A Woman Should Strive to Keep Her Mind Pure (TMF:535)

Friday, November 11, 2016
Peace to Live By: A Woman Should Strive to Keep Her Mind Pure (TMF:535) - Daniel Litton
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       God has called people’s minds to singleness. If you’re a single woman, it’s not bad to admire another man, but don’t let your admiration go too far—to an inappropriate level. If you’re married though, you shouldn’t be thinking at all about other men in these ways, as these become adulterous thoughts. A women should strive to keep her mind pure. And this is definitely possible, as the Apostle Paul has told us in 1 Corinthians 10: “let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say” (1 Corinthians 10:12-15, ESV). You see, really, when a woman thinks about another man—thinking immoral thoughts—that can become idolatry in a person’s life. A woman may not see her incorrect thoughts in her imagination as wrongful because they are not real life situations. But theses thoughts can and do cause problems, and they become idolatrous.