1 Coríntios 6

1 Coríntios 6

Barber - I want to tell you something, folks. If you’ve taken your suspenders and hooked them over on the sin of immorality, you better get it off quick, because those suspenders that were meant to hold you up may drag you under. You make sure you’re attached to the right person. Yes, you’re free but not to do as you please. You’re free to do as you should, enabled by His grace. Hodge - The body is … for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. The one stands in intimate relationship to the other. The body is designed to be a part of Christ and is the place where his Spirit lives. And Christ regards it as such, redeeming it with his blood, uniting it to himself as a part of his mystical body, making it an instrument of righteousness for holiness. The sin in question is absolutely incompatible with this and destroys the relationship that the body has with the Lord. Corinthian culture misunderstood and misused sexual freedom, and the result was that they dishonored God in their bodies. But we struggle with the same temptations today. People live wrongly because they believe wrongly. Read that again. What we believe (really believe), should radically effect our behavior. Truth should transform our thinking and be extension our behaving (Ro 12:1-2+ - note body and mind in these passages). Our 21st century American "Corinthian" culture doesn't have a clue about the eternal truth that there are spiritual principles pertaining to sexuality that apply to all of us, no matter what our age or our marital status. Sadly, just as the "leaven" of the corrupt Corinthian culture had crept into the Corinthian church, the same "unholy leaven" has slowly crept into the evangelical church in America! Let's face it beloved, the Church of Jesus Christ in America is in a precarious state! (I am writing in March, 2021). Barton - DESTRUCTIVE POWER Paul challenges us to a higher purpose than merely fulfilling our sexual desires. Sexual immorality is a temptation that is always before us. In movies and on television, sex outside marriage is treated as a normal, even desirable, part of life, while marriage is often shown as confining and joyless. People can even be looked down on by others if they are suspected of being pure. But God does not forbid sexual sin just to be difficult. He knows its power to destroy a person physically and spiritually. No one should underestimate the power of sexual immorality. It has devastated countless lives and destroyed families, churches, communities, and even nations. God wants to protect us from damaging ourselves and others, and so he offers to fill us—our loneliness, our desires—with himself. (Life Application Commentary) BRUCE GOETTSCHE 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Walking Through Life With Jesus I believe Paul argues that there is no such thing as “casual sex”. It is not simply a detached act. Sex outside of the marriage relationship has consequences. It creates a unique bond with a person who is not your spouse. In verse 16 Paul said, “Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” The act of sexual union requires a vulnerability that joins a person physically, mentally, and spiritually. Takes something from your present or future spouse. When we are sexually “active” we are giving a part of ourselves to others that we will never be able to give to our spouse. It destroys marriages and families Diminishes our respect for others. When we begin to view people as “objects of gratification” our view of all people is diminished. It opens the doors to disease Rod Mattoon - Beloved, the glamor of immorality eventually leads to guilt and gloom. The consequences of sexual corruption are camouflaged until your life crashes in upon you and the damage has been done. Sinful living never profits you. It always leads to a loss. The pleasure and sweetness that are promised by immorality lead to misery and bitterness. Sins sweetness soon sours. The consequences of immorality are damaging and severe. The Bible paints a pretty accurate picture of its destructiveness. 1. Immorality Debases a Person, Making Them Resemble a Beast The Bible describes the person as a horse neighing. * Jeremiah 5:8—They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. 2. Immorality Can Lead to Death In Bible times, adultery was a capital offense, usually by stoning. The Saxons dealt with this sin by burning the adulterers. The Romans cut their heads off. Today, a jealous wife or husband may end up killing the unfaithful spouse or the other lover. Adultery is dangerous. * Leviticus 20:10—And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 3. Immorality Stains a Person's Reputation and Robs a Person of Honor Honor is found in the wounds of a soldier or a martyr for Christ. The adulterer gets wounds in his name but there is no honor. They get wounds of a reputation that no doctor can heal. When the adulterer dies, his shame continues to live. When his body rots underground, his name continues to rot above ground. * Proverbs 6:32-33... But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 4. Immorality Pollutes and Consumes the Body The harlot is a walking dunghill infested with disease. * Proverbs 5:11—And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed. * Proverbs 7:22-23... He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. Sexual diseases syphon the moisture of the body and bones. They rot the skull and eat the beauty of the face. Sinful living ages people. As the flame wastes the candle, so the fire of lust consumes the bones and countenance. I've seen folks in their 20's and 30's who look like they are in their 40's because their sinful life has taken its toll on their health. The body is consumed mentality and emotionally too because your soul and spirit are affected by this sin. You become one flesh with the person. When the relationship ends, it has devastating effects on your health, your emotions, and your mind. 5. Immorality Incurs the Wrath of God and Destroys the Soul. * Hebrews 13:4—Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. * Revelation 21:8—But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. The only hope for deliverance is to repent of this sin. If you have never been saved, then trust Christ as your Savior. 