Today my Bible-study was on 1 Corinthians 6... Ouch. I have studied this chapter intently, but it still is a real barn burner to read. 1 Corinthians 6:15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not!” What if I say, “Do you not know that your minds are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a porn star? Certainly not!” Please realize... This idea is my guess that this wild version is interesting. Nothing more. Is the original verse true with porn? Decide for yourselves, but all I know is porn brings darkness, anger, fear, and a host of other bad things. Is that what being “Members of a harlot” is talking about? Second, becoming one with a harlot is referring to a spiritual glue that happens with sexual sin. Is there a glue that is causing all this addiction? 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 18 Flee sexual immorality.” Before I quit, I would fall and think, “This is my world, this is my place.” But, then the destruction would start and instead of thinking “I am home,” I would think, “Crap, here comes the darkness and depression again.” Second, what is verse 15 exactly referring to? Certainly, it is 100% a loud warning against sleeping with a harlot, but if you read it twice a day every day this week you may find that it is also a loud warning against lust. Finally, you can't read these 4 verses too often. I challenge everyone to read these 4 verses as many times as possible this week. Consider copying them into your phone notes. Then reply to this thread in 1 week about how it helped you. Four verses, one great challenge. You will win whether you win.
This is great stuff! I was just thinking about the real meaning of these verses, too. About how keeping our minds steeped in lustful desire cannot do anything but cut us off from fellowship with God, because we cannot want him and lust at the same time. About how the sick feeling we have when we give in to lust is the Spirit within us feeling repulsed and betrayed and cheated on. It's really powerful to meditate on these things. I am so glad to have read this just now. Lust was starting to gnaw around the edges of my mind, but your post snapped me right back into Reality. We cannot give this stuff an inch or it will take everything. The same Spirit guides us both. Thank you for posting!
