Matthew 5:27-28
New Living Translation (NLT)
27 “You have heard the commandment that says, ‘You must not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Some think that if lustful thoughts are sin, why shouldn't a person go ahead and do the lustful actions too?? Acting out sinful desires is harmful in several ways: 1.) it causes people to excuse sin rather than stop sinning; 2.) it destroys marriages; 3.) it is deliberate rebellion against God's Word; 4.) it always hurts someone else in addition to the sinner. Sinful action is more dangerous than sinful desire, and that is why desires should not be acted out. Nevertheless, sinful desire is just as damaging to righteousness. Left unchecked, wrong desires will result in wrong actions and turn people away from God.
Joe
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