“Fornication Forbidden”
Thursday, September 26, 2024Key Verse
“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication” (1Thessalonians 4:3).
Text — 1 Thessalonians 4:1-5
Message
Despite the attendant shame, sorrow, disgrace that fornication brings to those who indulge in it, some youths still engage in this heinous sin. Celebrities of note, kings, paupers, princes and professors have become object of ridicule as a result of fornication. Fornication has brought many people from all societal strata to degradation and disrepute; from fame to folly and from honour to dishonour.
Believers must abstain from all appearance of evil. Fornication is evil. It is a deadly poison. Do not meddle with immorality. Abandon anything that has the tendency to inflame the sinful passion in you as holy brethren. Amorous discussion, romantic literature, comics, poster, and video must be avoided like leprosy. As you flee from fornication, you must be daring and resolute to resist it, no matter the person who is making the attempt to defile you to avoid being consumed. Sinful body contact with opposite gender is anathema. Never permit defiling behaviours like, patting, caressing, hugging, and kissing because they are booby traps. They are the crucible where fornication is bred. Avoid them like plagues.
Quote
Never permit defiling behaviours
Challenge
Dare to be another Joseph – flee fornication!
Prayer for today