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Knowing The Time, Knowing The Day 
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God said...
Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, 
that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth,
and that they may teach their children.
Deuteronomy 4:10

When sin entered into the hearts of man, God knew that they would
need a book of instructions to help them through their tests and 
struggles in life. It is called the Bible. Without reading God's
word, a man or woman can be lead astray by false prophets
or people sent by Satan to deceive or entice them.

God sixth commandments is....

You shall not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14

This means that we should fear and love God so much, that we
choose to lead a sexually pure and decent life in what we say, do,
and watch. And husbands and wives should love, honour and be
faithful to each other.

The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, 
your whole body will be full of light. Matthew 6:22

There is so much evil in this world to entice us. We must
be very careful what we watch, read, or listen to that might lead
us to sin. We must also be careful of any friendships that
may cause us to fall into temptation. 

We honour God by choosing to not let our eyes look 
at things that would cause us to have wrong thoughts. 
What we see, plants an impression in our mind. 
The mind then begins to recall impure things and
causes us to lust after them. It then takes root in our heart,
and begins to be a desire. 

Out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual 
immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. Matthew 15:19

God requires us to be clean in what we think and say.
The world and Satan would like to deceive us into thinking that
just watching or reading something impure is all right.
Books and movies or television shows that have sexual
immorality, usually also have bad language and use God's
name in a wrong and sinful way. Jesus wanted to make it so
clear to people about the way he thought that he said...

I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully 
has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:28

God forbids sexual sins such as rape, homosexual activity, incest, 
sexual child abuse, obscenity, sexual intercourse between unmarried 
persons, and the use of pornographic materials.

Among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any 
kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy 
people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, 
which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. Ephesians 5:3-4

God requires us to use our sexuality in ways that are pleasing to Him.
When a person becomes a Christian, they ask the Holy Spirit to
come into their heart. They accept and acknowledge Jesus has 
paid the sin debt for their sins, and their bodies become united
with God as one. Think of your body as a glass of water. It is pure
and clean. If a bug or piece of dirt goes into the glass, it is no longer
pure or drinkable. Every speck of sin that we allow to contaminate
our body, makes it impure. When sin enters into our lives, it
puts us out of fellowship with our heavenly Father. It is only
when we repent and turn away from that sin, do we again
feel whole and one with God again.

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit,
who is in you, whom you have received from God? 
You are not your own; you were bought at a price. 
Therefore honour God with your body. 
1 Corinthians 6:19-20

If God is part of you and lives in your body, He sees everything
you see. He hears what you hear. To choose to watch impure
things or listen to music or programming that uses cursing
and swearing, dishonour's God. To be involved in any sexual
activity outside of marriage, drives God out and lets Satan
rule in your life and in this world. With each step that man
takes toward Satan, God continues to lift his hand of protection
and blessing in our lives.

In Genesis 18 & 19 God was angry with the people of
Sodom and Gomorrah. They were living sexually immoral
lives and practicing idolatry. God was so enraged that
He sent angel to destroy it. God warned Lot and told him
to take his wife and 2 daughters out of the city before he
consumed it with fire. He told them to go and not to look back.

Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah,
from the LORD out of the heavens. Genesis 19:23

Lot's wife still longed for her old lifestyle and looked back.
God turned her body into a pillar of salt. In the morning
the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
Only Lot and his 2 daughters were spared.

God also forbids divorce except for marital unfaithfulness by
adultery and desertion.

Anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, 
and marries another woman commits adultery. Matthew 19:9

Marriage should be honoured by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for
God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
Hebrews 13:4

Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, 
nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, 
nor revilers, nor extortionists will inherit the kingdom of God.

We all have some hidden sins, or past mistakes we need God's
grace and mercy for. We all have sinned and therefore need the
saving grace of Jesus' blood sacrifice, to make us right and
acceptable in God's eyes. To accept Jesus as LORD and
Savior, means that we are washed and sanctified by Him.
We are born again and God can begin working in us and
through us to make a new vessel that can be used to give
Him glory. 

As we see the tragedy and devastation around us, let us
strive to live a life that is pleasing to him. Let us choose life, so
the blessings and protection of the LORD may be upon us.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, 
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, 
if anything is excellent or praise-worth, think about such things. 
Philippians 4:8

Know this day, and consider it in your heart, 
that the LORD Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; 
there is no other. You shall therefore keep His statutes and His 
commandments which I command you today, 
that it may go well with you and with your children after you, 
and that you may prolong your days in the land which the
LORD your God is giving you for all time. Deuteronomy 4:39-40

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