1 Corinthians 6:18-20
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 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? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 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? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
Sexual sins desecrate our bodies which are the temples where God lives as the Holy Spirit. By using what is set apart for God for our own pleasures which are unholy (not set apart by God’s standards), we rebel against His authority and design for what is good for us as well. We do not even own our own lives, and are set free from sin to stay away from it. Who would want to be released from a death sentence in prison and then murder again to return? Jesus Christ bought us from sin at the price of His life, giving up His position in the heavens for the years of suffering on earth for us. We are His by design and by reconciling redemption. How can we treat that immense and invaluable grace with impunity?
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