The Way Out of the Captivity of Sexual Sins

The Way Out of the Captivity of Sexual Sins

1 Corinthians 6:18, “Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body”.

Sex is one of God’s greatest gifts to mankind but it also has the greatest capacity for destruction. There is nothing that will destroy your faith and dull your spiritual life faster than captivity to sexual lusts. More so, at the very heart of sexual sin is idolatry.  Your craving for sex outside marriage is often driven by the vacuum left by the absence of God.

Yes, God is the Creator of sex. He designed it. It is a good gift given to his children for their enjoyment. But all of God’s gifts can go wrong when misused. 

The Bible presents sex as a covenant relationship in which physical oneness is accompanied by oneness in every other area: financial, spiritual, emotional, etc. Think of even the posture of sex; the two become interfused as one body. 

How deep would you have gone into sexual sins that it becomes difficult to get out? 

The truth is this, you can never be too deep into any kind of sin that God would not be willing to bring you out if you let him. And that includes sexual iniquities. 

I’ve heard this from girls: “I’ve already gone too far. Why not keep going?”
This kind of statement comes at the point where the person no longer cares about the consequences nor have any value left for her body. But I would have you know that Jesus valued your body and soul so much he died to cleanse it and make it new.

For the guys, I’ve heard this from them, “I can’t control myself when the urge comes, the desire is usually too strong for me to handle”. The problem is not that your desire for sex is too strong, it’s that your love for Jesus is too weak.

The way out of the captivity of  sexual sins

The way to be freed from sexual captivity is by surrendering totally to Jesus. Your love for Jesus grows as you see the glory of what he did for you on the cross. So look at him, See him crucified for you. See how great a price he paid to redeem you. If you can do this, you would have complete control over those ungodly sexual desires.

More so, many doubt they can actually come out of the deep pit of sexual captivity because they believe they are sexual captives already. Some feel they’re too obsessed with sex and can’t give it up. Whatever category you find yourself, God’s mercy liberates you from it all. Additionally, God’s awesome grace gives you power over your passions even for things like sex. It releases you from the shame of past mistakes by washing you clean and making  new.

Conclusion

 You may be saying, “I know God will probably forgive me, but I can’t forgive myself.” That sounds humble but it’s like saying, “Jesus did not suffer enough. I need to suffer too.” That shouldn’t be, at all, if you do this then you’re failing to believe the gospel of grace. In Christ you have the absolute approval of the only one (God) whose opinion matters.

I will leave you with this scripture for meditation. 

Romans 6:12-14 “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.”

 

 

 

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