Daily Manna from Heaven

Are You Sexually Pure?

By: Bo Sanchez

 

May I disturb you?

 

Last Sunday, I disturbed the 6000+ people attending the Kerygma Conference. 

 

Because that morning, God disturbed me too.

 

He woke me up and told me to totally change my talk. Just like that. I had barely a few minutes to prepare, so I didn’t even know everything I was going to say.

 

On stage, I opened the Bible to Matthew 11:28:“Come to me all of you who are weary and tired and I will give you rest…” That passage is so well known, you even see it in Hallmark cards. But very few read the hard-to-understand verse after that. Verse 29 says, “Take my yoke upon you…”

 

Which is a rather strange way of giving someone rest!

 

Just in case you didn’t know, a yoke is the heavy wooden beam that you put on cattle or oxen, so they could pull a plow or pull a wagon. Not very restful, I assure you. What in the world was Jesus talking about?

 

I told the 6000+ people listening to me that there were two kinds of tired people: Those tired because of their trials and those tired because of their sins. And it was the second group of people I wanted to speak to.

 

Are you tired because of the yoke of sin?

 

I believe no one on this planet ever walks without a yoke. No one! There are only two yokes available: You either carry the yoke of God or the yoke of sin. (Anyone who defines “freedom” as freedom away from God is carrying the heaviest yoke or burden of all.)

 

I then told my audience, “God woke me up this morning to tell me that today, we need to make a commitment—on our knees—to the yoke of purity.” 

 

That day, I just felt a burden in my heart to preach about purity.

 

I said, “You either carry the yoke of purity or the yoke of impurity. Both are yokes. But one is a million times heavier than the other. And the word ‘million’ is a gross understatement.”

 

The crowd was silent. More silent than usual. I knew I was hitting a sore spot—a topic no one wanted to talk about.

 

“Friends, I know the yoke of impurity,” I said, “I was addicted to pornography for decades. Let me tell you—I liken porn to swallowing vomit. It sucked my life. It consumed so much of my time and energy, it almost destroyed my life and dreams. Until God came into my life and He asked me to give it up, in exchange for the beautiful and very light yoke of purity.”

 

A Word To Boyfriends And Girlfriends

 

I also talked to singles in relationships. “Stop playing around with this beautiful gift of purity. Don’t open this gift, toss it around, or smudge it. Preserve it and give it to each other on the day of your wedding.”

 

I asked them to set the bar high. “When my wife and I became boyfriend and girlfriend, we decided not to kiss each other on the lips. It was crazy. And believe me, it was difficult! The struggle was great. But we set the bar very high so that if ever we failed, the slippage won’t be deep. That decision kept our relationship pure. We explored each other’s minds, not each other’s bodies. On our wedding day, we were able to give ourselves the beautiful gift of purity.”

 

“I know that others put the bar so low,” I said. “As long as they don’t have sex, they think they can do whatever they want. But singles who do this find out sooner or later that they destroy the gift of purity.”

 

I also spoke to those who already lost their virginity. “Physical virginity is important. But spiritual virginity is more important. Even if you’ve done ‘it’ before, make a decision with your boyfriend or girlfriend to keep your relationship pure from this day forth. And God will give you spiritual virginity. This is the gift that you’ll give each other on your wedding day.”

 

Renounce Emotional Adultery

 

I then spoke to husbands and wives.

 

 “Physical adultery is obviously sinful. But how many of you reject Emotional Adultery? When God invented marriage, He designed you to give 100% of your thoughts, your affections, your emotions, your attractions to one person and one person alone. When you do that, your marriage is dynamite. Powerful. Magnificent. Your marriage blooms because you invest all that you have to one person. But when you slice up your thoughts and affections and give one sliver to this other person and another sliver to this other person, you scatter your power. Don’t wonder why your marriage lacks depth and joy and love.”

 

That day, I led all 6000+ to kneel down.

 

First, the singles. Second, the couples.

 

All of us repented of our sins.

 

All of us received His forgiveness.

 

All of us gave up the yoke of impurity.

 

All of us took on the yoke of purity.

 

All of us made a solemn commitment to live a life of purity.

 

It was so powerful, so moving, you could see people in tears.

 

Many were set free that day.

 

Friends, I invite you to make the same commitment today.

 

Take the yoke of purity.

 

Jesus wants to set you free.

 

May your dreams come true,

 

James Parmis Ministries

http://www.JamesParmis.com

 

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“Abstain from all appearance of evil.” -1 Thessalonians 5:22, KJV

Women the world over say, you don’t have to define it. When you are on the receiving end, you know what it is. But a definition is still in order. The broader understanding is that sexual harassment involves behavior which embraces either language or actions of a sexual nature, whereby unwritten and usually unspoken conditions of employment include submitting to the same. Women are usually the victims.

And why don’t women who are offended by a male employer or fellow employee just quit and walk out, or point the accusing finger so that the situation is corrected? Lots of reasons, including the embarrassment which often results, the possible recriminations which make her out to be the aggressor, and certainly not without weight: the fact that she badly needs employment.

