Where do you draw the line on sin?
For many of us, we aren't really sure about the answer to that question...
One thing I have learned and I plan to teach to my kids, is that any question in life and any problem you face, the answer or remedy is found in the Bible, God's Holy Word.
I prefer King James Version, as it is a word for word translation.
I honestly get confused when I have to read the more "simple" versions.
Call me crazy!
I ask these questions to people who are and who aren't a Christian...
hopefully you'll get my point.
How many cuss words does a movie need to say before we leave the theatre or turn the show off?
How many drinks of wine is ok?
How many times is it ok to talk back to your authority?
How many times is it ok to look at pornography?
How many times is it ok to gossip behind someone else's back?
How many years is it ok to hold a grudge against a family member?
How many lies is it ok to tell before it makes it a "real" lie?
How many hamburgers can you eat before it's gluttony?
How many times can you turn your spouse away sexually before it's considered wrong?
How many times is it ok to yell at your kid until it's considered emotional abuse?
How many times should you pray each day without it being considered neglecting your relationship with God?
How many services at church can you miss before someone will call you backslid?
How short can your dress be?
How much cleavage is ok to show?
How tight can your shirt be?
How many times is it ok to check your social media daily before you become more dependent on others approval of you rather than God's?
How many tattoos is it ok to get?
How many piercings can I have?
How many times .....
I want to start by answering this with God's Word. Because nobody can argue with that...
As for over eating, drinking, smoking, your attire, tattoos and piercings...
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 12:1
and...
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
1 Peter 2:9
If, I say IF you're seeing/looking at stuff that you'd be embarrassed of your grandmother looking at with you on Social Media.. I'm talking to you!
Also, any dirty movies, porn, magazines, anything that makes ya stare longer than 2 seconds, it is pretty obvious that it's feeding your flesh.
Here's a verse for you.
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
1 Thessalonians 4:7
and
Neither give place to the devil.
Ephesians 4:27
Honestly, I feel like that verse could cover it all. By using common sense, we could really save ourselves a lot of heart ache.
We want to try to get away with just enough to let our flesh feel good, but to not do too much that makes our "spirit" feel bad.
By not going to church, you're missing out on opportunities to grow spiritually, to be fed spiritually, to help pray for others, to tithe, to encourage someone, to worship God with others...
By checking Social Media, you may be causing yourself to develop a lust or even a jealousy problem that you never had before.
Hear me out...
Don't go places that don't glorify God. I don't drive down the Casino drive which sometimes would be faster to get on the turnpike when driving to Wichita, because I don't want a single soul who is there to see me by chance and to have any question on whether or not I would go there. I don't agree with the stuff that goes on in there, therefore I don't want to be seen driving through their parking lot of even through their toll booth. I don't care that I have tinted windows either. Everyone has their own convictions on things, and this happens to be one of mine. I'm not saying I'm better than you if you drive by there, or go there, but I am saying that I am not giving the devil a place in my life for temptation, for someone to start a rumor, or for me to cause someone else to stumble who is a new (or old!) Christian or who isn't even saved. My witness for God is more important that anything inside a Casino!
You who yell at your spouse, kids, gossip about others and can't control your mouth...
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:29-32
The woman (or man) who isn't pleasing their spouse.
(not just physically... emotionally and spiritually too!)
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Ephesians 5:21
and...
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Ephesians 5:28&29
For all the other "questions" the main verse I like to always go back to is this...
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Ephesians 5:27
This blog post was for me as much as it was for you. I don't ever, ever claim to be perfect and have it all together, I'm still learning every day. But, I felt very compelled to write on this subject, so I must do as the Lord impresses.
Have a great rest of your week.
side note: my little girl, Raylea had her first day of homeschool today!
If you want to see what she did, just click on the link below!
www.ourhomehomeontherange.blogspot.com
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