DEFILEMENT, AVOID IT AND LIVE !!!

DEFILED!  What Is it? Is it Important in the 21st century? Is it Important to God? Are we still expected to Regard Holiness and be "Undefiled"?  We will check the Scriptures...

First,... what is the definition of "Defile",... according to "thefreedictionary.com" it is 
"To make filthy or dirty; pollute: defile a river with sewage. 2. To debase the pureness or excellence of; corrupt: a country landscape that was defiled by urban sprawl. 3. To profane ..."

In the Book of Genesis chapter 34 it tells us of a son of Jacob who made war with a city because his virgin sister Dinah was made defiled because men of that city laid with her. She was defiled in her body for her purity being taken without a husband. This is still possible today when women commit fornication by choice or otherwise. Defilement forfeits eligibility to marry. The following Scriptures declare plainly that the defilement of the flesh is punishable even to eternal hellfire, there are earthly and eternal consequences. We have to be mindful in our lives to not commit the things which the Lord despises and calls them acts of 'Defiling the Temple of God which is your body in which the Holy Spirit is to dwell'.  

                                               Matthew 15:18-20

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:  20These are the things which defile a man: 

                Mark 7:23

  ²⁰And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. ²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²²Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: ²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
                                               

                                  1st Corinthians 3:16-19

¹⁶Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? ¹⁷If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. ¹⁸Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. ¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. 

                                      1 Timothy 1:10

For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

                                            Jude 1:8

⁷Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.   Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

Now judge in yourselves in light of these scriptures, is it okay in these days that we commit acts that defile our flesh? Can we expect to see God, and enter Heaven If we do? or are we destined for eternal punishment for it?

True Repentance Confesses to God AND Man

      I'm reminded of my upbringing how my siblings would get into an arguement or confrontation and be called by our father to say "i'm sorry", then hug and makeup, every time. So it is with Our Heavenly Father when we have a difference with each other or fight verbally,  have an "escalated" situation, because we've been wronged, lied on, accused, slandered, deceived, cheated, robbed or etc. 
     We too often think we can just wrong someone, defame them, betray them or worse and simply whisper to God "i'm sorry".
According to Job Ch 42 We are expected to go to the one we wronged or accused, confess and repent, then be acceptable in the sight of God as is written Matthew 5:23-25 
     Too many, even as Christians feel it's ok, just tell God to forgive you and skip away like it's no big deal how wrong a thing you have done to someone. It's not ok. True repentance confesses the fault.
     God has mercy upon whom He will have mercy and will pardon whom He will, but If we Love Him we won't gamble with the chance that we might "get by" with a simple whisper to God without confessing the terrible thing done or said to someone else.  
     Everywhere in the Bible where someone wronged another, they suffered terrible consequences, David, Joseph's brothers, Jacob who tricked his brother out of his birthright and lied to his father by pretending to be his brother Esau, married Leah and was tricked into thinking it was Rachel on the wedding day. 
    We must come clean early, while the one we may have wronged is near enough for us to ask them for forgiveness sincerely, or risk being punished severely or eternally.☮

THREE WOMEN, THE WATER, THE OIL, AND THE SAND

 Think of the King of Kings, Lord over all Lords, Messiah, Savior of the World on Earth speaking to an unmarried woman who lives with her male partner, having conversation during a time when it was forbidden for a woman to communicate with a male stranger without a chaperone. He offered her something better than what she had, and whom she had, the water would again cause her to thirst, the man she had would be no better for her than the last 5.  

Jesus didnt condemn her, only brought it to her attention, that she can have something better in life and never thirst/lust again, and be content, and full, and complete, with a better way of living knowing the Messiah.  Unlike many today who would shun a displaced woman of shame forced to live on the outskirts of town, and not permitted to draw water from the well with the other women of the city, Jesus spoke to her, offered her everlasting life.  John 4:14            

Two other women the Lord showed kindness, and forgiveness to unlike how we show people today.  Although these kind of women are an "acceptable" group in these modern days due to a liberally sinful society, Our Lord shows how we ought to speak of people we know or suspect have a lifestyle we consider shameful.  Jesus treated them with warmth and love which allowed the woman who washed his feet with her tears and dried them with her hair to feel she could at least approach him without accusation, hatred, and rebuke, as many today view certain groups.  Luke 7:44-47 

The woman caught in adultery as well was treated with forgiveness and protection, as her accusers stood by no more innocent than she was, as Our Lord rebuked the bystanders who stood ready to stone her, until He caused them to consider their own sins first.
John 8:4-10 
These days so many with greater sins of their own will rebuke, hate, reject, belittle, and conspire against certain people, but if we learn from Jesus example and how He treats people whom others reject, how He gives them a chance, He speaks no evil of them, but encourages them to be better, expect more, and believe they can live without the bondages of the lust of this world, then we can live in a more peaceful, good-natured society.  I like to think of it as "The Water, the Oil, and the Sand" one for cleansing, the other for comfort, and the sand for the covering of sins. Water for salvation, Oil for anointing, and Sand for redemption.  Three Women, all shunned, but all forgiven, and loved by The Lord in spite of their accusers.  Love covers a multitude of Sins...(yours and theirs) 1st Peter 4:8 💓