TITLE: BIBLICAL SEXUAL MORALITY AND WHAT ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY? COPYRIGHT © JANUARY 14, 1995 All rights reserved. Copyright © 01/14/'95; 01/12/Õ96 (Revised) This file, in its entirety, may be posted on or copied off of computer networks like Internet or WWW by anyone so inclined. This is an ASCII text only copy of a Macintosh MicrosoftWord5 file made for non-Macintosh folks, so it is very plain and basic in its form (footnotes, indentation and page layout). So when your text only version comes up with Palatino 14, just find Select All (under File) and change it to Geneva 10, Helvetica 12 or Palatino 12 . That will smooth out the paragraphs and lines, giving you a much more readable file. By Lee Tyler P.O. Box 620763, SanDiego, CA 92162-0763 polyboy@delphi.com = Sunday afternoon thru Thurs evening Sex, Marriage and Morality WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN Proverbs 5:18 Let your k>fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth. 19 [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be l>ravished always with her [erotic] lovemaking. [FOOTNOTE k> genitalia See note 18.1; l> [enraptrured/ intoxicated/orgasmic]; See note 19.3 1 ¦ The song of songs, which [is] Solomon's. 2 ¦ Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth; for Your lovemaking [is] better than wine. 4 Draw me, we will run after You, The King has brought me into his [private] chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in You, we will remember Your lovemaking more than wine; the upright love You. 5 I [am] a>black, but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. 6 Do not look on me, that I [am] a> black, that the sun has looked on me. [FOOTNOTES a>Black? How black is black? The bigots try to make this into tanned or darkly tanned. For white folks in any shade, a tan is brown, or dark brown. How black is this black? How black was she? The word rendered ÒblackÓ is the same word in Song 5:11 used to describe the color of a raven. My collegiate dictionary says that ravens have a Òlustrous black plumageÓ. Not ÒbrownÓ, not Òdark brownÓ, but LUSTROUS BLACK as old Brer Crow and old Eddie PoeÕs raven that raps Ònevah mo broÓ. No way around it, this comely maiden was black, not blue black, but black as a raven. Since the world cultures, including China, SE Asia, India, Africa and Latin America value lighter skin over darker skin, this black beauty is almost as good a representative of Òthe ChurchÓ, or Israel, as is the passage in Ezekiel 16:1-10, where the Church and Israel are shown to be undesireable before God enters their lives, and even after God enters their lives, they are still looked down upon and perhaps even despised by the majority of the world..] 12 ¦ While the King is in His circle, my spikenard gives its smell. 13 A bundle of myrrh [is] my Beloved to me. [He] shall lie all night between my breasts. . . .15 Behold, you [are] beautiful, my love; behold, you [are] beautiful; you [have] doves' eyes. 16 Behold, you [are] beautiful, my Beloved, yea, pleasant. Also our bed [is] green. 1 ¦ I [am] the rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. 2 As the lily among thorns, so [is] My love among the daughters. 3 ¦ As the apple among the trees of the wood, so [is] my Beloved among the sons. I sat down under His shadow with great delight, and His fruit [was] sweet to my taste. . . 6 His left hand [is] under my head, and His right hand embraces me.... 10 My Beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, My love, My beautiful one, and come away. I found [Him] whom my soul loves. I held Him and would not let Him go, until I had brought Him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who conceived me. 1 ¦ Behold, you [are] beautiful, My love. Behold, you [are] beautiful; your eyes [are] like doves' from behind your veil; . . 3 Your lips [are] like a cord of scarlet, and your speech [is] becoming; your temples [are] like a piece of pomegranate behind your veil. . . . 5 Your two breasts [are] like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, feeding among the lilies. 6 Until when the day blows, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the c>mountain of myrrh and to the d>hill of frankincense. 7 You [are] all fair, My love; no blemish [is] in you. [FOOTNOTES:c> of her two breasts; d> of her two breasts] ......... 9 You have brought My heart to ecstasy, My sister, [My] spouse; you have brought My heart to ecstasy with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck. 10 How fair is your love, My sister, [My] spouse! How [much] better [are] your lovemakings than wine, and the smell of your ointments than all spices! 11 Your lips, [My] spouse, drop like the honeycomb; honey and milk [are] under your tongue; and the smell of your garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon. 12 A locked e>garden [is] My sister, [My] spouse; a rock heap locked up, a f>fountain sealed. [FOOTNOTES: e >speaking of her pubic genital area; locked denoting chastity;f> speaking of her genitalia, see notes 16.1 and 18.1; sealed denoting chastity] ¦16 Awake, O north [wind]; and come, south [wind]; blow on my g> garden, so [that] the spices of it may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His g>garden and eat His pleasant fruits. [FOOTNOTES: g>speaking of her genitalia, see notes 16.1 and 18.1; g>garden=her pubic area] 1 ¦ I have come into My g garden, My sister, [My] spouse; I have gathered My myrrh with My spice; I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; I have drunk My wine with My milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O Beloved. 10 My Beloved [is] bright and ruddy, . . 11 His head [is like] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy [and] black as a raven. ...... 16 His mouth [is] most sweet; yes, He [is] altogether lovely. This [is] my Beloved. 2 My Beloved has gone down to His garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the g>gardens and to gather lilies. 3 I [am] my Beloved's, and my Beloved [is] mine; He feeds among the h>lilies. [FOOTNOTES:g>speaking of her genitalia, see notes 16.1 and 18.1; h> apparently affectionate attention to her breasts and belly. See 4:5 Your two breasts [are] like two fawns...feeding among the lilies. 7:2....your belly [is like] a heap of wheat set about with lilies] 4 ¦ O my love, you [are] as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem,....... 1 ¦ How beautiful [are] your feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! The curves of your thighs [are] like jewels . . . . 2 Your navel [is like] a round goblet, which never lacks mixed wine; your belly [is like] a heap of wheat set about with lilies. 3 Your two breasts [are] like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. 4 Your neck [is like] a tower of ivory; your eyes [like] the fish-pools in Heshbon . . . . .5 Your head on you [is like] Carmel, and the hair of your head like purple cloth; the King [is] held captive in its tresses. 6 How beautiful and how pleasant you [are], O love, for delights! 7 Your stature is like a i>palm tree, and your breasts [are] like clusters [of grapes]. 8 I said, I will go up in the i>palm tree, I will take hold of its stalk. And please let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the smell of your nose like apples; 9 and the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my Beloved, that goes [down] smoothly for My Beloved, flowing softly [over] the lips of sleeping ones. [FOOTNOTES: i> If her Òstature is like a palm tree, and [her] breasts [are] like clusters [of grapes].Ó then this describes some pretty intimate activity,i.e. Prov. 5:19 Òlet her breasts* satisfy you at all times; and be ravished [enraptrured/intoxicated] always with her [erotic] love.Ó] 10 ¦ I [am] my Beloved's, and His desire [is] toward me. 11 Come, my Beloved, let us go out into the field; let us stay in the villages. 12 Let us rise up early to the vineyards; . . .there I will give You my lovemakings. 13 The love-apples give a scent, and over our doors [are] all pleasant [fruits], new and old, which I have laid up for You, O my Beloved. ............3 His left hand [would be] under my head, and His right embrace me. ......... 10 I [was] a wall, and my breasts like towers; then I was in His eyes as one finding peace. ...............14 Hurry, my Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a young deer, the stag, on the j>mountains of spices. [FOOTNOTES:j> [her breasts] 5 Your two breasts [are] like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, feeding among the lilies. 6 Until when the day blows, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the cmountain of myrrh and to the dhill of frankincense. [her breasts] 5 Your two breasts [are] like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, feeding among the lilies. 6 Until when the day blows, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.] WHAT IS WRONG BETWEEN A WOMAN AND A MAN >>1. A wife should take hold of no other male's genitalia except for those of her own husband. MKJV DEUT. 25:11 When men strive together with one another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand and takes him by the secret parts, 12 then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall not pity. >>2.Sexual intercourse, handling of breasts, working nipples outside of marriage are sin: Ezekiel 23: 1 ¦ The word of the LORD came again to me, 2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. 3 And they had-sex- outside-of-their-marriages in Egypt; they had-sex-outside- marriage in their youth, their breasts were handled, and there their virgin nipples were worked. 5 .... And she desired-to-do-the-forbidden-with her lovers, to [her] Assyrian neighbors, . . . 7 So she bestowed her sex-outside- of-her-marriage on them, the choice sons of Assyria; [with] all of them, and with all with whom she desired-to-do-the- forbidden; she defiled herself with all their idols. 8 Nor did she leave her sexual-intimacies-outside-of-marriage from Egypt. For in her youth they sexually lay with her, and they worked her virgin nipples, and poured their sexual- intimacies-outside-of-marriage on her. . . . .20 And she desired-to-do-the-forbidden on her lovers, whose penis is like the penis of asses and whose [ejaculated] sperm [is like] the [ejaculated sperm] of horses. 