ANTIBIOTICS PREVENT OR cure some venereal diseases…

Contraceptives reduce the chances of pregnancy. But there is no contraceptive for the conscience.

Medical science may eliminate some consequences of my sin. It cannot remove my accountability to God.

God says, “If anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayers are detestable” (Proverbs 28:9). If we’re not practicing purity, it nullififes our prayers.

Sexual sin blocks fellowship with God. If we are in immorality’s grip, there’s only one prayer He wants to hear — the prayer of confession and repentance.

Achan’s sin caused thirty-six Israelites to die, as well as his family (Joshua 7:1-26). God is sovereign in each person’s life, but clearly, the private sins of one individual can bring terrible consequences on others. Randy Alcorn, “Targeted and Vulnerable,” The Purity Principle, 35-36

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.” Galatians 6:7-8

Mike Benson