” CURIOSITY ABOUT SEXUALITY AND THE SEARCH FOR AN IDENTITY ”
Social medias can also be addictive, because some people are curious about sexuality and searching for an identity.
- CURIOSITY ABOUT SEXUALITY
The website evangeliques.info in its October 9, 2014 publication states:
” In the United States, pornography is one of the major problems facing Christian men. According to a 2014 survey commissioned by “Proven Men Ministries” and conducted by the Barna Group, 77% of 18-30 year-olds view pornography at least once a month and 32% admit to an addiction.
Among 31-49 year-olds, the figures are only slightly different: 64% of men surveyed watch them monthly, and 18% say they are addicted. What’s more, among married men, 35% confess to having had a sexual affair during their marriage.
Those who identify themselves as “born-again” Christians do little better, with 54% of those surveyed viewing pornographic images once a month and 31% having had an extramarital relationship” (cfr. evangeliques.info).
The rise of new technologies brings us benefits on the one hand, but it also brings harmful consequences. It is therefore essential to discuss these elements, because the world is deteriorating, and we want the life of Holiness to continue to characterize the children of God, because JESUS is coming back soon, and he will come to take this glorious Church, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and blameless.
Le psalmiste ainsi que Job déclarent ceci :
Psaumes 101 :3 I will not look with approval on anything that is vile.I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it.
Job 31 :1 “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.
It’s essential to take care of and even make a pact with our eyes, because on this also depends our life of sanctification.
Ephésiens 5 :12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
1 Corinthians 6 :18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body
Today, make the decision to watch what you do in secret, where no one can see you. However, the omniscient God knows everything.
2. THE SEARCH FOR AN IDENTITY
Dear children of God, your identity cannot be found in anything but Christ,
You have to be aware of what God says about you through his word, and that’s enough for you. He is your creator and God’s word is like his manual for your functioning, and it already defines everything about you. How long will you continue to suffer this identity crisis?
God’s word is true, just enjoy what it says about you and believe it and you’ll experience its glory. What we see on social networks can in no way define us to the point of being addicted to it and believing the devil’s lie about who God says we are.
Here are a few reminders – and this list is not exhaustive – about our identity in Christ:
You are a new creature:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! 2 corinthiens 5 :17
How long will you continue to identify with your past? It’s not what others say or comment about you on social networks that makes you who you are.
From the moment you receive Christ as your personal Lord and Savior of your life, he sees you as a new person.
Believe him and move forward with full confidence that what he says with his mouth his hand accomplishes.
- Christ lives in you
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2 :20
Yes, even through what the public can see on social networks that reflects this new identity in Christ.Social networks are powerful tools in our hands. Let’s make good use of them to impact and save this perverse generation from eternal torment. - You are the work of God
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephésiens 2 :10
For good works and not bad ones, please, and in a practical way, not just a theoretical one. - You are a child of God
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, Galates 3 :26 - You are chosen by God
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.. 1 Peter 2 :9
Wow! what can I say about all this beautiful list, it’s really about you Christian, child of God …oh - You matter to God
Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.. Luke 12 :7 - You’re no longer a slave to sin
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin—; Romans 6 :6 - You are in God’s image
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.. Genèse 1 :27
God declared that everything He did was good and also very good when it came to humans so, don’t change God’s very good into the enemy’s lie by changing your person, your identity and everything you are when God sent you to earth.
- You have a destiny
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 - You have eternal life
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 1 jean 5 :11
By Kay Mbiola