21 So you longed for the wickedness of your youth, when the Egyptians worked your nipples, for the sake of the breasts of your youth. >>3. Only a husband should uncover his own wife's genitals Ezekiel 23:17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with sexual-intimacies-outside- of-marriage. And she was defiled with them, and her mind was alienated from them. 18 So she uncovered her sexual- intimacies-outside-of-marriage and uncovered her genitals. . . .29 And they shall deal with you in hatred, and shall take away all your labor, and shall leave you naked and bare. And the exposed genitals of your sexual-intimacies-outside- of-marriage shall be uncovered, both your wickedness and your sexual-intimacies- outside-of-marriage. Ezekiel 16:35 ¦ Therefore, O woman-having-sex-outside-of- marriage, hear the word of the LORD. 36 So says the Lord Jehovah: Because your lewdness was poured out and your genitals were bared in your sexual-intimacies-outside-of- marriage with your lovers, ... 37 behold, therefore I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have been pleased, even all [whom] you loved, with all whom you have hated; I will even gather them against you from all around, and will uncover your genitalia to them, and they will see all your genitals. 39 And I will also give you into their hand, and they will tear down your mound, and will demolish your high places. They shall also strip you of your clothes, and shall take your beautiful things, and leave you naked and bare. . . . . 40 They shall also raise a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and cut you with their swords. 41 And they shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. >>4. You shouldn't have orgasms with a woman nor embrace the breasts/ genitalia of a woman who is not your wife Proverbs 5:18. Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth. 19. [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts* satisfy you at all times; and be ravished [enraptrured/intoxicated] always with her [erotic] love. 20. And why will you, my son, be 13>ravished with some 14>other woman, and embrace the 15>bosom of a 16>stranger? 21. For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his goings. 22. His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins. [footnote:13>enraptrured/intoxicated/orgasm; see note 20:1; 14> [ZAR=STRANGER {PRV.2:16;5:3,10,17,20; 6:1}ALIEN] 15> [CHEQ=INLET:BOSOM {GEN.16:5; EX. 4:6,7;DT.13:6;28:54,56;2 SAM.12:3,8;1 KG.1:2;3:20} BOTTOM {LAP, HOLLOW PART: AT THE BASE/GROUND EZK.43:13,14}, LAP {BOSOM, CENTER:PRV.16:33}, MIDST; 1. in a conjugal sense,feelings affections; 2. in a dishonest sense prv5:20; 3.bosom, lappet of a garment; 4. inside/hollow place in a chariot or altarEZ43:13] . Ron note: the vagina is an hollow part & inlet between the lap and the bottom 16> [NOKRI= STRANGE, A STRANGER OR FOREIGNER:ALIEN {UNKNOWN:DT. 14:21}, FOREIGNER {UNKNOWN:DT. 15:3}, OUTLANDSH {NEH.13:26}; STRANGE + STRANGER= {RUTH 2:10; 1 KI. 11:1,8; EZ. 2:10;PRV. 2:16;5:10; 6:24; 7:5; 20:16; 23:27}.] Ezekiel 16:15 ¦ But you trusted in your beauty, and had-sex- outside-of-her-marriage because of your name, and poured out your sexual-intimacy-outside-of-marriage on all who passed by; [your genitals were] his. . . . .25 You have built your high place at the head of every way, and have made your beauty to be despised, and have opened your feet [for sex] to everyone who passed by, and have multiplied your sexual-intimacies-outside-of-marriage. 1 Corinthians 6:9 ¦ Do you not know that unrighteous [persons] shall not inherit [the] kingdom of God? Do not err: neither 1>fornicators, nor idolaters, nor 2>adulterers , ...shall inherit [the] kingdom of God. 1 Corinth. 6:13 ... the body [is] not for sexual sin, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then, taking the members of the Christ, make [them] members of a female-who-does-sex-outside- of- marriage? Far be the thought. 16 Do you not know that he [that is] joined to the female-who-does-sex-outside- of- marriage is one body? for the two, he says, shall be one flesh. 17 But he that [is] joined to the Lord is one Spirit. 18 Flee sex- outside-of-marriage. Every sin which a man may practise is without the body, but he that commits sex- outside-of-his-own-marriage, sins against his own body. [footnotes:1>those who have sexual intimacy outside of their own marriage or without being married; a whore is also a female who does sexual sin for free or who pays for it. 2 >those who have sexual intimacy either with someone other than their own mate or repudiate their mates to take other mates] >>5. Having sexual intercourse with pictures or models of someone else besides your own mate is sin. Ezekiel 16:16 And you took from your clothes and adorned your high places with different colors, and did sexual-intimacy- outside-of-marriage on them, [such as] had not come, nor shall be. 17 And you have taken beautiful things of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and made images of males, and had sexual-intimacy-outside-of-marriage with them. >>6. PAYING/REWARDING IN ANY WAY SOMEONE WHO IS NOT YOUR MARITAL PARTNER TO BE SEXUALLY INTIMATE WITH YOU IS SEXUAL SIN. Ezekiel 16:30 How weak is your heart, says the Lord Jehovah, since you do all these, the work of a woman, an overbearing woman-who-has-sex-without-marriage; 31 . . . . Yet you have not been as a woman-who-has-sex-without- marriage, scorning wages. 32 [Like] the adulterous wife, instead of her husband, she takes strangers. 33 They give a gift to all women-who-have-sex-without-marriage, but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them to come to you from all around, for your 3>fornication. 34 And in you was the opposite from [those] women in your 3>fornications, since no one 4>whores after you, and in your giving wages, and hire is not given to you. [In] this you are opposite. 41 And they shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. And I will make you stop having-sex-outside-of-your-marriage; and also, you shall not give hire again. [footnotes:3> [those who have sexual intimacy outside of their own marriage or without being married ] a whore is also a female who does sexual sin for free or who pays for it; 3> [those who have sexual intimacy outside of their own marriage or without being married ] a whore is also a female who does sexual sin for free or who pays for it; 4> a whore is also a female who does sexual sin for free or who pays for it] >>7. Homosexuality and sodomy are sin 1 Corinthians 6:9 ¦ Do you not know that unrighteous [persons] shall not inherit [the] kingdom of God? Do not err: neither 5>fornicators, nor idolaters, nor 6>adulterers, nor 7>males-who-make-women-of-themselves, nor 8>those who 9>abuse themselves with male persons, 10. ......shall inherit [the] kingdom of God. 1 Tim.1:8 Now we know that the law [is] good if any one uses it lawfully, 9. knowing this, that law has not its application to a righteous person, but to [the] lawless and insubordinate, to [the] impious and sinful, to [the] unholy and profane, to smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers; to murderers,10 10>fornicators, 11>sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers; and if any other thing is opposed to sound teaching, 11 according to the glad tidings of the glory of the blessed God, with which *I* have been entrusted. See Jude 7 also. [FOOTNOTES:5>[those who have sexual intimacy outside of their own marriage or without being married ] a whore is also a female who does sexual sin for free or who pays for it; 6> [those who have sexual intimacy either with someone other than their own mate or repudiate their mates to take other mates]; 7> [catamite homosexuals]; 8> [male homosexuals/ pederasts/sodomites]; 9> [sodomize]; 10> See footnote #5; 11> [male homosexual] IS IT PORNOGRAPHY (WHORE PHOTOS)? IS IT WRONG (SIN)? QUESTIONABLE THINGS. 1. IF YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE BEING SEXUALLY INTIMATE AND THEY ARE NOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER, THEN GET RID OF IT (1 THESS 5:21). To enjoy or delight in their fornication is to applaud, approve of or consent to those who do the sinful actions, making you worthy of death. (Rom. 1:32) 2. Is the genital and/or anus exposed??? Ezek. ch. 16 and ch. 23 with Phil. 4:8 and ÒI will set no vile thing before my eyesÓ psa,101:3 (p.6)==YOU DONÕT BUY/GET IT or set it before your eyes DONÕT LOOK AT ANY PICTURES OF THoSE WHO DO SUCH SINS, NO PICTURES OF PEOPLE WITH EXPOSED GENITALS, OF EXTRAMARITAL SEX, OF LESBIANISM! Psalm 101:3,4 ; Phil. 4:8 3. DONÕT GO TO/ASSOCIATE/FELLOWSHIP WITH IMMORAL PEOPLE who want to have sexual intimacy with each other or you outside of marriage. DONÕT BE ALONE WITH IMMORAL PEOPLE who want to have sexual intimacy with you outside of marriage. 2 Cor. 6:14-7:1; 1 Cor. 5:9-11; Proverbs chapters 5,6 & 7; ROM. 13:14 4. GET RID OF ANY PICTURES, magazines, videos, addresses, phone #Õs OR ETC. THAT TEMPT YOU TO DO SIN, OR CAUSE YOU TO SIN. Rom. 13:14; 2 Timothy 2:19-22 5. KEEP YOURSELF FROM THEIR SINFUL ACTIONS AND HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THOSE WHO DO SUCH SINFUL ACTIONS, and so escape death. Do not applaud, approve of or consent to thOSE who do sinful actions. (Rom. 1:32;Psa. 15:4) 6. GET RID OF ANYTHING THAT IS CLEARLY AND PLAINLY SINFUL, FORBIDDEN, STUMBLING YOU, OFFENDING YOU, GRIEVING YOU. 2 Cor. 7; Rom. 13:14; 2 Timothy 2:19-22 7. Are they naked in public, IN magazines, in photos for the public? It is not enough if the nude model is careful not to let her vagina, labia, and anus be seen. God didnÕt have nude Eve just be careful to keep her legs and buns closed and her hand over her vagial labia. God clothed her, covering her vagina, vaginal labia and anus with something in addition to her pubic and anal hair and hand. It goes to the Ònaked and bareÓ shame of Ezek 16 and 23 where public nudity, bareness, exposure of vaginal labia and anus---are a shame and a disgrace, a punishable offense in the eyes of God. Definitely not a Phil. 4:8 for a believer. Gen. 3 God wants our nakedness (genitalia) clothed in public and in public photos.Gen.3;Matt. 25:36; Rev. 3:17 8. ÒThey exchanged the truth of God for a lie... Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts... Although they know GodÕs righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve** of those who practice them.