The Firstfruits of Redemption
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“Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. And God hath
both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.”
What are we talking about? First, he’s talking about the body—the body that can commit
fornication, the physical body you have right there, right now. He said that your body is not
made for fornication. Why was it necessary to say that? Because people will tell you, “Well, why
did God give me a desire? Why did God give me this sex drive? It must be natural.” No, it has to
be controlled, like numerous other things. You were not just made for that. Sex is not necessary
to have a normal life. The enemy will try to tell young people, unmarried single people, older
people who are not married, “You can’t be healthy unless you have sex. You have needs.” No,
your body is not just made for that; your body was made for the Lord. There’s nothing wrong
with sex between a husband and wife in the holy union of marriage, and people can enjoy
themselves, and that’s alright, but it’s not necessary to have a fulfilled life. Otherwise, what
about Jesus and others who never married? It’s not necessary.
If you are single, do yourself a favor and don’t watch, listen to, feed on, and read stuff about sex
and stir yourself up for no reason. Make it easy on yourself. Don’t watch, listen to, or read it,
because the more you feed something, the stronger it gets. The more you feed those desires, the
stronger they’re going to get. If you don’t feed them, they’ll get weaker and weaker, and they
won’t bother you so much.
Everyone is human. Everyone has a body. Everyone has desires. But the desire should be
controlled. Don’t believe the lie, “Well, it’s unhealthy unless I have sex.” No. You can be
fulfilled. Sex is not necessary. Married people are supposed to have a sex life. The Bible says not
to defraud one another. (1 Corinthians 7:2-5) If someone says, “My wife has gotten too
holy…My husband got too holy… We haven’t had relations in a year...” That’s wrong. That’s
against the Word.
For people who are not married, it’s another situation, and that’s what I’m talking about. If
you’re not married, the enemy will try to tell you, “You’re unhealthy, you have all this tension,
and you need to have sex. You have needs.” He’s a liar. Your body is not just made for that;
that’s not why you have a body. Your body is for the Lord. And the Lord, the One who raised
Jesus up, is going to do what? He’s going to raise your body up.
Read verse 15 out loud:
“Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ?”
Know ye not, or don’t you know? If the Lord says, “Don’t you know?” you can figure that a lot
of people don’t know. Why would He say it? Which body is he talking about? He is talking
about your body—the one you can commit fornication with. Your body is a member of Christ.
There are all kinds of groups that will tell you, “No, now, your spirit is a part of Christ, but this
old sinful flesh, it’s decaying, and one of these days, it’s going to be gone, and really, this flesh is
not all that important.” It’s not much of a stretch from saying that to saying, “Well, if you do
some stuff with your body, since it’s just the old body, it’s not really that big of a deal, because
it’s only your
spirit
that’s important
.
” No, those are lies. It goes on to say in this very passage
