Of God and Mankind

Hebrews 13:4 (AMPC) “ Let marriage be held in honor (esteemed worthy, precious, of great price, and especially dear) in all things. And thus let the marriage bed be undefiled (kept undishonored); for God will judge and punish the unchaste [all guilty of sexual vice] and adulterous.”   Dear people of God, I was once told a true story of a church program held years ago where the officiating minister while preaching on some reasons why prayers were not answered mentioned marital infidelity and violence against spouses.   The minister then posed two questions to the married men present.   He asked all married men who since they got married had never been intimate with another woman aside their God-given spouse to raise their hand up. Only 2 men raised their hands in the congregation of over 1,000 men.   The minister also asked those who had never physically hit their wives since they got married to raise their hands up. Again, it was just the same 2 men that raised ...

1 THESSALONIANS 4:3-5 (NIV) “ It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;    4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honourable,    5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God”   Dear people of God, in my last post, we saw how God hates sexual immorality of all kinds, the spiritual dangers involved for all who engage in sexual immorality and why it must be avoided at all costs.   Today, we look at the sin and danger of masturbation, another type of sexual immorality practised especially by young unmarried persons, both male and female.   Just as in other forms of sexual immorality, demons enter a person who engages in masturbation.   In young men, their illicit act of masturbation usually results in the release of life from their body in the form of semen.   God only permits this release of life for married couples for the process of...