A decision stay pure until marriage includes abstaining from sex and also abstaining from anything that has the tendency of preventing you from living up to your promise of purity. What this means is that, you must do away with friends who will not help you in your commitment to purity.
Also, entertainment resources such as music, movies, games and all entertainment materials with the propensity to make you fall into sexual acts of any kind must surely be neglected. For example, I would not recommend songs by Rihanna, Beyonce, Lady gaga and their like, to anybody who is serious about staying pure until marriage. Most of the songs of these artists are full of sex lyrics and complemented by videos packed with countless sex scenes, mind control objects and symbolism.
God’s Word is clear on this, “For this is the will of God, [for] your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God” – 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5.
Elsewhere in the scriptures God asked, “For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God.” – 2 Corinthians 6:14b-16 NKJV.
To be able hold tight to our commitment to purity, we must avoid all persons and anything that is not aimed at helping us stay pure until marriage in honour of God, our family, our future spouse and ourselves.
To be able to stay pure until marriage, we must submit to submit to God. It should be noted that no Christian can stay sexually pure until marriage all by his/her own effort. We are not of our own. “Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Since we are not of our own, we do not have any power of our own. It will therefore be a great deception to think that we can work out our commitment to purity all by ourselves. We need God’s power. Jesus was aware of our need of Him when He said, “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” – John 6:63 KJV.
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” – Proverbs 3:5-6. And Isaiah 40:31 also says, “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Many of us started the purity journey uncertain of how it will end us. The God news here is that God is already at the end of the journey. And that is why we must not trust in our own understanding or pride in our own strength, but wait on Him for the strength to mount up as eagles, run and not be weary, and walk without fainting as we journey on for the utmost price in our honorable journey of purity.
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Also, entertainment resources such as music, movies, games and all entertainment materials with the propensity to make you fall into sexual acts of any kind must surely be neglected. For example, I would not recommend songs by Rihanna, Beyonce, Lady gaga and their like, to anybody who is serious about staying pure until marriage. Most of the songs of these artists are full of sex lyrics and complemented by videos packed with countless sex scenes, mind control objects and symbolism.
God’s Word is clear on this, “For this is the will of God, [for] your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God” – 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5.
Elsewhere in the scriptures God asked, “For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God.” – 2 Corinthians 6:14b-16 NKJV.
To be able hold tight to our commitment to purity, we must avoid all persons and anything that is not aimed at helping us stay pure until marriage in honour of God, our family, our future spouse and ourselves.
To be able to stay pure until marriage, we must submit to submit to God. It should be noted that no Christian can stay sexually pure until marriage all by his/her own effort. We are not of our own. “Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Since we are not of our own, we do not have any power of our own. It will therefore be a great deception to think that we can work out our commitment to purity all by ourselves. We need God’s power. Jesus was aware of our need of Him when He said, “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” – John 6:63 KJV.
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” – Proverbs 3:5-6. And Isaiah 40:31 also says, “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Many of us started the purity journey uncertain of how it will end us. The God news here is that God is already at the end of the journey. And that is why we must not trust in our own understanding or pride in our own strength, but wait on Him for the strength to mount up as eagles, run and not be weary, and walk without fainting as we journey on for the utmost price in our honorable journey of purity.
If you have found this article helpful then consider sharing it. For more on purity, we recommend you read Jim Burns’ book: Accept Nothing Less, or check out the next purity article below. You may also subscribe via rss or email to receive future posts on purity. If you have any questions, kindly post them in the comments section below.
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