OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SUNDAY-27/03/2016-SIN AGAINST THE BODY-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
SIN AGAINST THE BODY
Memorise
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man
doeth is without the body; but he that committeth Fornication
sinneth against his own body. 1st Corinthians 6:18
Read
1st Corinthians 6:15-20,
15 Know
ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the
members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
16 What?
Know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? For two, saith
he, shall be one flesh.
17 But
he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee
fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that
committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19 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?
20 For
ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God's.
KJV
MESSAGE
The scripture tells us that our
bodies are the temple of the Almighty God. This is to let us know how important
our body is to the Almighty God. He dwells in it. Can you imagine that divinity
lives inside of you? As Christians, our bodies are the extension of Christ in
this world. This is why we are being admonished not to conform to this world.
The moment a person begins to sin against his body through fornication, that
person is already doomed for destruction because you are taking the body of
Christ and laying it with a harlot. All sins are against the Almighty God. Some
sins are against those around us when we engage in certain acts, but the sin of
fornication is destruction against one’s own body.
Your body is a tool entrusted
into your hands by the Almighty God and everyone will give account of what they
do with their body. You will be answerable to all the damages against your body
because the body does not belong to you; it was only entrusted to your care by
God. The moment a person gives his life to Christ, Jesus Christ becomes the
owner and Lord of your life. Every part of your body becomes a tool in His
hand. Your eyes, hands, legs, tongue, nose and every organ of your body becomes
His. You can no longer sin with your body; you can no longer walk in the
company of the ungodly. You can no longer taste alcohol, Indian hemp, smoke
cigarettes, cocaine etc. Your hands become clean and for His glory alone. You
are no longer the owner of your body. You are only the owner of something that
you created. You did not create your body.
“And the lord formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life; and man become a living souls.”
Genesis 2:7
Fornication is a very terrible
sin because it is a total abuse of the temple of the Almighty God. Anyone that
destroys the temple of the Almighty God will see the wrath of God! The
consequence is always disastrous on the part of the person abusing the temple
of God.
There are different kinds of
teachers today who trivialise some things that God has a great disgust for. You
cannot play with fire and not have your fingers burnt. Are you the leader of a group
and you are abusing the bodies of those God has put in your care? Are you an
executive in the fellowship and you are sleeping around with the sisters in the
name of ‘brotherly love’? Are you single but becoming so impatient that you
have started doing what exclusively reserved for married people? You are
looking for the ‘consuming fire’ side of God and you can be sure you will not
be able to withstand the consequences. I want you to make up your mind this
moment that enough is enough on every unholy relationship and affair. If you
don’t want your destiny to be truncated by sin, you must FLEE from every
appearance of evil.
Prayer Point
Father, please help me to honour you daily with my body.
Bible in one year
Judges 18-19, Proverbs 1:1-19
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