Since the beginning of time, situations involving abuse have been common. If you question that fact, take your Bible and read the book of Genesis, where you will find cases of rape and incest as well as sexual abuse. But the fact that it has been with us for a long while, doesn’t justify its existence today. That men will be men is hardly an acceptable excuse.

Today we hear a lot of talk about raising our awareness of the issue, and while that is well and good, I’m more concerned about raising our awareness of the solution to the problem. In exactly 15 Greek words, the Apostle Paul not only addressed the problem but gave us a lasting solution to it as well. Here’s what he wrote: “Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity” (1 Tim. 5:1-2). In those few words Paul addresses the whole gamut of sexual relationships. Treat younger men as you would your own brother, older women as your mother, and younger women as your own sister—but Paul adds a qualifying phrase when he talks about how you treat younger women. He adds the phrase, “with absolute purity.” That same word was used by Plato when he wrote of being “innocent.” It is used in relationship to women as being “sexually pure.” It leaves little room for doubt as to what it means.

The following guidelines, if followed, would eliminate sexual harassment once and for all.

Guidelines #1: Put yourself in the position of the one with whom you work.

This is valid for everyone. Jesus said it: “In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you” (Matthew 7:12). Known as the “Golden Rule,” this kind of role playing produces sensitivity towards each other and goes a long ways towards eliminating miscommunication between men and women. Phrases which may be meaningful to your wife, such as “honey” or “darling” may be appropriate at home but are out of place at the office or shop.

Guideline #2: Realize that what may be humorous to you may be patently offensive to members of the opposite sex.

That men and women don’t understand each other is an understatement. Humor which is funny at the cost of someone’s discomfort is always in poor taste.

Guideline #3: Understand that non-verbal signals convey messages that can be easily misinterpreted.

This also includes the fact that how you dress or conduct yourself may send a message to a member of the opposite sex which seems to give license to that person to go beyond what is appropriate.

Guideline #4: Treat older women as mothers; young women as sisters. And that one alone eliminates once and for all the problems which result in abuses.

When it is all said and done, the solution involves character and integrity, and when those ingredients are present, the problem evaporates. Think about it.

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Who am I? I am just a worthless woman. My life was not holy just like the other Jews. I lived in a sinful life. Sometimes I think that GOD doesn’t care about my life. For the first time I fell into the adultery life, I feel guilty that I betrayed God’s law, but when I want to repent for my sin…. I was afraid…. really… I was afraid.

According to the Moses law, every people that commit adultery must be punished by stoned until death… yes I know it even I have done a sinful act. Where should I go then? I am not worthy anymore in front of GOD, that’s why I continue this life, day by day, year by year to search for the true love, to search for the true man that can comfort me into their arms.

I lost my virginity once when my first boyfriend rapped me. I was ashamed and I am crying… why this happened to me? No one answer and no one can help me. The Pharisee? Forget that stupid idea! They only know how to judge people but they are never help them. Ok, ok, they knew everything about Torah… but somehow I can’t approach those guys… I know they are evil, but compared with my life, I far more evil.

After my boyfriend has my virginity, he left me without saying a word…. well, what should I do then? I can’t go further to GOD because I have sinned already. I know that my heart empty…. I need love… a true love…. a love that can reform myself into the new woman. I search for the true man… hope that they can embrace me…. always there when I cry…… and…… never work. Once I meet with a man… they always see my body and then…. they just have a pleasure on me. All of them can’t give me a love that I hope and finally my heart always feels empty.

No… I don’t want to live my life like this anymore, but somehow my last boyfriend keep asking me to sleep with him. Then…. in one morning (I will not forget this nightmare), suddenly the Jews around neighborhood got inside the house. They are so many Jews, hundreds of them, with a loud voice, condemn me and suddenly drag me from my house…. They treat me like an animal, I even didn’t put a half of my cloth yet. Hundreds of people spit me right into my face; some of them slap my face, no… this is nightmare for me, HELP! SOMEBODY HELP ME! but it’s useless… no one can hear my voice in the middle of the crowds. I think this is it… yes…. finally I will be punished by stoned until death. A death penalty…. ok, this is my last time finally….

Before I die, somehow, both my heart and my soul crying unto The Lord. In the middle of the crowds I began to pray “O GOD, Jehovah, GOD of my ancestor Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I always knew generation by generation that You always keep Your promise. I know that I have sinned against You. I am ready to die GOD, yes… I am ready to die. One thing that I want to ask you: Please forgive my sin….” Well, I don’t know if GOD really hears my pray or not… Almost all the people beat me until I am in a half of unconscious.

In the middle of my unconscious, I laid down into the ground but I know that I have been dragged to some one with a great influence. I just only see his feet, but I don’t know how His face looks like. Then I heard some of The Pharisee and The Scribes tell something into this Man “Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? “….. oh no! He will punished me with death penalty. I also heard a sound of the rock in all people’s hand, ready to throw at me…. I am afraid, but nothing I can do….. But, still…. no answer from that Man….. he still busy to write something into the ground. Then The Pharisee and The Scribes ask Him for the second times… still…. no answer from Him. Third times, Fourth times, Fifth times….. This Man never replies their answer…… Until I heard all the people cry aloud… push this Man to put the death penalty unto me. I am confused, who is this Man? Why He still calm in the middle of the crowds?

