Makapangyarihan ang sex kaya pinapaalalahan tayo ng Diyos patungkol sa sexual immorality
(15) Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
(16) 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.”
(17) But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
(18) Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.
(19) Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
(20) you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
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Ang “Sexual Immorality” ay English translation ng “Porneos” sa salitang Greek, ang original language na ginamit sa New Testament. Ang “Porneos” ay tumutukoy sa lahat na sexual activity sa labas ng marriage. Ayon sa scripture, ang sex ay parang super-glue na nagbubuklod sa dalawang tao para maging “isa”. Ang sex ay lumilikha ng “intimacy” kaya ito ay dapat nating ingatan. Ito ang dahilan nais ng Diyos na tayo ay mag-ingat at sa ating asawa lamang tayo dapat magkaroon ng intimate na relationship.
1 Timothy 1:9-11 (NIV)
(9) We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
(10) for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
(11) that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.
Romans 13:9-10 (NIV)
(9) The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
(10) Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
1 John 5:3 (NIV)
(3) In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
Bakit nagbigay si God ng mga batas/utos at paano natin matutupad ang mga utos na ito?
Ang adultery o pangangalunya ay ang sex sa pagitan ng dalawang tao kung saan ang isa sa kanila o pareho silang may asawa na.
Proverbs 6:26-35 (NIV)
(26) For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
(27) Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
(28) Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
(29) So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
(30) People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
(31) Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
(32) But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.
(33) Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.
(34) For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
(35) He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.
Hebrews 13:4 (NIV)
(4) Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
Bakit mali ang adultery?
Anu-ano ang mga resulta ng pangangalunya o sexual immorality?
(19) The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
(20) idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
(21) and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
(20) Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
(21) For your ways are in full view of the Lord , and he examines all your paths.
(22) The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.
(23) For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.
(18) Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.
Iba pang Negatibong Resulta ng Sexual Immorality
– Nakakasakit ng ibang tao at nakakasakit pati sa sarili mo – Sexually Trasmitted Disease (STD) – marami itong epekto na permanente at hindi basta basta. Chlamydia ay isang uri ng STD na magdudulot ng pagkabaog (sterility), ang iba namang STD ay magdudulot ng Cervical Cancer
(11) At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
– Hindi ka na magtitiwala o magmamahal sa iba dahil sa iyong masakit na nakaraan
– Hindi ginustong pagbubuntis at paglaglag ng bata (abortion), na maaaring mag-cause ng pagiging sterile
– Guilt at kahihiyan
Mga Maling Kaisipan tungkol sa Sex
– Maling kaisipan, “ang pagnanasa at pornography ay OK lang”.(Matthew 5:28)
(28) But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
– “Maling kaisipan, “ok lang kahit anong gawin or mangyari” (pagiging iresponsible)” (Proverbs 15:10)
(10) Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path; the one who hates correction will die.
– Maling kaisipan, “Ang sex para makatakas sa realidad ng buhay” (Proverbs 14:27)
(27) The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.
– Maling kaisipan, “Ginagawa na rin ng iba.” (Romans 12:2)
(2) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
– Maling kaisipan, “Susubukan ko muna bago ako mag-commit sa relationship.” (Proverbs 26:18-19)
(18) Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death
(19) is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
– Maling kaisipan, “ok lang mag-sex bago magpakasal kasi plano ko naman siya pakasalan.”
(15) Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
– Maling kaisipan, “baka iwan ako ng boyfriend/girlfriend ko kung sasabihin kong ayaw kong makipag-sex.” (Proverbs 11:22)
(22) Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
– Maling kaisipan, “ok lang mawala ang aking virginity para maging ‘in’ ako sa grupo.”(Proverbs 16:17)
(17) The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.
– Maling kaisipan, “OK lang makipag-sex para sa pera o regalo o para sa iba pang materyal na bagay.” (Proverbs 5:16-18)
(16) Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
(17) Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
(18) May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
– “ito na ang buhay ko, addicted na ako sa pakikipagtalik” (Proverbs 15:10)
(10) Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path; the one who hates correction will die.
– – Date Rape – Maling kaisipin, “Ginusto naman niya yun kasi nakipag-date sya sakin.” (Proverbs 14:22)
(22) Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.
(12) “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.
(13) You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Bakit mahalaga sa Diyos ang ating mga katawan?
Tulad ng nakita mong listahan sa itaas, maraming magandang dahilan ang Diyos kung bakit gusto Niyang protektahan ang ating mga katawan. Pero sa panahon natin ngayon, maraming tao ang nape-pressure na ibigay ang kanilang “virginity” bago sila magpakasal. Maaaring naging Christians sila later, pero nun panahon na iyon, hindi pa nila alam ang magandang purpose ng Diyos sa marriage at sex. Marami sa mga lalaki at babae ang nakapanood ng pornography o kaya naging sexually active kahit hindi pa kasal at inisip na normal lang iyon. Maaaring nanghihinayang ka na nagamit mo na ang regalo ng Diyos bago ka pa kinasal dahil sa maling pag-iisip or maling desisyon at ikinahihiya mo ito, at nagkakaroon ka ngayon ng takot na magpakasal.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NIV)
(9) Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men
(10) nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
(11) And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
(17) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
Romans 8:1-4 (NIV)
(1) Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
(2) because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
(3) For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh,
(4) in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Ano ang pwede mong gawin mo kung nagawa mo na itong mga pagkakamaling ito?
(Note: Kung ikaw ay naabuso sexually, hindi mo ito pagkakamali, ngunit maaari mong hilingin sa Diyos na gawin ka Niyang malinis. Maaari mo rin kausapin ang isang leader na pinagkakatiwalaan mo tungkol sa bagay na ito.)
Purity ng Diyos
Paano naibabalik ng Diyos ang purity sa atin?
(18) “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord . “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
(9) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
(17) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
Ask a Friend
Gaano ka-importante ang sexual purity sa iyo? Bakit?
Application
Hiningi mo na ba sa Diyos na tulungan kang maging sexually pure?
Paano mo gagawing priority ang sexual purity sa iyong buhay?
Prayer Model
Lord, salamat para sa napakabuting gift ng sex. Tulungan mo akong ingatan ang regalong ito, at panatiliing safe ito para sa aking mapapangasawa. Itinitiwala ko ang aking katawan at ang sexuality ko sa iyo. Tulungan mo akong mamuhay ayon sa iyo.
Key Verse
Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.
