THE QUESTIONS which we all need to answer the PERSON IN THE MIRROR!
When we look in a mirror we should from time to time speak to ourselves!
F-D-C = Facts – Decisions – Consequences
Sex, like electricity, is dangerous. If sex is not ‘insulated’ within marriage the possible consequences include aids, herpes, syphilis, gonorrhoea, infertility and the jealous anger of the innocent marriage partner!
The Biblical Laws and Boundaries were instituted by God, Jesus & Holy Spirit for our protection! The Biblical laws and boundaries within which we are to enjoy sex were given by a Good God who wishes to protect us from the terrible consequences of sex outside of marriage.
Let us look at the Facts, evaluate our own Decisions and those of Oscar and Reeva and then consider the various Consequences of our decisions!
WHAT ARE YOUR ANSWERS?:
1. Is Oscar guilty of premeditated murder?
YES/NO
2. Is Oscar guilty of impulsive unpremeditated murder?
YES/NO
3. Is Oscar guilty of accidental murder or manslaughter?
YES/NO
4. Did Oscar and Reeva ignore God’s law and boundaries for sex? Laws instituted by Him to protect them and all of us from terrible consequences of sex outside of marriage. Sex, like electricity, is dangerous. If sex is not ‘insulated’ within marriage the possible consequences include aids, herpes, syphilis, gonorrhoea, infertility and the jealous anger of the innocent marriage partner!
YES/NO
5 Are we ourselves guilty of fornication (sex before marriage or out of wedlock)
YES/NO
6. Are we ourselves guilty of adultery (sex with someone who is not our marriage partner?
YES/NO
7. Are we guilty of adultery in our thoughts (e.g. pornography)?
YES/NO
8. Are we guilty of ignoring God’s guidelines and boundaries for sex?
YES/NO
SEX … IN and OUT of MARRIAGE
FACTS: “YOU SHALL NOT MURDER OR COMMIT FORNICATION, ADULTERY, HOMOSEXUALITY”
“You shall not commit adultery” Exodus 20:14
“Marriage is honourable among all, and the bed undefiled, but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.” Heb 13: 4
“But I, Jesus, say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Matthew 5:28 (NKJV)
CONSEQUENCES for unrepentant and unforgiven people who are adulterers, fornicators, idolaters, homosexuals, sodomites, thieves, drunkards, revilers or extortioners.
A clear WARNING by Father God Who loves you, Who wants to forgive you, Who wants to bless you and Who wants to give you His Power to overcome the temptations thrown at you.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NKJV) 9
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?
Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
i.e. THERE WAS REPENTANCE and FORGIVENESS for some of them!
Proverbs 5 (NKJV)
Lend your ear to my understanding,
2 That you may preserve discretion,
And your lips may keep knowledge.
3 For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey,
And her mouth is smoother than oil;
4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death,
Her steps lay hold of hell.[a]
6 Lest you ponder her path of life—
Her ways are unstable;
You do not know them.
And He ponders all his paths.
22 His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
23 He shall die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
FDC = Fact – Decisions – Consequences.
IT IS YOUR CALL / DECISION!
But you will reap the consequences of your decisions and what you sow!
Prevention is better than cure!
–GG–