Ó Romans 1 **=applaud, have pleasure in, agree with. You donÕt want to be found approving, applauding, pleasuring in or agreeing with the vile doers or their vile deeds unless you want to share their death. (Psa. 15:4; 101:3,4) A CHECK OFF LIST __ 1. Do the women involved open their feet/legs/thighs to show their genitals publicly? One who does this is ÒlewdÓ, Òweak of heartÓ, and does the Òwork of a whoreÓ, a vile person to be condemned [psa. 15:4].EZ 16 & 23. GET RID OF IT! Rom. 13:14; 2 Timothy 2:19-22 ___ 2. Do they scorn pay/reward for sex sin acts, and/or even pay &/or reward their lovers for their sex? Then they are whores. Ez 16 DONÕT GO TO,watch or enjoy THEM. Romans 1:32 ___ 3. Do they accept salary/pay/reward for acts of sexual sin? Pornography stars, models, people are harlots and vile. Ez 16 DONÕT GO TO,watch,or enjoy THEM! Psalm 15:4 ___ 4. Are they having sex with someone else besides their mate? This is adultery/fornication and worthy of death/ Hell (Rom. 1:32). EZ 16 DONÕT GO TO, watch or enjoy THEM! ___ 5. Do they have sex with others than their own mates insatiably? They are vile and whores worthy of death (Rom 1:32; 1 Cor. 6). Ez 16 DONÕT GO TO, watch or enjoy THEM! Psalm 101:3,4 ___ 6. Are they involved in breast pressing and breast/ labia handling by others than their own mates? Proverbs 5, Ezekiel 16 & 23. Whores and the vile do this and are worthy of death (Rom 1:32). It is fornication and those who keep on doing it shall not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Cor. 6). KEEP YOURSELF FROM THEIR SINFUL ACTIONS AND HAVE NO PLEASURE IN them or THEIR SINFUL ACTIONS. ___7. Do you want to do sinful things in your mind with the people in the pictures? You are snared by the Evil and are worthy of death. Ezek. 23:14-16; Matt. 5 KEEP YOURSELF FROM them and THOSE PICTURES. ___ 8. Do they make public (in magazines, adds, movies, on the street) their whorish behavior? Ez. 23:16-18 ___9. Do they make public their genitals/labia? EZ. 23:16-18 DonÕt enjoy them or their immodesty even in the pictures where their genitals are covered because covered or uncovered they are still them and they are to be avoided and scornfully despised but prayed for (1 Tim 2:1; Psalm 15:4; 2 Cor. 6:14-7:1). ___10. Are they naked in public, in photos for the public? Gen. 3 God wants our genitals clothed in public and in public photos.Gen.3 Matt. 25:36; Rev. 3:17 COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS? That is NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL THOSE WHO DO SUCH THINGS AND YOU MUST NOT TAKE PLEASURE IN THEM. DonÕt enjoy them or their immodest EVEN IF THEIR GENITALS are covered. Rom.1:32 ___11. Did God tell them to be naked in public? Apparently a male prophet can be naked publicly if God tells you to do so.Isaiah 20 ___12. Do they uncover their buts/bottoms so they are naked publicly? It is a shame before God. Isa. 20:2-4 ___14. Does they show off, pridefully display their genitals? PHILIPPIANS 3:19 with Ezek. 16 and 23. DonÕt enjoy them, for they are to be rebuked and scornfully despised, but prayed for. ___13. Does she dress or undress in such a place/way to stumble, tempt, offend someone? Stay away from her and keep her stuff away from you. Prov. 5 & 6 & 7; Rom. 14 + 1 Tim. 2:9,10 ___14. Do you obey God by not setting before your eyes anything that is, according to God, worthless or evil or wicked or ungodly--- like pictures of vile people showing their genitals &/or immorality? Do you, even if they are clothed decently and presentably, whether or not you/they have covered their genitals? Psa. 101:3; Phil. 4:8 ___15. Do you understand that a person is body, soul and spirit (1 Thes. 5:23)? Do you understand that this means that you are to scornfully despise the body, soul and spirit of the vile/ wicked/ evil person who does sexual sin? (Psalm 15:4; 101:3,4) ___16. Do you understand that even if you canÕt see their faces, even if you donÕt know WHO they are, that God wants you to scornfully despise their bodies, whatever part of them you can see, while you pray for them? 1 Tim 2:1 Psalm 15:4 ___17..DO YOU SET NO WICKED THING BEFORE YOUR EYES AS YOU WOULD HAVE TO IN ORDER TO CENSOR IT? No? I have a woman do it? Then I have caused her to set a wicked thing before her eyes and she could get hooked on it. I do it in the dark without my glasses so I canÕt really see it? THE QUESTION IS NOT ÒCAN YOU SEE THEM IN THEIR SIN?Ó BUT DO YOU SET THE WICKED PEOPLE DOING THEIR THING BEFORE YOUR EYES? YES YOU DO SET THE WICKED PEOPLE DOING THEIR WICED SIN BEFORE YOUR EYES WHEN YOU CENSOR/EDIT THEIR PICTURES. SO YOU MUST NOT SET PORNOGRAPHIC PICTURES BEFORE YOUR EYES EVEN IF YOU CANÕT SEE CLEARLY BECAUSE OF NO GLASSES OR BECAUSE OF DARKNESS. ___18. DO YOU HATE THE PORNOGRAPHIC WORK OF THOSE WHO SHOW GENITALS AND PRACTICE FORNICATION FOR PAY AND FILMING? ÒI cover their genitals, faces and their personhood.Ó NOO GOOD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SET WICKEDNESS BEFORE YOUR FACE IN ORDER TO DO THAT. ___19. DO YOU DESPISE THE REPROBATE WHO BARES GENITALS AND FORNICATES? ÒI cover their genitals, faces and their personhood.Ó NOO GOOD BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU COVER THEIR GENITALS THEY ARE STILL THE REPROBATES WHO BARED THEIR GENITALS AND/OR FORNICATED. ___20. Does the questionable behavior involve hand to genital behavior? Apparently you should have hand to genital relations only with your own mate. Deut. 25:11 11 KJV When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity [her]. DBY 11 When men fight together one with another, and the wife of the one come near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and stretch out her hand, and seize him by his secret parts,12 thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not spare. MKJV 11 When men strive together with one another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand and takes him by the secret parts, 12 then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall not pity. YLT 11 `When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his secrets,12 then thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare. ___21. Are the people doing things that are obviously sinful and condemned by God (e.g. lesbianism, homosexuality,bestiality, female with more than one male, sodomy, violence etc.) 1 THESS 5:21 GET RID OF THE STUFF Rom 13:14 ___22. Are the people involved doing a sinful act (two unmarried being intimate, lesbianism) ? GET RID OF IT ___23. Do you agree with God honoring those who fear Him and scornfully despising those vile and depraved reprobates who sin by showing their genitals or fornication in public, magazines &/or videos; whether or not they are clothed decently and presentably, whether or not you/they have covered their genitals? Psalm 15:4 ___24. Do you agree with God honoring those who fear Him and hating the deeds/work of the fallen &/or faithless who sin by showing their genitals &/or fornication in public, magazines &/or videos? Do you, even if they are clothed decently and presentably, whether or not you/they have covered their genitals? Psalm101:3 ____25. Are their vaginas/labias exposed through/in their sex sin? EZ 16:35,36 You shouldnÕt even set it before your eyes and do not delight* in (esteem, admire, applaud, approve of, consent to, agree with, sympathize with, have a favorable opinion of, have fellowship with, or accept as satisfactory) the people who do sex sin and/or bare their genitals? ROM. 1:32 Even if you cover their genitals and their faces, they are still immoral women who open their legs to show their genitals and you must not delight* in (esteem, admire, applaud, approve of, consent to, agree with, sympathize with, have a favorable opinion of, have fellowship with, or accept as satisfactory) the people who do sex sin and/or bare their genitals? ROM. 1:32 ___26. Do you agree with God honoring those who fear Him and scornfully despising those vile and depraved reprobates who sin by showing their genitals or fornication in public, magazines &/or videos? Psalm 15:4 DO YOU CONTEMN THE VILE AND DEPRAVED PERSON WHO BARES GENITALS AND FORNICATES? [psa. 15:4] ÒI cover their genitals, faces and personhood.Ó EVEN IF YOU COVER THEIR GENITALS ETC THEY ARE STILL THOSE WHO DO WICKEDLY. ___27. In contrast to God, do you approve of them (clothed or not) who sin by shewing their genitals &/or fornication in public, magazines, &/or videos? Do you say they are okay? Do you accept them for your eyes and soul? Got a problem![Rom. 1:32, ANT&NIV] ___a. Do you have/express a favorable opinion of them? Got a problem! ___b. Do you accept them as okay/satisfactory? ___c. Do you accept them, giving them your esteem and admiration? Got a problem! ___28. In contrast to God, do you applaud those (clothed or not) who show their genitals &/or fornication in public, magazines &/or videos? Do you express your approval and delight in them [by arousal, erection, orgasm, praise, encouragement, celebration]? Got a problem![Rom.1:32, ANT] ___29. Do they please you who displease God by showing their genitals &/or fornication in public, magazines &/or videos? Do you like them (clothed or not)? Do they give you pleasure? Do they make you feel good sexually? Do you take &/or get pleasure in &/or from them? [Rom. 1:32, Wuest] ___30. Do you consent to them (clothed or not), making an emotional/personal commitment/stand for/with them by agreeing/yielding/acquiescing to them so that they have access to your soul/eyes/mind by mags, videos or etc.? [Rom 1:32, Berk.Int. + ASV + AG & TH. ___31.Do you * delight* in (esteem, admire, applaud, approve of, consent to, agree with, sympathize with, have a favorable opinion of, have fellowship with, or accept as satisfactory) the people who do sex sin and/or bare their genitals? ROM. 1:32 No, I cover their faces so so they are no longer personalities, but just bodies that canÕt be identified as a person. *Amp.B: ...but approve & applaud others who practice them. *NIV: ...but also approve of those who practice them(ag). approve:have or express a favorable opinion of them accept them as satisfactory, give them sanction to be esteemed or admired *Peshita:.but also associate with those who practice them *ASV:..but also consent with them that practise them. *AGTH:are pleased at the same time with those that do them are consenting to those that do them (ag) are agreeing with those that do them (ag) are applauding those that do them are sympathizing with those who do them (ag) *IF YOU KNOW/KNEW SHE BARES/D HER GENITALS PUBLICLY,THEN YOU MUST NOt 1.approve of HER OR HER BODY OR desire to do sin with her 2.express a favorable opinion of HER OR HER BODY , 3. accept HER OR HER BODY as satisfactory, 4. give sanction to HER OR HER BODY , 5. esteem HER OR HER BODY or admire HER OR HER BODY.... If you do not approve of what they do, say or practice it would appear that you are not approving them. NOT NECESSARILY SO. YOU CAN STILL ADMIRE SOMEONE AND DESPISE WHAT THEY DO. If you have to cover them up before you can approve of them, then you donÕt approve of them showing their nakedness. If you withhold your approval until they are appropriately covered, then you donÕt appprove of them uncovering and showing themselves. BUT THE POINT IS, WHETHER THEY ARE COVERED OR NOT, ARE THEY PEOPLE WHO DO SUCH SIN? IF THEY ARE SUCH PEOPLE WHO DO SUCH SIN, THEN YOU MUST NOt approve of them [INCLUDING THEIR BODIES, applaud them OR THEIR BODIES, have or express a favorable opinion of them OR THEIR BODIES, accept them OR THEIR BODIES as satisfactory, give sanction to them OR THEIR BODIES, esteem them or THEIR BODIES, OR admire them OR THEIR BODIES. EVEN IF YOU COVER THEIR FACES/GENITALS IT IS STILL THEM WHO YOU MUST NOT ACCEPT, ESTEEM, ADMIRE OR ENJOY.. DOES THAT MEAN ESTEEMING OR ADMIRING THEIR BEAUTY? Remember the Word about lusting after their beauty? ÒIf I cover their faces it is no longer their beauty, but just a beautiful body belonging to who knows who?