Why is sexual sin bad?
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All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
The people were saying why does this matter? It’s just sex and our bodies are just earthly.
2000 years later same thing.
Verse 15 Paul says not only our souls are connected to Jesus but our physical bodies.
Verse 17
Paul says that our relationship is so intimate that “simple” sexual sin is to our relationship to Jesus as a harlot is to marriage.
The only place that Jesus has made it safe to have that level of intimacy and it not pull you from Jesus is within marriage.
Verse 18
Sex sin is a form of self harm. Using your body against you.
1. Sexual sin is not the other persons fault, it’s yours.
2. Sexual sin is using your own body parts to self harm your soul and severe your intimacy with Jesus
3. Sexual sin tells Jesus that his price paid is worthless to you because you would rather be with another.
Illustration
In a boat, being towed to get across pond. Rope is pulling you. But you are punching a hole in the boat with a hammer
Need a rope and hammer
Jesus wants to captivate your affections