Consider the Consequences: Mating

The greatest thing that the Lord gave mankind over all of creation is a will. The human will can be our greatest asset or our greatest liability. The choice (based upon our will) is up to the individual. God will allow us to make our own decisions, even though He is not pleased with it, knowing the outcome will be detrimental. Now, the will is no longer an asset. It has become a liability.

As I pondered this after writing my last blog, the Lord gave me five areas to write about to help you consider the consequences. I will set before you the Word of the Lord in each of the areas so that prayerfully you make the right choice. My goal through this process will be to equip you to train your will to be an asset so that you can please God in all that you do.

So the first topic that came to mind was mating. The term seems a bit animalistic being that animals mate. Nevertheless, when a believer fornicates it is liken unto mating because it is birthed out of mankind's base nature to gratify the flesh. A male dog when in heat, is not looking to please God. He is not seeking companionship. He is not looking for a wife. He is looking for a release will even hump a tree to get that release.

Everyone knows this. Greater still, believers know that fornication is a sin and has consequences. Look at 1 Corinthians 6:18-20, "Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 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? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s."

The command is to flee fornication because it is a sin. We were bought with a price and commanded to glorify God in body and spirit. It's in your Bible, yet fornication is a problem in the body of Christ of paramount proportions. One would think that due to the open display of the consequences (unwanted pregnancies, STD's, failed marriages, mental instability etc.) that Christians would repent and just not fornicate.

I know that this is a hard truth, but God is calling the body of Christ to a greater level of accountability this year. Fornication, or mating is a work of the flesh and anyone who willfully does it will suffer the consequences. Read Ephesians 5:3-14 and find, read and study any verses you can find that will equip you to live a righteous, pure and holy life before the Lord. Then you will discover by way of revelation that sin, including the sin of fornication, no longer has dominion over you.

I pray that you will be strengthened by this truth today. You are more than a conquerer and the Kingdom shall prevail in your life as you purpose to be a doer of the Word and not a hearer only. Purpose to make choices that please the Father and remember, if you obey, all will go well. Until next time...

Prevailing in the Kingdom,

Dr. Sheila

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