Dave gave an example of where the devil shows a half naked lady to him and he does not think a sinful thought. I am not as strong as him.
It has happened on occasion, that I have been on the internet, on a site that has seemingly nothing to do with sex. I used to frequent a Linux website quite a bit, I have written numerous articles there.
But a few times, ads for sex dating sites, companion sites, and porno sites have popped up. They caught me by surprise. Now is it my sin that this happened? I didn't know it was going to happen.
There were pictures on scantily dressed, and nude women, sometimes even in the act of sex.
But I now have two choices. I can click on those pictures and go check out what they are advertising. ...or... I can close all that, walk away from the computer, grab my Bible, and start to pray.
Either way... it's my choice.
But it wasn't my sin that I saw those things. Sometimes we can't control what we see and what we hear. But we can control what we choose to keep seeing, and keep hearing.
Even Jesus was tempted, but He didn't sin. Being tempted isn't a sin.
Matt 5:27;
"You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY';
Matt 5:28; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matt 5:29; "If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Matt 5:30; "If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.
If what you're looking at causes you to stumble.. tear your eyes out. How graphic is that? Better to lose your eyes than to go to hell.
He that looks at a woman with lust...
Jas 1:14; But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.
Jas 1:15; Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.
Sin is really a process, temptation leads to enticement, enticement leads to lust, lust leads to sin, sin leads to death. If you know sin leads to death, why would you keep doing it?
You make a choice. A choice not to. It's really that simple.
I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
You have a few seconds to make a choice. Make the choice for life, or make the choice for death, it's up to you.
The fact that you saw a picture of a naked woman isn't always a sin ( it depends on how it happened, and if you chose to make it happen ).
But it's definitely a sin if you choose to keep looking at it. Lust doesn't happen in 1 or 2 seconds. It takes a few seconds for you to build that sexual fantasy in your mind.
So what are you going to do?
1Cor 6:18;
Flee sexual sin. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.
Eph 6:14;
Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
Php 4:1; Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way
stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
1Thes 3:8; for now we really live, if you
stand firm in the Lord.
2Thes 2:15; So then, brethren,
stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.
It's funny that often we are told to "stand firm". Resist the devil and he will flee from you. But in the case of sexual sin, we aren't told to stand firm, we are told to flee.
Resisting lust takes practice sometimes, Get up, make yourself walk away. The first time is the hardest, do it again, and again... soon it becomes a habit.
You find out, you really can live without lust.
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