Lesson 22: Sexual Immorality
It’s God’s will that we should be sanctified and that we should avoid sexual immorality. The definition of morality seems to change from one generation to the next but God’s standard is clear and unchanging. Each of us needs to be in control of his own body in a way which is holy and honorable, not in lustful passion like the heathen, who do not know God; and in this manner one must be careful not to betray his brother or take advantage of him. When two people come together in an immoral sexual relationship, not only are the participants wronged, but in the case of extramarital sex, the spouse is wronged. In the case of premarital sex the future partner is wronged by robbing him or her of the virginity that ought to be brought to marriage. God called us to be pure not impure; if we ignore this instruction, we are not rejecting man but God who gives us the Holy Spirit. Sexual sin is always against God who gives us the Holy Spirit for our sanctification. To live in sexual sin is to reject God, specifically in regard to the Holy Spirit.