Ó YOU KNEW THAT IT WAS A WOMAN WHO WAS DOING SIN AND EVEN AFTER YOU COVER HER FACE AND GENITALS YOU STILL KNOW THAT IT WAS A WOMAN DOING SIN BY SHOWING HER GENITALS/SIN. *IF YOU KNOW/KNEW SHE IS/WAS A FORNICATOR/ADULTERESS /HARLOT, *IF YOU KNOW/KNEW SHE BARES/D HER GENITALS PUBLICLY, THEN YOU MUST NOt 1.approve of HER OR HER BODY OR desire to do sin with her 2.express a favorable opinion of HER OR HER BODY , 3. accept HER OR HER BODY as satisfactory, 4. give sanction to HER OR HER BODY , 5. esteem HER OR HER BODY or admire HER OR HER BODY.... WHETHER OR NOT SHE IS BARE OR SEX SINNING IN THE PICTURE AT HAND. IF YOU KNOW SHE DOES THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, THEN YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS ENJOYING, DELIGHTING IN, ESTEEMING OR ADMIRING HER OR desiring to do sinful things with HER BEAUTY, ???????BECAUSE HER BEAUTY IS A PART OF HER JUST LIKE HER FACE IS HER OR FINGERPRINTS ARE HER?????????? GET RID OF HER PICTURES SO YOU WONT BE TEMPTED TO ENJOY, DELIGHT IN, ESTEEM OR ADMIRE HER IN HER BEAUTY WHICH SHE USES TO SIN AND GET YOU INTO SIN. Psalm 101:3 I will set no wicked/worthless thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. (Phil. 4:8) ***Prov. 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: ***Prov. 5:20 And why shouldest thou, my son, be enraptured with an immoral woman, and embrace the bosom of a seductress? ***Prov. 6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;Matt. 5:32 ***Prov. 6:32 Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. ITÕS NOT A QUESTION OF WHAT SHE IS DOING AT THE MOMENT. ITÕS A QUESTION OF WHAT KIND OF WOMAN IS SHE AND WHAT KIND OF THINGS DOES SHE DO, WHETHER OR NOT SHE IS DOING IT NOW OR IN THE PICTURE. If you donÕt approve of the showing their genitals , then you are not approving of WHAT THEY ARE DOING. YOU CAN STILL ADMIRE SOMEONE AND DESPISE WHAT THEY DO. GOD MAKE IT PLAIN IT IS SINFUL ERROR TO ADMIRE,ESTEEM APPROVE OF PEOPLE WHO DO SIN. YOU CAN PRAY FOR THEM AND COMPASSIONATELY CHERISH THEM WITHOUT ESTEEMING ADMIRING, ENJOYING THEM. YOU CAN ADMIRE, ESTEEM AND ENJOY THE GOOD THING SINNERS DO, BUT YOU CANNOT ADMIRE, ESTEEM AND ENJOY THE SINNING SINNER. ***Prov. 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: ***Prov. 5:20 And why shouldest thou, my son, be enraptured with an immoral woman, and embrace the bosom of a seductress? ***Prov. 6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;Matt. 5:32 ***Prov. 6:32 Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. ROM. 1:32 who knowing the righteous judgment of God, that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only practice them, but have fellow delight in those who do [them]. >>>>ROM. 1:32 WHO KNOWING THE JUDGMENT OF GOD , THAT THEY WHICH COMMIT SUCH THINGS ARE WORTHY OF DEATH , NOT ONLY DO <4160> THE SAME -------------- "do" =STRONGS:<4160> poieo {poy-eh'-o} [IF IT IS IN :"[*.......*]", THEN IT IS TYLER'S] 1a) produce [*such sins*] , construct [*such sinful pictures*] ,form [*such sinful objects*], fashion [*such sin*] 1b) . [are] the authors of [*such sin*], [are] the cause [of] [*such sin*]; 1c). make ready [*such sin*],... prepare[*such sin*] 1i). make one [*do such sin*].. .1i1) cause one to... [*do such sin*].. 2b) ... do ...[*such sin*].. ... unto one, 1e)... acquire [* such sin*]..,... provide ..[*such sin*] for one's self, 1j) .[are] the authors of [*such sin*] ...(... cause, bring about [*such sin*] ) 2a1) ... carry out [*such sin*] , ... execute [*such sin*] .. 2d) . celebrate [*such sin*] , keep [*such sin*] .. 2d1) ... make ready [*such sin*] . , 2e) .. perform: to a promise [*such sin*] ...[as under contract] , >>>>BUT HAVE PLEASURE IN <4909> ------------- STRONG'S <4909> suneudokeo {soon-yoo-dok-eh'-o} 1) to be pleased together with, to approve together (with others) 2) *to be pleased at the same time with, consent, agree to 2a) to applaud* In Ronese: to like, permit, agree to, to praise/celebrate and encourage <4909> Tense - Present; Voice - Active; Mood - Indicative *=Arndt & Gingrich and Thayer all agree with this def. have pleasure in are pleased together with approve together with are pleased at the same time with consent/agree with applaud [praise/celebrate/encourage] >>>> THOSE WHO DO [THEM]. them who exercise them them who practise them them who are busy with them them who carry them on them who undertake them them who do them them who accomplish them themwho perform them them who commit them them who perpetrate them them who manage them publicly them who transact them publicly them who exact revenue from them them who act them Fine and thank you. So IÕve seen the delightful goodness of godly marital sex and catastrophic evil of sinful sex. What do I do if I want godly marital sex instead of sinful sex and I am experiencing failure, or even frequent failure, in keeping myself from sinful sex? No matter how much I grieve, repent, fast, pray and read my Bible; no matter how many times I go forward for prayer, the laying on of hands and the anointing of oil....... I still fail, sometimes even weekly, to keep myself from sexual sin. ÒWho will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God! [I will be delivered from this body of death] through Jesus Christ our Lord!Ó How???????????????????????????? MKJV 1 Thess 4:1 ¦ For the rest, then, my brothers, we beseech you and exhort [you] in [the] Lord Jesus, that, as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more [and more]. 2 For we know what commands we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification, for you to abstain from fornication, 422 each one of you to know how to possess his 22vessel in sanctification and honor 5 (not in the passion of lust, even as the nations who do not know God), 6 not to go beyond and defraud his brother in this 23 matter (because the Lord [is the] avenger concerning all these, as we also have forewarned you and testified). 7 For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification. 8 Therefore he who despises does not despise man, but God, who also has given us His Holy Spirit. KJV 1 Corinth. 7: 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. 9 But if they cannot --------- Ò3756 ou {oo} ... a primary word, the absolute negative [cf 3361] adverb; particle 1) no, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerÓ So we see there is no Greek basis for the word ÒcanÓ. It was supplied by the translators. When the KJV translators translated the very same word, without the negative ÒnotÓ, in 1 Cor. 9:25 (And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate <1467> (5736) in all things. ) they use Òis temperateÓ, not Òcan be temperateÓ, to translate <1467> so even they are inconsistent. contain [StrongÕs<1467> (5736)], StrongÕs1467 egkrateuomai {eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee} middle voice from 1468 1) to be self-controlled, continent 1a) to exhibit self-government, conduct, one's self temperately 1b) in a figure drawn from athletes, who in preparing themselves for the games abstained from unwholesome food, wine, and sexual indulgence 5736 Tense - Present; Voice - Middle or Passive Deponent; Mood Indicative let them marry [StrongÕs <1060> (5657)]: ÒStrongÕs 1060: gameo {gam-eh'-o} from 1062..... 1) to lead in marriage, take to wife 1a) to get married, to marry 1b) to give one's self in marriage 2) to give a daughter in marriage StrongÕs 5657 Tense - Aorist; Voice - Active------- The active voice represents the subject as the doer or performer of the action. E.g., in the sentence, "The boy hit the ball," the boy performs theaction. Mood - Imperative The imperative mood corresponds to the English imperative, and expresses a command to the hearer to perform a certain action by the order and authority of the one commanding. Thus, Jesus' phrase, "Repent ye, and believe the gospel" (Mk.1:15)is not at all an "invitation," but an absolute command requiring full obedience on the part of all hearers.Ó Does "let them marry" mean "You let/permit/allow them to marry"? Is ÒYouÓ the Òhearer to performÓ the action of marrying in this passage? J. Gresham Machen, D.D., Litt.D; in his Macmillan Co. Greek manual, states the following:"The imperative mood is used in commands....It will be observed that the English language has, properly speaking, no imperative of the third person. Hence in translating the Greek imperative of the third person we have to use the helping verb let, so that the noun or pronoun that is the subject of the imperative in Greek becomes the object of the helping verb in English. So in Òif they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry.Ó it means Òthat the...pronoun (them) that is the subject (third person plural:they) of the imperative (marry) in Greek becomes the object (them) of the helping verb (let) in English.Ó So a literal translation of Òlet them marryÓ would be Òthey are commanded Òto perform a certain action (marry) by the order and authority of the one commandingÓ (The Holy Spirit in Paul); or simply, Òthey are commanded to marry.Ó Who is commanded to marry? Those who donÕt exercise self-control. 