We Are Not To Become Slaves To Anything

Job 34; 1 Corinthians 4; 1 Corinthians 5; 1 Corinthians 6
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We Are Not To Become Slaves To Anything

Scripture

1 Corinthians 6

12 You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything. 13 You say, “Food was made for the stomach, and the stomach for food.” (This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them.) But you can’t say that our bodies were made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies. 14 And God will raise us from the dead by his power, just as he raised our Lord from the dead.

18 Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. 19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.

Observation

So many people are slaves to prescription medicine, even Christians. So many are slaves to pornography, even many Christians. Paul says that we are not to let anything enslave us except our relationship to Christ. For God bought us with a high price. So we are to honor God with our body.

Application

I will run from sexual sin. How about you?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I know that my body is Your temple. Help me honor You with my body by not yielding to sexual temptation. I pray for our Kathy’s family as they go through this time of loss. I pray that this would bring them even closer together. I pray for our church that You would guide and direct us and give us the strength to stay focused on reaching people for Christ.

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