done God has seen and heard, even to the thoughts of our heart (good or bad).

When something good comes somebody's way it is not luck, or a mistake but it is God giving reward to the works of our hands. God is a God of equity and fairness and he is concerned about the life of the people who call him their own. The price of Christianity is very high and most of us live purely by grace. There is a price to be paid for everyone of our actions either good or bad.

God examines our heart all the time to see what is inside our heart. A lot of Christians do not fear the Lord, we see God as a being who is far away; who is lenient and would look the other way when we do wrong. Everywhere you look the children of God are emulating the characters that is seen in the life of non-Christians. Christ said that anyone who wants to follow him has to forsake everything that would act as a distraction and take us away from the path of righteousness.

The life of a Christian is to be one that exemplifies the life of Christ, exhibiting the characters that Christ laid down for us while he walked the earth.

Remember that God is watching. He wants to see our life, would it reflect his nature? If we are going to be Christians let us be Christians. Let us examine ourselves and see if our actions are right. Before we take that action let us ask ourselves if it would bless God and shine a path to the people around us of the goodness of the Lord.