DCLM Higher Everyday 26 September 2024 — Fornication Forbidden
DCLM Higher Everyday 26 September 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Fornication Forbidden
Topic: Fornication Forbidden
Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-5
1Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
Key Verse: “For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication” (1Thessalonians 4:3).
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: Father, help me to keep myself pure.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
