Day 33 - Not even a hint
Not updated for a week. Been sick for that amount of time. Really sick. Down with everything, stomach flu, flu, fever, food poisioning and the list goes on! Yeah, so sorry for not updating.
Would like to touch on a touchy topic which was brought up during the leadeship retreat. It was brought up during the AGM (all guy's meeting, all girl's meeting etc) and was raise in the guy's camp.
I won't go into the details of what was discussed, all I will say is that it has to do with lust. If you want a small indication of what I am talking about, go to Sheldon's blog. I would actually like to correct some statements made by some of the presenters that day. I would have done it there and then, but that wasn't the place.
This is God's standard:
"But 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." - Ephesians 5:3
As a guy, let me say that that is impossible to follow. The laws were given so not that we can follow it. But so that we can measure the depth of our sin; because they simply cannot be followed.
Only one person has been able to do so. And that person is Jesus Christ. The only way to save ourselves from the kind of sin that we commit is by seeking the person of Jesus. We are all sinners. I am a sinner. We cannot escape death, for that is the just punishment for sin.
So to the those who were in attendence during that very "eye-opening" discussion. The Bible clearly states that compromise is not an option as some suggested.
Those that come to you for advice, well, the best advice to give is the Gospel. Jesus saved us by His death. We cannot be sinless; but we can sin less.
If any of you would like some more information on this matter, I would refer you to a book called "Not even a hint" by Joshua Harris; the guy who wrote Boy meets Girl and I kissed dating goodbye.
