1 Corinthians 6:13-20 NKJV

13bNow the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! 16Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” 17But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

18Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19Or 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? 20For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Keep the Marriage Bed Pure

When two people (a man and a woman) who profess faith in Jesus Christ unite together in marriage, as husband and wife, the two are to become one flesh. They are no longer to live as though they are single (unmarried). They are no longer to give their hearts and minds and bodies to anyone else in the same manner as they would and should give to their spouses. For “Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.” (Hebrews 13:4 NIV)

But now the adulterer is not just someone who has physical sexual relations with someone to whom they are not married. Jesus taught that “whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (see Matthew 5:27-30 NKJV). And the same applies to anyone looking at a man with the full intent to lust after him. So, this is a heart issue, and an issue of what is being allowed to be entertained in the mind, which stems from what is in the heart, which one can act out with oneself.

At Epidemic Proportions

And this is at epidemic proportions within the Christian community, at least here in the USA it is. For so much of what is called “church” has turned a blind eye to this, and they have, instead, embraced it and those who live in it, or else they just choose to overlook it as though it does not exist. And so many of them have now altered the gospel message in order to delete our Lord’s commands that we must deny self, die to sin, and obey our Lord in practice if we want salvation from sin and eternal life with God in heaven.

So, by doing this, they give their followers permission to keep on living in sin, to keep on living in adultery and idolatry and in sexual immorality. And they call that “God’s grace.” But God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for our Lord’s return. For Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross to buy us back for God out of our slavery to sin so we will now die to sin and obey our Lord’s commands.

Dust in the Wind

The Lord put in my mind this secular song, “Dust in the Wind,” because it relates to what this writing is about. For the song speaks of dreams passing before one’s eyes with curiosity, but all they are is dust in the wind. And then it goes on to speak of the “same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea. All we do crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.” And dreams can be sexual fantasies, and curiosity a door to sin, and the “same old song,” addiction.

For “dust in the wind” is a metaphor which suggests that all our earthly ambitions are fleeting and insignificant, especially in the eyes of God, and in view of eternity. So, those who deliberately and habitually commit sexual immorality, are themselves “dust in the wind” as are all their addictive sinful practices, as are all their excuses for why they keep sinning against God and committing adultery against their spouses. And this includes failed attempts at changing if done in the flesh while their hearts not surrendered to God.

The Two One Flesh

Not only did God design the marriage relationship between a husband and a wife that the two should become one flesh, and for them to be faithful and pure in their relationships with one another, to death do them part, but he designed faith in Jesus Christ to be our marriage to Jesus Christ. He is to be our spiritual husband, and we are to be his spiritual bride. And we are to be faithful to him in the same ways in which we should be faithful to our spouses, and we should not be idolaters and adulterers, but pure in heart.

And our bodies are not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and for our spouses. For if we are of faith in Jesus Christ, then our bodies are members of Christ himself. So we are not to take the members of Christ (our bodies) and unite them with “a prostitute,” which can be in one’s mind and heart only, via mental fantasy, or porn, and/or via self-gratification. For our bodies include our minds, our hearts, and our emotions. So when or if you unite your mind and emotions with sexual sin, your sin is against God, and spouse, and self. For you have joined your body with “another lover.”

[Genesis 2:24; Matthew 5:28; Matthew 15:19-20; Matthew 19:9; Mark 7:20-22; Romans 13:9; 1 Corinthians 5:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-20; Galatians 5:13-21; Ephesians 5:1-33; Colossians 3:18-19; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8; Titus 2:3-5; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Peter 3:1-7; 2 Peter 2:13-19]

He Gives Purpose

An Original Work / June 9, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

“Listen to Me when I’m calling to you.
Obey freely My word.
Follow Me in all of My ways.
Do all that I say.
Hear Me gently whisper to you
My will for your life and future.
Give all of your life and heart to
Follow Me always.”

Repent of your sins and worship Jesus.
He’s your Lord and Master.
He died for your sins so you could
Live with Him today.
He has a plan for your life and
He gives purpose and direction.
He gives meaning to your life,
So follow Him today.

“I love you so much I gave My life for
You to walk in My ways,
Living for Me each day as you
Bow to Me and pray.
Witness for Me of your love for Me and
Of My grace and mercy,
How I died to save you of your
Sins now and always.”

Flee Sexual Immorality
An Original Work / June 11, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love