1 Corinthians 7:9 NIV12 But if they cannot control themselves, DBY13 But if they have not control over themselves, NEB14 but if they cannot control themselves, YLT15 and if they have not continence-- NKJV16 but if they cannot exercise self-control, MKJV17 But if they do not have self-control, ASV18 But if they have not continency, LP19 But if they cannot endure it, AB20 But if they have not self-control (restraint of their passions), WNT21 But assuming that they are not able to exercise self- control in the realm of the continent life, NIV they should marry.... DBY let them marry; --------So also MKJV, LP NEB they should marry. YLT --let them marry, NKJV let them marry. ASV let them marry... AB they should marry. WNT let them marry,..... NIV for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. DBY for it is better to marry than to burn. So also MKJV, ASV NEB Better be married than burn with vain desire. YLT for it is better to marry than to burn; NKJV For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. LP for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. AB For it is better to marry thanto be aflame (with passion and tortured continually with ungratified desire). WNT for it is more advantageous to marry than to continue to burn [with the heat of sexual passion} The next passage is seen in two ways, has two possible translations, both of which apply and pertain to believers in the world today. The first is that it applies to a brother and his own virginity. The second has two possibilities, one that applies to a father and his virgin daughter, or that it applies to a fiance and his fiancee (engaged but not married). MKJV24 1 Cor. 7;36ff 36 ¦ But if anyone thinks [it] behaving himself indecently toward his virginity (if he is past [his] prime, and so it ought to be) let him do what he will; he does not sin; let them marry. 37 But [he] who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but who has authority over [his] own will (and has so judged in his heart that he will keep his virginity) he does well. 38 So then he who gives in marriage does well. But he who does not give in marriage does better. KJV25 1 Cor. 7: 36 ¦ But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of [her] age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. 38 So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better. So there are two parts to the solution for a believerÕs struggle with sex sin; 1. First do 1Jn1:9 with 2 Cor. 7; 2. Secondly marry a Spirit filled believer walking in the Spirit. >>>About marriage, I wrote the following to my adult daughter recently: What makes a marriage? From many passages in the Bible (including Ezekiel 16:8, Exodus chapters 19 & 20,and Malachi 2:14,15) it appears clear to me that marriage of a couple is based on their covenant/solemn agreement to be husband and wife to each other in a relationship of marital/ sexual intimacy, - - whether or not they do it legally or officially. Adam and Eve had no formal or official wedding and exchanged no formal vows but they accepted each other as husband and wife and lived accordingly. There is no wedding formula in the Bible and there is no wedding ceremony prescribed in the Bible. When you study how they married in the Old Testament you see that the basis was either their covenant to be husband and wife to each other, or they accepted their parentsÕ covenant for them to be married. The strongest statement I know of is the one in Matthew 1:18,19,20 where, based on their covenant/betrothal (v.18) the Holy Spirit calls Joseph her husband (v.19) and the angel called Mary his wife (v.20) before (Luke 1:26,34) their official wedding and cohabitation (v.24). This agrees with the great weight God gives our solemn word in such passages as Psalms 15:4 and Ecclesiastes. All of this is to say that if you and your guy have agreed seriously to be faithful to each other in and for marital/sexual intimacy as husband and wife, then I believe that makes you husband and wife. Even if you havenÕt used the magic words Òhusband, wife, marriageÓ, if you two have agreed to be faithful sexual partners to each other, to me thatÕs the same thing as agreeing to be faithful marital partners since, in GodÕs Kingdom, only husbands and wives are faithful sexual partners to each other. Sexual intimacym with anyone else besides your mate is fornication, sexual sin. If you are maritally committed to each other and you genuinely have received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Ruler to be obeyed and as Savior to deliver you from the penalty of your sins, then I believe you find yourself in the situation described in 1 Corinthians 7:12,13,14,15, the saved mate of an unsaved guy. APPENDIX ONE: DBY Prov. 5:15 ¦ Drink waters out of thy own cistern15:1, and running waters out of thy own well15.2. 16 Thy fountains16.1 shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers'17 with thee. 18 Let thy fountain18.1 be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth. 19 As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts19.1 satisfy19.2 thee at all times: be thou ravished19.3 continually with her love. 20 And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished20.1 with a strange20.2 woman, and embrace20.3 the bosom20.4 of a stranger20.5 ? 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths. 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. 23 He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES ***Lewdness, filthiness, pollution is sexual incestEZ22 , vaginal sex with a menstruous female, adultery *** V. 37 The showing of your genitals publicly can be an act of GodÕs judgment/punishment for your sex sin. It is not a reward from God. ***Fornication includes lusting (desiring the sinful, desiring to do the sinful) after pictures of sex objects.Ezek. 23:14-16 ***Exposing their whorish behavior and exposing their genital/labia alientates them from GodÕs soul. Ez.23a;16-18 *** Lewdness includes breast and vagina/labia handling/petting. EZ. 23:21 ***Being left naked and bare by your enemies is a punishment from God.EZ 23:21-31 ***The exposure/revelation of the uncovering of your genitals in your sexual sinning is a punishment. Eph. 5:7,11; Ez 23:21- 31 ***Punishment for sexual sin:Ó... a laughing-stock and a derision, ... drunkenness and sorrow, with ... astonishment and desolation,... Ezekiel 23:35 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy fornications.Ó *** The prudent covers genitals, the evil and the foolish donÕt.Prv. 12:16; Phil 3:19 *** BEWARE OF the immoral oneÕs WORDS, IDEAS, WRITINGS, SPEECH.Pv.2 HAVE A STRONG SAINT WITH YOU WHEN YOU TALK/WRITE/LISTEN TO HER. *** DO NOT GO TO HER, HER HOUSE, HER WAYS OR HER PATHS.Prv.2 YOU STAY AWAY FROM HER AND LET A SISTER REACH HER. ***Prov. 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: ***Prov. 5:20 And why shouldest thou, my son, be enraptured with an immoral woman, and embrace the bosom of a seductress? ***Prov. 6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;Matt. 5:32 ***Prov. 6:32 Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. ***Prov. 7:10 And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart. 11 She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house: 12 now without, now in the broadways, --and she lieth in wait at every corner.13 And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, 14 I have peace- offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows: 15 therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee. 16 I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt; 17 I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves. 19 For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; 20 he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon. 21 With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him. ***Prov. 7:25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths: ***Psalm 101:3 I will set no wicked/worthless thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. (Phil. 4:8) Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden. 9 ¦ And Jehovah Elohim called to Man, and said to him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I feared, because I am naked; and I hid myself. 11 ¦ And he said, Who told thee that thou art naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee not to eat 12 And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate. 13 And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate. 14 ¦ And Jehovah Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust all the days of thy life. 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel. 16 ¦ To the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children; and to thy husband shall be thy desire, and he shall rule over thee. 17 ¦ And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life; 18 and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return. 20 ¦ And Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is the mother of all living. 21 ¦ And Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them. Job 31:1 ¦ I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maidJB31.1 ? 2 For what would have been [my] portion of +God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity? 4 Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps? 15 If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit, 6 (Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blameless-ness;) 7 If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands; 8 Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out. 9 ¦ If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door, 10 Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged by] the judges: 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. Judges 20:5 And the citizens of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house because of me, by night; they thought to slay me, and my concubine have they humbled/ravishedJG20.5 so that she died. 6 Then I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and outrage in Israel. 7 Behold, all ye, children of Israel, deliberate and give here [your] counsel. 8 And all the people rose up as one man, saying, We will not any one go to his tent, neither will we any one turn into his house. 9 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we go] by lot against it; 10 and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the villany that they have wrought in Israel. 11 And all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. 12 ¦ And the tribes of Israel sent men to all the families of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that has been done among you? 13 And now give up the men, the sons of Belial, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But [the children of] Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel. 14 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities of Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. 15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities, twenty-six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men. Psalm 101:1 ¦ <> I will sing of loving- kindness and judgment: unto thee, Jehovah, will I sing psalms. 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. When wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. Psalm 101:3 I will set no wicked/worthless thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. (Phil. 4:8) 4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil. 5 Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer. 