Sexual Sin

“Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?"
– 1 Corinthians 6:15

“All things are lawful for me” and “Food for the stomach, and the stomach for food!” These were two statements some have said became a slogan for the Corinthians. It was their way of living a life of “Christian liberty.” Since they were no longer under the old covenant, they thought to themselves, “Anything goes!” This is what the Apostle Paul was correcting. Sexual immorality in the church at Corinth.

The Bible is very clear. Any sexual relationship outside of marriage is a sin (Hebrews 13:4). Our bodies are vessels that are to be used for honor and not corruption. Sexual immorality puts us into an unbiblical union. Our bodies belong to the Lord. A Christian cannot practice sin without grieving Jesus Himself; we are one with Him (1 Corinthians 12:26).

Many in the church today think they can be saved and also live however they want to. The Scriptures are plain and make it very clear that this thinking is wrong (1 Corinthians 6:9-10). As the “natural” man, we lived for our flesh. Now, if we have been crucified with Christ, we have been spiritually reborn, and we belong to Him (Galatians 2:20). And if we belong to Him, we will obey His Word because we love Him (John 14:15). May we not profane the temple, our body, that Jesus bought with His precious blood.

“And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible tings, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”
– 1 Peter 1:17-19