Readers,
Welcome to the column where I talk about every issue pertaining to Men Women and Children, one issue at at time mind you. I have been continuing this important series on SEXUAL IMMORALITY, in part because many people do not believe that this topic is written and covered quite extensively in the Holy Bible! Many people also don't believe, nor understand that there is even a such thing as Sexual Immorality or Sexual Sin!
They most assuredly don't believe that their are consequences to such behavior. I told you,
my returning readers of this column, that there is much to this subject even biblically speaking!
And although, I will be finishing up this particular segment on Sexual immorality today, there will be more on this destructive subject in upcoming articles. But, I will continue this subject in my "B.I.B.L.E." , Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth column.
I don't want to keep you jumping back and forth between the two columns to read this series, and this will be the last time I do that! But in my "Men, Women and Children" column is where this particular discussion got started. So, I think it only appropriate to end this series in this same column OK! But after this, check out my B.I.B.L.E. column for anything else biblical on this particular subject matter , including the footnotes from this article.So, stay tuned to that! Also keep reading your bibles on your own! 'Cause you know by now, how I like to say, "READ IT FOR YOURSELF, DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT!"
"Sexual Immorality" is a HUGE issue in today's society. Sexual "wrong doings" or sexualperversions are the basis for many societal issues, including child molestation, rape, incest, rape, broken marriages, babies born out side of wedlock, homosexuality, lesbianism, same sex marriages, suicides, murders, (including abortion) disease, mental illness, fornication, (sex outside of marriage). Do I need to go on any further?
We need to understand that "pleasuring ourselves" In this evil wicked way, is not really pleasure at all! Unless you are one of those people who like inflicting pain upon themselves! In fact the consequences are and continue to be, devastating to individuals, families and whole communities! And yet, though the world, daily report on these catastrophes, we continue as a society, to not only indulge, but approve thus angering GOD!
For those of you who want to know what the bible says about sexual sin and the problems it causes, how they affect you even in today time, you are in the right place! Today, I will be going over the verses I mentioned from Part 3 of these series which was in "Men women and Children." posted on March 9, 2010. So lets, start! Just so you'll know where I get my scripture information. I have a King James Holy Bible, but for my blog, because of how it breaks it down in explanation I use a Life Application Study Bible, N.I.V. (New International Version).
ROMANS 1:18-32
"God's wrath against Mankind"
(v.18) The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, (v.19) since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. (v.20) For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.(v.21) For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. (v.22) Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools (v.23) and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man, birds, and animals and reptiles.
(v.24) Therefore, God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. (v.25) They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--Who is forever praised. Amen.
(v. 26) Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. (v.27) In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with me, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
(v.28) Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. (v.29) They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, (V.30) slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; (v.31) they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. (v.32) Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
Reader, check out B.I.B.L.E. column
posted right before this one,
to read the break down of these verses in the footnotes.
Meetta
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