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight. 8 Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land: to cut off all workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah. Proverbs 2:1 ¦ My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee, 2 so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding; 3 yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding; 4 if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures: 5 then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity; 8 guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones. 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path. 10 ¦ When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, 11 discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh perverse things; 13 [from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the perversity of evil; 15 whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course: 16 To deliver thee from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flattereth with her words; 17 who forsaketh the guide/ companion of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God; 18 --for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead; 19 none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life: 20 --that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous. 21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it; 22 but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it. Proverbs 5:1 ¦ My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding; 2 that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge. 3 For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; 4 but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol. 6 Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither]. 7 And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 9 lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel; 10 lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger; 11 and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed; 12 and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! 13 and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me; 14 I was on the verge of total ruin, in the midst of the congregation and assembly. Godly marital sex: PROV. 5:15 ¦ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth. 19 As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love. Ungodly extramarital sex: ***Prov. 5:20 And why shouldest thou, my son, be enraptured with an immoral woman, and embrace the bosom of a seductress?21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths. 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. 23 He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Proverbs 6:16 These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; 18 a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief; 19 a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren. 20 ¦ My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother; 21 bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck: 22 when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a seductress. ***Prov. 6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids; 26 for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul. 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned? 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? ***29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. 30 They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry: 31 and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. ***Prov. 6:32 Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 33 A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance; 35 he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest [thy] gifts. Proverbs 7:1 ¦ My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman: 5 that they may keep thee from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flattereth with her words. 6 ¦ For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice, 7 and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding, 8 passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness. ***Prov. 7:10 And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart. 11 She is clamorous and unmanage-able; her feet abide not in her house: 12 now without, now in the broadways, --and she lieth in wait at every corner.13 And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, 14 I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows: 15 therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee. 16 I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt; 17 I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves. 19 For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; 20 he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon. 21 With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him. 22 He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool; 23 till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life. 24 ¦ And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth. Prov. 7:25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths: 26 for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong. 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death. Proverbs 12:16 A foolÕs wrath is known at once, But a prudent one covers shame. (Phil 3:19) 28 ¦ In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death. Isaiah 20:2 at that time spoke Jehovah by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy sandal from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. 3 And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia, 4 so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, [to] the shame of Egypt. PROFILE OF AN IMMORAL WOMAN, A PORNOGRAPHIC WOMAN. Ezekiel 16:25 thou didst build thy high place at every head of the way, and madest thy beauty to be abhorred, and thou didst open thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiply thy whoredom. 26 And thou didst commit fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of fleshEZ16.26 ; and didst multiply thy whoredom to provoke me to anger. 27 And behold, I stretched out my hand over thee, and diminished thine appointed portion; and I gave thee over unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, who were confounded at thy lewd wayEZ16.27 . 28 And thou didst commit fornication with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiableEZ16.28 ; yea, thou didst commit fornication with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. 30 How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these [things], the work of a whorish woman, under no restraint; 31 in that thou buildest thy place of debauchery at the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street! And thou hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest reward, 32 O adulterous wife, that taketh strangers instead of her husband. 33 They give rewards to all harlots; but thou gavest thy rewards to all thy lovers, and rewardedst them, that they might come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms. 34 And in thee is the contrary from [other] women, in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to commit fornication; and whereas thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, so art thou contrary. 35 ¦ Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah. 36 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy money hath been poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy fornications with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thine abominations, and because of the blood of thy children which thou didst give unto them; 37 therefore, behold, I will gather all thy lovers with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all that thou hast loved, with all that thou hast hated, --I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. Ezekiel 22:9 In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness;10 in thee have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they violated her that was unclean in her separation. 11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath violated his sister, his father's daughter. 12 ...thou ...hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah. 13 And behold, I have smitten mine hand at thine overreaching which thou hast done, and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee. 14 Shall thy heart endure, shall thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I Jehovah have spoken, and will do [it]. 15 And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. 16 And thou shalt be polluted through thyself in the sight of the nations, and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah. Ezekiel 23:1 ¦ And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother. 3 And they committed whoredom in Egypt; they committed whoredom in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there were handled the teats of their virginity. 4 And their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister; and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names: Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah. 5 And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians [her] neighbours, 6 clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them attractive young men, horsemen riding upon horses. 7 And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, all of them the choice of the children of Asshur; and with all after whom she lusted, with all their idols she defiled herself. 8 Neither left she her whoredoms [brought] from Egypt; for in her youth they had lain with her, and had handled the breasts of her virginity, and poured their fornication upon her. 9 Therefore I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the children of Asshur, after whom she lusted. 10 These discovered her nakedness, they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword; and she became a name among women; and they executed judgment upon her. 11 ¦ And her sister Oholibah saw [this], and was more corrupt in her passion than she, and in her fornications more than the whoredoms of her sister. 12 She lusted after the children of Asshur [her] neighbours, governors and rulers, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them attractive young men. 13 And I saw that she was defiled: both took one way. 14 And she increased her fornications; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, 15 girded with girdles upon their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them captains in appearance, [after] the likeness of the children of Babylon, of Chaldea, the land of their nativity.16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she lusted after them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. 