What Is Lust?

The term ZNH is used 93 times in the OT. Of these, not all of them had to do with sex, but with idolatry. Some of these are: Exo 34:15 - “... otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice, 16 and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods…” (NASB). Lev 17:7 - “They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot . This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations” (NASB). Lev 20:5 - “...then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech. 6 ‘As for the person who turns to mediu...

Sexual immorality. The term has been a bane to myself and to countless other singles who wanted to experience the joy of sex, but couldn’t find a suitable marriage partner. When I was really struggling with not being able to have sex, I got so frustrated that I emailed some church about it (not the church I was attending, as they really did not care). The message that I received back from one of their pastors was less than encouraging. He said that it was “sad” that I was trading in the blessings of God for the temporary carnal pleasures of the flesh. But, isn’t sex from God?? The answer to that is a resounding, “Yes!!” To this day, I cannot stand the anti-sex attitude of most churches, where they have a set of “don’t you even think about sex” rules for singles; while having an opposite set of rules for people who were married. “But, this is how God intended it to be! Sex outside of marriage is sinful and wrong!” See, that’s the exact same attitude I’m talking about! Why is it ...

Continuing on from our conversation about 'lust' and what it really means to lust after a woman...Another thing I want to talk about is the topic of nudity. Nudity is natural. How did it become grotesque, indecent and gross? How did it become an object of ridicule? It's because of religion and traditions. Culture has a major influence on our lives. I don't mean to get religious on you, but here in the West, the culture has been heavily influenced by the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches. The church from about 400-500 AD on wards got their views on the naked body and sex from St. Augustine, who was a Gnostic priest . And the G nostics taught that the physical was evil, the spiritual is good. He actually taught that undressing your own wife or thinking about having sex with her was a sin. But even he couldn't keep up his own religious game and broke down. He was quoted as saying, "Lord, give me chastity - but not yet!" Anyway, that's what Gnostici...