Then suddenly, this Man rise up…. standing in front of the people and say “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her!!” … and suddenly the voice of the crowds stopped. Wow! He is no ordinary Rabbi…. He looks like GOD itself. More than a charisma that He has. Who is this Man? Why suddenly I feel that He is my defender? Why suddenly I feel that He is my savior? After He said His simple sentences, He come back to wrote something in the ground. I must admit that this Man was very, very calm. He remained unprovoked by other people. Very different with those Pharisee…. yes… very different. Who is This Man?

*crack*…..  I heard one stone falling into the ground….. no!… not one…. two… three…. four….. no!… there’s many….. I wonder if they have start to throwing at me. Still, I didn’t feel the pain in my body. Yes it is true that they start to leave the stone into the ground and start to leave me….

WHAT? I don’t believe they didn’t punished me! I try to look into them but I am still weak…. I still lay on the ground until I can hear only His finger writing into the ground…. I try hard to lift my face to look at this Great Man and finally I can lift my face… and look at Him, my Savior…

Yes… I can see His face look straight unto me and ask me “Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?”  Oh… what a voice…. His voice is not only full of justice, but somehow I fell that this voice comforts me and fill my empty heart with….. abundant love…. God’s love. In the middle of my surprised, I replied “No man, Lord”… yes no one… I can’t believe it. I am a sinner, actually I must be punished.  Wait !! maybe He is the one who will punished me! He stands as a judge and who knows that He is the one who have rights to kill me now. But, He replies again with an answer that…… changed my heart and my life forever “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. “

After He said so… then I know that He is Jesus from Nazareth. Many people talks about His miracle but I didn’t thought that He is so powerful like this. I can’t imagined with His other miracle. Just by His Word, He completely changed my life now! Although I only knew some of Torah….

Deep inside my heart, I know that He is GOD! The true man that can embrace me… comforts me when I am sad… and will always stand by my side….. stand in front of me right know! He touched me with a love of GOD… not with the love of human! More than a True Man, He is GOD itself…. and I believe that GOD heard my prayer…. and forgive me from all of my sin!

Thank you Lord Jesus… You are the true man that I searched for… Your love restored me as a new woman. Your love like a sunshine in my dark past. Now I am like a new born baby. This is my new beginning…. O Lord, what I supposed to do than stop to live a sinful life and follow Your way? Thank you so much…. Thank you GOD. I know now that You are always there…. I know that You are a living GOD….. Thank you Jesus, You are my Savior! (adapted from KJV Bible John 8:2-11)

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By far, the most searched for terms on the internet are related to pornography.

 

Pornography is rampant in the world today. Perhaps more than anything else, Satan has succeeded in twisting and perverting sex. He has taken what is good and right (loving sex between a husband and wife) and replaced it with lust, pornography, adultery, rape, and homosexuality.

 

Pornography is simply the first step on a very slippery slope of ever-increasing wickedness and immorality (Romans 6:19). Just as a drug user is led to consume greater and more powerful quantities of drugs, so pornography drags a person into hard-core sexual addictions and ungodly desires.

The three main categories of sin are: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life (1 John 2:16).

 

Pornography definitely causes us to lust after flesh, and it undeniably is a lust for our eyes. Pornography definitely does not qualify as one of the things we are to think about, “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things” (Philippians 4:8).

 

Pornography is addictive (1 Corinthians 6:12; 2 Peter 2:19), destructive (Proverbs 6:25-28; Ezekiel 20:30; Ephesians 4:19), and leads to ever-increasing wickedness (Romans 6:19).

 

Lusting after other people in our minds (the essence of pornography) is offensive to God (Matthew 5:28). When habitual devotion to pornography characterizes a person’s being, that demonstrates the person is not saved (1Corinthians 6:9).

If there was one thing I could change about my life prior to becoming a Christian, it would be my involvement with pornography. Thanks be to God- He can and will give the victory. Are you involved with pornography and desire freedom from it?

 

Here are some steps to victory:

 

(1) Confess your sin to God (1 John 1:9).

 

(2) Pray for God to cleanse, renew, and transform your mind (Romans 12:2).

 

(3) Ask God to fill your mind with Philippians 4:8.

 

(4) Learn to possess your body in holiness (1Thessalonians 4:3-4).

 

(5) Understand the proper meaning of sex and rely on your spouse to meet that need alone (1Corinthians 7:1-5).

 

(6) Realize that if you walk in the Spirit, you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh (Galatians 5:16).

 

(7) Take practical steps to reduce your exposure to graphic images (i.e. install pornography blockers on your computer, limit television and video usage, find another Christian who will pray for you and help keep you accountable—your spouse, if you are married).

 

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