17 And the children of Babylon came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their fornication; she too defiled herself with them, and her soul was alienated from them. 18 And she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness; and my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister. 19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she played the harlot in the land of Egypt; 20 and she lusted after their paramours, whose fleshEZ23.20 is [as] the flesh of asses, and whose issueEZ23.20b is [as] the issue of horses. 21 And thou didst look back to the lewdness of thy youth, in the handling of thy teats by the Egyptians, for the breasts of thy youth. 22 ¦ Therefore, Oholibah, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy soul is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side. 24 And they shall come against thee [with] armour, chariots and wheels, and with an assemblage of peoples; they shall set themselves against thee [with] target, and shield, and helmet round about; and I will put judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. 25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall cut off thy nose and thine ears, and thy remnant shall fall by the sword; they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. 26 They shall also strip thee of thy garments, and take away thy fair jewels. 27 And I will make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom [brought] from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. 28 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give thee over into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy soul is alienated. 29 And they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare; so that the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy fornications. 39 For when they had slaughtered their children unto their idols, they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and behold, thus have they done in the midst of my house. 40 And furthermore, they sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and behold, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thine eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments; 41 and satest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hadst set mine incense and mine oil. 42 And the voice of a multitude living carelessly was with her; and with people of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, and they put bracelets upon their hands, and a beautiful crown upon their heads. 43 And I said of her that was old in adulteries, Will she now commit her fornications, even she. 44 And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a whorish woman: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah the lewd women. 45 And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. 46 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up an assemblage against them, and will give them to be driven hither and thither and spoiled. 47 And the assemblage shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire. 48 And I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, and all women shall receive instruction and shall not do according to your lewdness. 49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols; and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord Jehovah. ************** Matt. 5:28 But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 1 Thess. 5:22 Abstain from every form of evil. *****NOW COMPARE THAT TO THIS ABOUT THE EVIL THEY DO Psalm 101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me. *****AND THE EVIL PEOPLE THEY THEREFORE ARE LORD, who shall dwell in Your tabernacle? Who shall dwell on Your holy hill? Psalm 15: 2 He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness,......... 4 in whose eyes the reprobate is despised, 4 In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honors those who fear the LORD; 1.DO YOU SET NO WICKED THING BEFORE YOUR EYES AS YOU WOULD HAVE TO IN ORDER TO CENSOR IT? 2. DO YOU HATE THE PORNOGRAPHIC WORK OF THOSE WHO SHOW GENITALS AND PRACTICE FORNICATION FOR PAY AND FILMING? 3. DO YOU DESPISE THE REPROBATE WHO BARES GENITALS AND FORNICATES? 4. DO YOU CONTEMN THE VILE AND DEPRAVED PERSON WHO BARES GENITALS AND FORNICATES [psa.15:4? mkjv 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ¦ And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful [is] He who called you, who also will do [it]. mkjv Revelations 3:17 Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, 18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold tried in the fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be clothed, and [so that] the shame of your nakedness does not appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; therefore be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him and he with Me. mkjv Matthew 25: 36 I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me. 37 Then the righteous shall answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, and fed [You]? Or thirsty, and gave [You] drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger, and took [You] in? Or naked, and clothed [You]? mkjv Genesis 3: 7 And the eyes of both of them were opened. And they knew that they [were] naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made girdles for themselves. 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God in the middle of the trees of the garden. 9 ¦ And the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where [are] you? 10 And he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [am] naked, and I hid myself. 11 ¦ And He said, Who told you that you [were] naked? Have you eaten of the tree which I commanded you that you should not eat? 21 ¦ And for Adam and his wife the LORD God made coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 ¦ And the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become as one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever, 23 therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he had been taken. mkjv 2 Corinthians 7: 9 Now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you grieved to repentance. For you were grieved according to God, so that you might suffer loss by nothing in us. 10 For the grief according to God works repentance to salvation, not to be regretted, but the grief of the world works out death. 11 For behold this same thing (you being grieved according to God); how much it worked out earnestness in you; but [also] defense; but [also] indignation; but [also] fear; but [also] desire; but [also] zeal; but [also] vengeance! In everything you approved yourselves to be clear in the matter. 12 ¦ Then, though I wrote to you, [it was] not on account of the one who did wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered wrong, but for the sake of revealing our earnestness on your behalf, for you before God. 13 Therefore we have been comforted in your comfort, and we rather rejoiced more abundantly over the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. mkjv Psalm 15: 1 ¦ A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall dwell in Your tabernacle? Who shall dwell on Your holy hill? 2 He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and.. . . .in whose eyes the reprobate is despised, but he honors those who fear the LORD. . . . mkjv 2 Timothy 2:19 ¦ Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal: "[The] Lord knew those who are His." And, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity!" 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor. 21 Therefore if anyone purges himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honor, sanctified and useful to the Master, prepared for every good work. 22 ¦ But flee youthful lusts, and follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. mkjv Romans 13: 13 Let us walk becomingly, as in [the] day; not in carousings and drinking; not in co-habitation and lustful acts; not in strife and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take thought beforehand for the lusts of the flesh. mkjv 1 Corinthians 5: 6 Your boasting [is] not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 ¦ Therefore purge out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. 8 Therefore let us keep [the] feast; not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth. 9 ¦ I wrote to you in the letter not to associate intimately with fornicators; 10 yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you must go out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to associate intimately, if any man called a brother [and is] either a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one not to eat. 12 For what [is it] to me to also judge those who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But God judges those who are outside. Therefore put out from you the evil one. mkjv 2 Corinthians 6: 14 Do not be unequally yoked together [with] unbelievers; for what fellowship does righteousness [have] with lawlessness? And what partnership does light [have] with darkness? 15 And what agreement does Christ [have] with Belial? Or what part does a believer [have] with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement does a temple of God [have] with idols? For you are the temple of [the] living God, as God has said, "I will dwell in them and walk among [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people." 17 Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean [thing]. And I will receive you 18 and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says [the] Lord Almighty. 1 ¦ Then having these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. mkjv Phillipians 3:17 ¦ Brothers, be imitators together of me, and mark those who walk this way, for you have us [for] a pattern. 18 (For many are walking, of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping, [as] the enemies of the cross of Christ; 19 whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, [those] who mind earthly things.) 20 For our citizenship is in Heaven, from which also we are looking for the Savior, [the] Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who shall change our body of humiliation so that it may be fashioned like His glorious body, according to the working of His power, even to subdue all things to Himself. mkjv Philippians 4: 8 Finally, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things [are] honest, whatever [things are] right, whatever [things are] pure, whatever [things are] lovely, whatever [things are] of good report; if [there is] any virtue and if [there is] any praise, think on these things. 