12th October 2019
SEXUAL IMMORALITY
David Abankwah_
SERIES: Day 6
“ ‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.
-Leviticus 18:6 | NIV
Incest is the sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry. God forbids us to marry any relative of ours. But one will ask, is it not this same God who allowed people to practise incest in the Bible? In the beginning God created two people, thus: Adam and Eve. They gave birth to sons and daughters and these people in turn, procreated until the tablet of nations, tongues, families and tribes were all completed in the plan of God. I don’t see anywhere in the Bible that God told someone to practice incest. If you are into incest already, don’t find any excuse.
When the table of nations (Genesis 10:1-32) were brought by God through the loins of men and women, then God had to bring in the law that would guide their sexual lives and the generations to come. So if they didn’t know that at first, not they know. For the Bible says that, we are pardoned or overlooked concerning the former sins we once did when we were ignorant concerning the sins we once did but after we have come to the knowledge of it, God commands us all to repent (Acts 17:30). So you can’t question God that, at first incest was not sin but now, why is it sin?
At first looking at someone lustfully was not adultery in the Old Testament, but in the New Testament now, it is a sin. What will you say about that one too (Matthew 5:28)? It is now sexual immorality to engage in incest. It is not through incest that can make you fill the whole world with people (Genesis 1:28). Today instead of a parent teaching the good way his children should go, he is rather teaching his daughter the sexual immorality way she needs to go. Today there is no much respect for the elderly, because when out have sex with someone older than you, you lose the respect you need to give as a young person.
Incest is an abomination in the first place and certain curses are associated with it. Incest brings about defilement (Leviticus 18:24-25). Incest brings dishonour (Leviticus 18:10). Incest brings about wickedness (Leviticus 18:17). If certain paternity tests are done, many fathers would have been responsible for the birth of certain children that were born as a result of incest. In this case when you ask this daughter, who is the man responsible for the pregnancy, she can’t tell because she has been threatened by her own father not to say a word. You shouldn’t allow lust to have control over you to practice incest as a detestable thing.
Prayer Diary: As I develop self-control over the acts of incest, Lord please deliver my soul from the influence of the Spirit of lust in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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David Abankwah 