Title: Stay away from sexual sins
1 Thessalonians (10) Avoid sexual sins (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8)
<Keep your home precious>
Christianity is a religion that values the family. God finished the work of creating the heavens and the earth with the creation of Adam and Eve's family. Jesus' first miracle was the miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana. Those facts show the importance of the family. Home is the source of happiness. A person cannot be happy apart from the church, which is a large family, and the family, which is a small church. Making a family happy is far more important than money and fame.
The greatest people in the world are those who are respected by family members. Even if you receive the respect of the world, your life is meaningless if you do not receive the respect of your family members. That's why it's so important to take good care of your family. If you can't make your family members happy, you won't be happy.
In the Confucian culture, boasting of his wife was teased as an act of bragging. However, please honor your wife even if you hear the sound of Chilbulchul. The best way to educate your children is to show your children how married couples respect each other. Children who grew up watching such a situation survive puberty and grow into children with strong basic spiritual strength.
One day, a son in the first year of middle school asked a father. "Dad! Who are the world's 3 greatest villains? Xantipe, the wife of Socrates, and Sophia, the wife of Tolstoy, and who?” Mary, the wife of John Wesley, was fed chestnuts to his son by a father who did not know the answer. "Hey! I don't even know your mother's name!"
If you grow up without seeing the uplifting in your marriage, your child will become emotionally unstable. So, honor your mate, fulfill your sexual responsibilities, and cherish your home. The reason many families are broken today is because of sexual crimes. Sexual offenses take away a normal life in a short time, devastate a family, and be extremely careful, as even a person of good faith can build it in an instant. God's will is in 'holiness' before anything grandiose (verses 1-3).
"Avoid sexual sins"
Korean church members misunderstand the holy life a lot, so they misunderstand a ‘holy person’ as someone who doesn’t joke, doesn’t laugh, smiles only when they laugh, never shows their teeth, and talks with a low voice. Such a holy person says, “Lord!” when he speaks, even when he kicks a stone on the road, he says “Lord!” and even when he eats and chews a stone, he says, “Lord!”. Also, when you call, you have to say “Hello!”, but when you say “Hallelujah!”, the new generation today thinks they are tired of being ‘holy people’.
The desire of the body itself is not a sin. Your appetite, sleep, and sexual desires are all God-given. However, it must be well restrained and radiated. In particular, you must know how to control your sexual desires (verse 5). How serious are your sexual problems? If you go to a good local motel and say you want to stay for a few days, they say, “There is no room!” Because if you take up a few days, you won't be able to receive a two-hour guest, which is much more detrimental. Also, how often are you sexually tempted by email and chat lately?
Sexual corruption within the church as well as society is a bigger problem. I hate to imagine, but there is also the possibility of sexual corruption between saints. The church must always be thoroughly prepared to ensure that this does not happen. How great a temptation the church is put by a single sexually promiscuous person. Don't even dream of being the unlucky person who gives the church a sexual test. If you disturb the church with sexual sins, God will surely pay the penalty for it (verse 6).
Sexual sin is a serious sin, but God can forgive it. The problem is now. Decide now. "God! I will protect my body and do my best to keep away from sexual sins. Let me offer my body and soul like a pure virgin!” God will be most pleased with such a decision. It is not easy to keep yourself clean in these days of severe sexual depravity, but if you keep it well and please God, there will be more abundant grace.