9 Do those things which you have also learned and received and heard and seen in me. And the God of peace shall be with you. mkjv Psalms 101: 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 3 I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I have hated the work of those who turn aside; it shall not hold on to me. 4 A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not know the wicked. \AN ANALYSIS OF ROMANS 1:32 Rom. 1:32 Who <3748> knowing <1921> (5631) the judgment <1345> of God <2316>, that <3754> they which commit <4238> (5723) such things <5108> are <1526> (5748) worthy <514> of death <2288>, not <3756> only <3440> do <4160> (5719) the same <846>, but <235> <2532> have pleasure <4909> (5719) in them that do <4238> (5723) them >>>in them that do <4238> (5723) them. 4238 prasso {pras'-so} a root word; TDNT - 6:632,927; v AV - do 28, commit 5, exact 1, require 1, deed 1, keep 1, use arts 1; 38 1) to exercise, practise, to be busy with, carry on 1a) to undertake, to do 2) to accomplish, perform 2a) to commit, perpetrate 3) to manage public affairs, transact public business 3a) to exact ... revenue... 4) to act 5723 Tense - Present See 5774 Voice - Active See 5784 Mood - Participle See 5796 Count - 2549 them who exercise them them who practise them them who are busy with them them who carry them on them who undertake them them who do them them who accomplish them themwho perform them them who commit them them who perpetrate them them who manage them publicly them who transact them publicly them who exact revenue from them them who act them Romans 14:13 Therefore let us not judge one another any longer, but rather resove this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brotherÕs way...Yet if your brother is grieved because of [your clothing, lack of it or your] food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died... Therefore let us pursue the things [which make] for peace and the things by which one may build up another...It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor [wear clothing or be unclothed in such a way] by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak. Do you have faith [a conviction]? Have [it] to yourself before God. Happy[is] he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. PHILIPPIANS 3:19 whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is] the belly, and [their] glory in their shamePh.3 , who mind earthly things:) 1 Tim. 2:9 ¦ In like manner also that the women in decent deportment and dress adorn themselves with modesty and discretion, not with plaited [hair] and gold, or pearls, or costly clothing,10 but, what becomes women making profession of the fear of God, by good works. Rev. 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see. 1 Thess. 5:22 Abstain from every form of evil. ROM. 1:32 who knowing the righteous judgment of God, that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only practice them, but have fellow delight in [applaud, approve of, consent to] those who do [them]. 1. IF YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE BEING INTIMATE AND THEY ARE NOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER, THEN GET RID OF IT (1 THESS 5:21) 2. COVER ALL EXPOSED GENITALS AND THE PART OF THE BUTTOCKS AROUND THE CRACK??? No way! Phil. 4:8 and ÒIwill set no vile thing before my eyesÓ [psa. 101:3==YOU DONÕT BUY/GET IT BECASUE YOU DONÕT SET IT BEFORE YOUR EYES TO CENSOR, EDIT OR COVER BODY PARTS. SEE #3 3. DONÕT LOOK AT ANY PICTURES OF THESE SINS, NO PICTURES OF EXPOSED GENITALS, OF EXTRAMARITAL SEX, OF LESBIANISM 4. DONÕT GO TO/ASSOCIATE/FELLOWSHIP WITH IMMORAL PEOPLE. 5. DONÕT BE ALONE WITH IMMORAL PEOPLE YOU KNOW TEMPT YOU. 6. GET RID OF ANY PICTURES OR ETC. THAT TEMPT YOU TO DO SIN, OR CAUSE YOU TO SIN. 7. KEEP YOURSELF FROM THEIR SINFUL ACTIONS AND HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THEIR SINFUL ACTIONS. Do not applaud, approve of or consent to their sinful actions; rather than correct, eliminate or remove their sinful actions. (Rom. 1:32) 8. GET RID OF ANYTHING THAT IS CLEARLY AND PLAINLY SINFUL, FORBIDDEN, STUMBLING YOU, OFFENDING YOU, GRIEVING YOU. 9.KEEP YOURSELF FROM THOSE WHO DO SINFUL ACTIONS AND HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THOSE WHO DO THOSE SINFUL ACTIONS. Do not applaud, approve of or consent to those who do the sinful actions; rather than correct, eliminate or remove them for their sinful actions. (Rom. 1:32) THAT MEANS YOU DONÕT BUY OR KEEP PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO SUCH THINGS. ___1. Do you agree with God honoring those who fear Him and scornfully despising those vile and depraved reprobates who sin by showing their genitals or fornication in public, magazines &/or videos? Psalm 15:4 ___2. Do you agree with God honoring those who fear Him and scornfully despising those vile and depraved reprobates who sin by showing their genitals or fornication in public, magazines &/or videos; whether or not they are clothed decently and presentably, whether or not you/they have covered their genitals? Psalm 15:4 ___2. Do you agree with God honoring those who fear Him and hating the deeds/work of the fallen &/or faithless who sin by showing their genitals &/or fornication in public, magazines &/or videos? Do you, even if they are clothed decently and presentably, whether or not you/they have covered their genitals? Psalm101:3 ___3. Do you obey God by not setting before your eyes any- thing that is, according to God, worthless or evil or wicked or ungodly--- like pictures of vile people showing their genitals &/or immorality? Do you, even if they are clothed decently and presentably, whether or not you/they have covered their genitals? Psa. 101:3; Phil. 4:8 ___4. In contrast to God, do you approve of them (clothed or not) who sin by shewing their genitals &/or fornication in public, magazines, &/or videos? Do you say they are okay? Do you accept them for your eyes and soul? [Rom. 1:32, ANT&NIV] ___4a. Do you have/express a favorable opinion of them? ___4b. Do you accept them as okay/satisfactory? ___4c. Do you accept them, giving them your esteem and admiration? ___5. In contrast to God, do you applaud those (clothed or not) who show their genitals &/or fornication in public, magazines &/or videos? Do you express your approval and delight in them [by arousal, erection, orgasm, praise, encouragement, celebration]?[Rom.1:32, ANT] ___6. Do they please you who displease God by showing their genitals &/or fornication in public, magazines &/or videos? Do you like them (clothed or not)? Do they give you pleasure? Do they make you feel good sexually? Do you take &/or get pleasure in &/or from them? [Rom. 1:32, Wuest] ___7. Do you consent to them (clothed or not), making an emotional/personal commitment/stand for/with them by agreeing/yielding/acquiescing to them so that they have access to your soul/eyes/mind by mags, videos or etc.? [Rom 1:32, Berk.Int. + ASV + AG & TH. ___8. Do you understand that a person is body, soul and spirit (1 Thes. 5:23)? Do you understand that this means that you are to scornfully despise the body, soul and spirit of the vile/ wicked/ evil person who does sexual sin? (Psalm 15:4; 101:3,4) ___9. Do you understand that even if you canÕt see their faces, even if you donÕt know WHO they are, that God wants you to scornfully despise their bodies, whatever part of them you can see, while you pray for them? 1 Tim 2:1 Psalm 15:4 JB31.1 the lust of the eyes, eyes desiring the forbidden with a female. Romans 13:14 not even providing the opportunity for your eyes/mind to be taken/tempted. APPENDIX TWO: WHAT DO YOU THINK? THE FEEDING OF TWO LEGGED OXEN. I am not trying to meddle or cause trouble. I just want to know if there are any mistakes in the ideas above in terms of scripture alone, not in terms of the condemned traditions and doctrines of people (Mark 7).I really want to know what the Bible says about the subjects discussed above. I want to live by every Word of God, not by the commandments and traditions of man (Mat. 15, Mark 7 and Colos 2). PLEASE ADVISE ME OF ANY AND ALL ERRORS (TYPOS, DOCTRINAL, ETC.) THAT YOU FIND. PLEASE GIVE ME CLEAR AND EXPLICIT SCRIPTURES DEALING WITH THE ERROR WHEN YOU WRITE. I WANT THE WORD, NOT OPINIONS AND PARADIGMS. Any and all donations are welcomed for the furthering and the expense of this very controversial ministry. Donations are welcome for the furthering of this ministry. It has taken a great deal of time. If the information in this work has ministered to you, I would appreciate your ministry to me to get this information out and to the Church. Otherwise I have to "make tents". If I time from "making tents" permits, this work will be revised monthly. In the next publication/distribution I hope to provide the actual texts for all references. Ro 15:27 Truly it has pleased them, and they are their debtors. For if the nations have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in carnal things. 1 Cor. 9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox treading out grain." Does God take care for oxen? 10 Or does He say [it] altogether for our sakes? It was written for us, so that he who plows should plow [in] hope, and so that he who threshes [in] hope should be partaker of his hope. 11 If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? 12 If others have a share of [this] authority [over] you, rather [should] not we? But we have not used this authority, but we endured all things lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 Do you not know that those who minister about holy things live [of the things] of the temple? And those attending the altar are partakers with the altar. 14 Even so, the Lord ordained those announcing the gospel to live from the gospel.Galatians 6:6 But let him who is taught in the Word share with the [one] teaching in all good things. 1Ti 5:17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in word and doctrine. 18 For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle the ox treading out grain," and, "The laborer [is] worthy of his reward." AS THE LORD LEADS. This document before you now is a preface to MY LOVE IS A GARDEN OF DELIGHTS! (my commentary on the Song of Solomon for concubines and polygynists) and is available in MacWrite or Microsoft Word on a Mac DD 3.5 disk $5 ($7 overseas) for packaging, postage and copying; At least $10 USA--$12 overseas/foreign/Canada/Mexico -- for postage, copying and handling. Contact L. Tyler, P.O.Box 620763, SanDiego,CA 92162-0763; Internet E-Mail address: polyboy@delphi.com , or ruth1lee2@aol.com. 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