What is it about the lure of sex that seems impossible to overcome? Society is addicted to it. There is a compulsive allure to see all its aberrations. Can the present truth, last-day witness of the good news found in the third angel’s message bring deliverance from this temptation?
Paul writes that “love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law” (Rom. 13:10). Only Christ is the source of agape, which is “the fulfilling of the law.” We are natural-born lovers of self, the opposite of agape. Agape can only be imported from God. Jesus can teach us agape so that we can accept it from Him.
There is not an individual on earth who is any better than another so far as our fallen sinful motivations. The potential exists for any earth-bound soul to commit the sin of another, except for the fact of much more abounding grace from above. Sex is so alluring that it’s almost like flypaper, a single contact with it and you’re caught for good. All the self-help programs in the world do no good to deliver from sexual addiction.
Since God’s love is the goal of the Ten Commandments, it follows that violation of the law is the opposite of His love. So you’re stuck! Disobedience to the commandment “Thou shalt not commit adultery” is total self-centeredness in the soul.
There are players who can be so convincing, acting like they really love and care for someone inexperienced. Young innocents are taken in because they haven’t had any experience and are vulnerable wanting a significant relationship. They don’t know the difference between true and false love. But when God’s true love is in the heart you won’t choose to defile another through an affair or by force. With God’s love within, it won’t happen.
So what’s the cure for the subtle allure of illicit sex? It has to be the revelation of the good news about Jesus. The gospel is easy enough for a child to understand, and yet Satan has made sure that it has been watered down by the counterfeit teachings which come from heathenism and are absorbed into “Christian” Babylonian religion. It is vital that we spend time with the Word so that we can be taught of God about the genuine, eternal good news. If you have discovered such a precious stone, wouldn’t you take everything out of the bank in order to buy it?
The gospel does not teach you to be good so you can have fun. The gospel shows you what true faith is in Jesus and His accomplishment on the cross and that produces true joy. So what did He accomplish? Jesus delivered you from the second death. That is what hell is. Hell is fire and brimstone at the close of the millennium; however, there is such a thing as burning embarrassment here and now.