2 Peter 2:9–10a (ESV) — 9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from
trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
10 and especially those who indulge in the lust of
defiling passion and despise authority.
NOTE: Lust is a
great weakness. It wants us to succumb to our passions and throw off discipline
in the pursuit of bodily 'needs.' We need
to realize that there is a coming judgment upon the whole word for the
unbridled living of life based on sensual needs and desires. We have become
lazy and obese and sexually obsessed by listening to our evil nature, and then
describing it as natural.
PRAYER: Father,
there are certainly legitimate needs of our body, but our nature is so immersed
in evil that, if we were honest, we would admit that we can not tell the
difference between a legitimate need and a lustful passion. Open our eyes. May
the Holy Spirit speak to our hearts and reveal our sin.
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