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Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-8
Song: Purer In Heart, O God
It is too easy to be bad in our day. There is no shame in ungodliness. Impurity is flaunted, applauded, and praised as normal—as American. There is no stigma attached to sexual perversion. Tolerance is the supreme virtue of our times. There are few social consequences to be suffered from indulging your appetites. We live in an age when it is more socially acceptable to live together than to smoke a cigarette. What are we to do?
Keep our innocence. “Be followers of God as dear children.” If it’s not fit for the children’s eyes, ears, and tongue, it’s not fit for your own.
Watch our motive. “Walk in love.” Love has an evil twin called Lust. They sometimes look the same and feel the same. True love is moral and intellectual at its base. It performs not what feels right but what is right.
Ask, “What price?” The Devil sells his wares at seemingly bargain prices. Men don’t consider that they cheapen Christ’s blood by their indulgence. “Christ also has loved us and given Himself.”
Let them not be named. Fornication, uncleanness, covetousness are dirty words. They describe dirty deeds. We have heard them too often for too long. They are not fitting for saints.
In an age of easy sin, we need to build fences for ourselves—high fences, broad fences—that keep us from wandering into dangerous territory.
Jason Moore
