By Alberto Valdivia
Ministry of males
In the Old Testament, the land of Canaan was the place where God wanted The Israelites lived after he delivered them from slavery in Egypt. Canaan
today symbolizes the place where the promises of God in our lives, the place where God has the potential of its people the most
The Israelites could not enter Canaan. Failed because of the five main reasons mentioned in 1 Corinthians 10
In aterior Bible study two of these reasons we now study the following three
Fornication
When the men of Israel committed fornication, died in the desert and never saw the promised land. Today men are dying in the desert to commit sexual sins, losing the best God has for their lives.
Both single and married, young or old, are subject to the desires, appetites, passions and sexual temptations. The temptation is stronger in this very liberal society in which we live, but God help us overcome. We have His Spirit in us, prayer, the Word and fellowship for overcome (see 2 Timothy 2:22)
Testing God
If we know that certain human acts are contrary to God and yet we practice and do not repent, then we are "tempting", "testing" or rather provoking God to act vigorously against us. If our sin is ignorance or weakness, and then there is repentance and the attitude to fight against evil, God is patient and forgiving, but if we sin willfully, then we do not care to continue on that path and do not repent, justice of God acting upon us until we repent. Do not provoke God
The murmuring or complaint
The Israelites complained against Moses, they murmured against him, blaming all their woes. That was not just murmuring against Moses, but against God himself does not reject man but God, who placed the man. Any complaint against God or our neighbor is a sin and hinders our spiritual life. There will always be unpleasant situations in which we are unhappy, we are careful to use our language as an instrument of destruction. If there is to criticize must be constructive criticism, made with humility and love. Do not see obstacles but solutions.
Questions:
1. What can we do to overcome sexual temptations?
2. How can we make a constructive criticism without falling into the complaint?
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