Choose Wisely!
Choose Wisely!
Did you know there are few people in the world who do not know about Sodom & Gomorrah? These cities are often the brunt of off-color jokes and disgusting innuendo.
In Jude 1:7, the half-brother of Jesus writes “as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them…having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” These cities serve as a dreadful example of what happens to those who choose unwisely and turn from God and follow after their own lustful desires. What is emphasized here is the grievous sin of unrestrained sexual immorality.
The phrase “having given themselves over to sexual immorality” is a single Greek word, actually, and indicates an intense, sexual immorality that is indulged, it refers to a way of life. The phrase “and gone after strange flesh” is clearly a reference to the sin of homosexuality. These sins are listed in the Scriptures for our instruction and tell us clearly, that unbridled sexual immorality will not go unpunished. In fact, the phrase “suffering the vengeance of eternal fire” reminds us that the people of Sodom & Gomorrah chose unwisely and were destroyed by fire and brimstone from heaven. Indeed, God views sexual immorality very seriously!
Beloved, in the Scriptures, when God warns us of sinful behaviors and their consequences, He always offers His amazing grace to change our hearts because He knows apart from Him, we can do nothing. If sexual immorality is your reality, then today, choose wisely and humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God by repenting of your sinful ways and immerse yourself in the words, and the ways, and the worship of Jesus Christ!
This is Laine Wilder for Carry the Light Ministries, bringing you Insights From an Elder.
by Laine Wilder
author of “Insights From an Elder” for
Carry the Light Ministries
