I always wondered why Esau was not only called a profane person but also a fornicator. Fornication is a broad word used for all manners of sexual immorality in the Bible but does not extend beyond it. The connection between fornication and the selling of his birthright for a meal was simply the indiscipline of not being able to delay gratification and hold on to the future destined for him. Esau valued temporary satisfaction above future inheritance. In the book of Proverbs, after the first warnings about associating with the financially greedy and covetous, the next is the admonition to stay away from the sexually inordinate. Again, this is an area where the unlearned cannot make sense of God’s principles because He planted the desires in us and our natural instincts tend to validate all of our desires. Why these strong desires will be in us naturally only to be denied expression by God’s laws begs for heaven’s explanations. Many have simply resigned to the belief that those laws are impossible and beyond human ability.

 

 

“If it feels right, then it is right”, says the world in which we live today. That position led to the legitimization of polygamy, adultery and premarital sex from time immemorial. Typical of disorder, its perpetuation is endless and so, sodomy, bestiality and other perversions have followed. The day I saw marriage between same sexes legalized in parts of the world, I knew it wouldn’t be the end of it. Today, bestials are asking that their marriages to their dogs, cats, goats and sheep be sanctioned by governments and recognized globally. Western educational systems today teach children that they do not know their sexes until they are grown up. Their biological sexes are no longer to be recognized but their feelings. If our feelings validate our actions and orientation, we should excuse every thief, murderer, liar, paedophile and criminal because they just feel like doing evil. If feeling like it makes it right, polyandry should be validated, drive-by shootings should be excused and over speeding should be overlooked. Of course, I am sounding absurd and it is to drive home the point that since the fall of man, many evil instincts have taken root in his nature, for which God introduced the law for order, restraint and man’s realization of the need for a saviour. After salvation, these baser instincts continue to rear their ugly heads in the flesh but thank God for the victory we have by the Law of the Spirit of life (Romans 8:2). Yes, we have the victory but all it takes is to neglect walking in the Spirit and we will fulfill the same lusts of the flesh (Galatians 5:6). However, sowing to the flesh leads to corruption. The consequences are too grave.