It is easy to fool people by saying you, as a single person, are not involved sexually with anyone, because you may not be in relationship or have placed standards with your boy- or girlfriend where you will not get intimate. Yet the question needs to be asked, are you involved sexually in your mind? We are wired for sexuality and there are so many opportunities to get involved mentally with others. So how is your thought life?
“But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say, ‘You must be holy because I am holy.’” (1 Peter 1:15-16 – NLT). God is holy, without sin and we must pursue being holy, not only because it is a clear directive, but if we want to develop in our relationship with Him, we want to please Him and pursue Jesus’ likeness. Our hearts reveal if we desire this goal in our spiritual lives as God looks at a person’s heart (1 Samuel 16:7). The a ...
