BEWARE OF LUSTFUL LOOK

By Serah Mechane. King David was one of the great kings in Israel, a man after GOD'S own heart, a man full of compassion, a man with love for his people, a man with the zeal to accomplish the work of GOD in his life, a dedicated king, a praise and worship icon for the LORD, etc. failed because of his lack of romantic restraint and an indulgence of his sexual passions. King David committed adultery with another man's wife, the Bible says, "Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing and the woman was very beautiful to behold" 2 Samuel 11:2 NKJV Bible. David inquire of the woman, he lay with her, impregnated her and later killed her husband Uriah. Though the woman who was later called by the name Bathsheba acted immodestly, because she certainly knew that her bath was visible from the roof of the palace, her immodesty was not an excuse for David’s sin, but she was still responsible for her wrong. So this morning JESUS is addressing the Body of Christ that we should beware of lustful look, beware of conceiving long lasted sin in your heart, beware women of immodesty in dressing because it makes a lot of men to fall into sin, beware how you copy the lifestyle of the world into the church for it only leads to sin, beware of immorality, murder, adultery/fornication, etc. for the road path of sin is destruction, so beware not to fall into sin. Nevertheless David should have been out at the battle but he remained behind, customs and experience showed that GOD told David, "You need to be at the battle", but David remained at Jerusalem. If David had his attention where GOD wanted it, he would never put it where GOD didn’t want it. While Joab was busy in laying siege to Rabbah, satan was also busy laying siege to David and sooner prevailed through lustful look. David lacked the principle of Gal.5:16 which say "Walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh". JESUS is saying, "Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body" 1 Cor.6:18, NKJV Bible. Be like Joseph who was severely tempted to commit sexual immorality than David was, but he fled the temptation. So when David looked at Bathsheba and said beauty, GOD saw it as ugly. The pleasures of sin deceive us like the bait hides the hook, we must call it what GOD calls it sin. We want to say, affair but GOD says adultery, we want to say, love but GOD says lust, we want to say sexy but GOD says sin, we want to say, romantic but GOD says ruin, we want to say, destiny but GOD says destruction. Therefore speak like Job; "I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman". Abstain from sexual sin, Says the HOLY-SPIRIT; Job 31:1, NIV Bible. Shalom and free to share.