Beating Sexual Temptation: The Bible Way Practically ExplainedSample

Sprinting and Sweating as Bible methods of beating sexual temptation What is the second Bible method to beat sexual temptation? I would say “SPRINT” – sprint from the source of temptation. Beating other types of temptation may require "resisting" (1 Pet 5:9) whil,e beating sexual temptations requires "running" – away from the source – be it a person, a situation, or a place (2 Tim 2:22). Joseph did and he won. He sprinted from the person – "he refused to even be with her" and then from the sin-inducing situation – "left his cloak ... and ran out" (Gen 39: 10,12). The young man of Proverbs 7 did not and he lost. It was expected because "He was going ... near her corner" (Prov 7:8 NIV). King Solomon, a man who had seen it all has some solid advice: "Do not go near the door of her house" (Prov 5:8 NIV). If your eyes keep zeroing in on the object causing the temptation like how David's telescopic eyes zeroed in on the bathing Bathsheba or Samson's eyes on the Gaza prostitute be sure you've bought the ticket to disaster (2 Sam 11:2-3; Judges 16:1).  Deliberately look away when you see a sexually seducing source, like how you'd look away when your eyes spot an electric welding arc.  A person who plays the fool and stays at close quarters with a sexually seducing source, still expecting to come out clean, is like a wishful thinking fool who expects his clothes to be unburnt after having scooped fire on his lap (Prov. 6:27) What is the third Bible method to beat sexual temptation? I would say “SWEAT” – don’t mind the sweat when it comes to doing the things that God would be proud of us doing. David lazily shrunk away from the job he was supposed to be doing – waging war. So he ended up doing what he was not supposed to do – making love with a woman who was not his wife (2 Sam 11:2). On that catastrophic day he woke up in "the evening" (2 Sam 11:2). I'd imagine he slept right through the morning and got up only in the evening! "The bed of sloth is often the bed of lust," wrote Matthew Henry, the great Bible Commentator (found at www.searchgodsword.org) . When Amnon lazily shrunk into his bed even though he was perfectly all right, he ended up raping his half-sister (2 Sam 13). The message is clear: laziness is a sure-fire ticket to sexual sin. Standing waters gather filth, haven't you noticed? Sweat it out at the job you are called to do and the force compelling you to do the forbidden can be quenched.