Flee from Lust and Flirting!

Lust and temptation is a choice and it has various forms. Many people have destroyed their marriage, families and their reputation because of lust, adultery, flirting and extra marital affairs. Of the seven deadly sins, lust is the most shameful. Lust is a problem because it perverts godliness, corrupts our soul, our virtues and holiness. The lust of the flesh is contrary to the desire to do the will of God.

Not everyone gets tempted in the world. People who are according to the flesh, who are worldly set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit of God which is Holy Spirit  fix their eyes on the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is always brings death, but the mind set on the Spirit is always life and peace. Paul instructs us in Romans 13:11-14 to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh.

Lust maintains power over us only when we submit to its worldly desires.  God commands us to have our hearts to have a pure and clean mind. When we have God's Spirit living inside our body, we walk in the Spirit by obeying the Word of God. We do this by bringing every thought and imaginations into captivity, unto obedience to the Lord as it says in 2nd Corinthians 10:5.

The Bible teaches that sexual immorality, even filthy jesting and dirty talk, brings the judgments of God Ephesians 5:4.We are to be the imitators of God .The lost people  who are spiritually blind  and blind to the truth ,often justify  and speak from their own mind and say its okay to flirt or lust or have extra marital affairs.  Matthew 15:14 says “Let them ALONE: they be BLIND LEADERS of the BLIND. And if the blind LEAD the blind, both shall FALL into the ditch”.

There are many professed Christians ignorantly justify sins. If we say we are followers of Jesus Christ we need to be true imitators of God in all things and not tolerate sin or Justify sin. If we sin unknowingly we must confess before Christ, ask forgiveness and forsake it.

Lets see what God says about Lust:

Matthew 528 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8:It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body[a] in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; 6 and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister.[b] The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. 7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

If we are in a situation of being tempted to flirt or being tempted by someone flirting with us we have to find ways to remove ourselves from that kind of situation. We can also do this by praying and resisting. We must practice holiness not to be in the passion of lust. Holiness is living in supreme regard for a holy God. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. No matter what problem we have in our life we shouldn’t not justify or excuse to do sin. God has given us the Holy Spirit to be our counselor, we have to control our mind, our body and pursue holiness to God.  We are to Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy, without holiness no one will see the Lord which says in Hebrews 12:14.we need to set apart ourselves for God in this ungodly world.