Rom. 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
The clearest illustration of Holiness I have heard of in recent times, is that of a computer(heard it in an excellent teaching on Holiness by Apostle Arome Osayi, though I have expanded the initial illustration a little).
I will use this illustration as a reference point throughout the rest of these series. So your understanding of the illustration will be the key to understanding the entire series.
A computer could be put to several uses. It could be used to design webpages, prepare documents, store data; explore social media, skype etc. (I guess you get the general idea.) The only restriction the computer has is what type of program is installed in it. The type of program installed is in turn determined by who owns the computer or who will use it.
If the owner of the computer is a graphic designer;you would expect that he would have such softwares as help his profession. There may be several other programs that the computer can run, alongside the graphic designing software but it will be constrained to function as the user wants it. Hence the choice of program to be run by a computer is not dependent on the computers capacity but on its operator. Even though I have several programs on this computer, some of them I do not explore that often.If a program does not suit my purpose I can uninstall it.
What does the explanation above have to do with the topic of this write -up you may ask?
Well, you are that computer! Depending on who runs you or who you lend your body to, you will get an output,that is either holy or unholy. Like Paul said in the scriptural passage above.
If like the computer, you decide to install pornography in your "system"(by watching it); you expose yourself to an operator that finds that "program" useful. Many find that they are bond by addictions that they accommodated for long periods and fed. Hence an operator has come to fully utilize this program.
As a human being, you are physically capable of doing a lot of things but as a child of God, you must for the love of God deny yourself the explorations of these things. Do not install that software!
For instance, as a man I may have the capacity to chase after ladies but capacity should not determine what I do. As a fine young lady, you can deplore your body to seduce and attract to yourself any young man you want. You have that in built capacity. Once you wear a dress that exposes your curves you could easily gain the attention of any man but I ask again, the fact that you can do it does it mean it should be done?
That it can be done is not the only thing to consider, also consider if it should be done.
Satan is concerned with ability or power. If something can be done he believes it should be done. He said to Jesus, turn these stones to bread. Why not use the power that God gave you to do this? But Jesus was more concerned about authority. Who gave the authorization for this to be done? Who is the one that is running the software on this system.
Friend, Your life will serve a purpose but it all depends on whom you yield it to.
Holiness is a choice you make of whom you lend your capabilities to.
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