6. Immorality Drains the Purse or the Billfold Until It Is Empty * Proverbs 6:26—For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. * Proverbs 5:10—Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; Immorality can lead to the loss of your job. The expense of covering up this sin or maintaining the immoral relationship can drain you financially. When King Edward III lay dying in his bed, his concubine got all that she could from him, plucking his rings from his fingers. 7. Immorality Is Like a Scorpion, Carrying a Sting in Its Tail * Proverbs 5:3-5... For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. The sweetness of sin soon sours. Lust makes a joyful entrance, but leaves a person in misery. Individuals who engage in sexual acts with someone outside of their marriage, often experience high levels of anxiety and depression once they have indulged in this sin. This level of stress not only impacts the mind in a psychological way; it also affects the physiological make up and parts of the person. By engaging in this act, one may start to experience difficulties in relationships, work, school, and many other areas. A man named Causinius speaks of a tree that grows in Spain. It has a sweet smell and taste, but the juice is poisonous. This is the emblem of a harlot, perfumed with powders, fair to look upon, but poisonous to the soul. * Proverbs 7:26—For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 8. Immorality Breaks Down the Moral Principles in a Family David's lust for women affected his son Solomon and grandson Reheboam. David's adulterous night of pleasure with Bathsheba became a nightmare of pain and a bad example for his family in the years to come. God judged David and his house. His sin set a precedent for his family that affected them for years. * 2 Samuel 12:10-12... Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. Beloved, the lesson for us from all these principles about immorality is this, "Don't pollute the palace!" Related Resources: What does the Bible say about fornication? | GotQuestions.org What is the difference between fornication and adultery? | GotQuestions.org What does the Bible say about adultery? | GotQuestions.org Baker's Evangelical Dictionary Immorality, Sexual McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Immorality Holman Bible Dictionary - Immorality American Tract Society Fornication Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Fornication Baker's Evangelical Dictionary Fornication Charles Buck Dictionary Fornication Easton's Bible Dictionary Fornication Fausset Bible Dictionary Fornication Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible Fornication Hastings' Dictionary of the NT Fornication International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Fornication Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Fornication McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Fornication The Jewish Encyclopedia Fornication A Man Named "Large" A man dubbed the King of Franks downed 20 hot dogs in 12 minutes of Coney Island competition. The man, whose nickname is “Large,” devoured his competition in the process, and then boasted that he was off to a barbecue. His nearest challenger consumed only 15 dogs. Large complained that the humidity kept him from matching his record meal of 21 franks the year before, but said he relishes the chance to break his record next year. Large was interviewed later as he took a break from cooking some of his winnings—365 hot dogs. He quipped, “I feel a little tired, but I’ll probably eat something a bit later.” It seems that Large lives to eat. We too can choose to live for food, drink, or any other kind of pleasure, but overindulged appetites will consume us in the process. Our bodies were not made to be served; they were designed to serve the Lord. God gave me a life in this body of mine To have and to use for a specified time; So I must be careful of life, for you see My body does not belong to me. —Anon. We all must eat to live, but some just live to eat. Norman Geisler - 1 CORINTHIANS 6:13—If God is going to destroy the body, then how can it be resurrected? PROBLEM: Paul said, “Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods; but God will destroy both it and them” (1 Cor. 6:13). On this basis, some argue that the resurrection body will not have the anatomy or physiology of the pre-resurrection body. On the other hand, Paul inferred that we would recognize our loved ones in heaven (1 Thes. 4:13–18). SOLUTION: The body that goes into the grave is the same body, made immortal, that comes out of it. This is proven by the fact that Jesus’ tomb was empty, He had the crucifixion scars in His body (John 20:27), that His body was “flesh and bones” (Luke 24:39), that people could and did touch it (Matt. 28:9), and that He could and did eat physical food (Luke 24:40–42). As for 1 Corinthians 6:13, a careful study of the context here reveals that, when Paul says God will destroy both food and the stomach, he is referring to the process of death, not to the nature of the resurrection body. For he refers to the process of death by which “God will destroy both it and them” (v. 13). Further, while the resurrection body may not have the need to eat, it does, however, have the ability to eat. Eating in heaven will be a joy without being a need. So, the body that death “destroys” (decays), is the same one that resurrection restores. To argue that there will be no resurrection body because the stomach will be “destroyed” is tantamount to claiming that the rest of the body—head, arms, legs, and torso—will not be resurrected because death will also turn them into dust. (When Critics Ask) 1 Corinthians 6:14 Now God has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power. Amplified - And God both raised the Lord to life and will also raise us up by His power.