13 Singleness and Ministry
April 13th, 09
The Code by which one can avoid sexual sins (Top Five)
1. Avoid being in the same room alone with the opposite sex at all costs. I will endeavor to never meet with someone of the opposite sex in an office with a closed door, a secluded place where no one is around, and especially not at a woman home or apartment.
2. Avoid attractions to anyone of the opposite sex that is not one’s spouse. I will endeavor to not allow any attraction to build up inside of me for anyone that is not my wife, by not treating any woman better than my wife or by giving them special favors or attention that I would not do for anyone in the church.
3. Avoid sin by listing to other's advice. I will endeavor to avoid sin this way by allowing the advice of my wife and others in the church to warm me if I am ignorantly walking into a trap of the devil. I will keep a humble spirit that is willing to take confrontation and warning without becoming defensive.
4. Avoid inappropriate touching of people of the opposite sex. I will make sure to try and appropriately always stay away from touching or hugging people of the opposite sex so that mixed signals or inappropriate feelings do not come between me and someone of the opposite sex.
5. Avoid the temptation that since one is becoming more successful that sin on the side will not matter. I will endeavor to stay true to my wife and to God by not allowing power and fame to gain me the access to sexual sin on the side, and disillusion myself in thinking that it can go unchecked and unnoticed.
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