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Sex, Lust, and Fist Bumps!

As a growing Christian, an area in my life that I tend to struggle with is the area of sexual purity. Living in such an adulterated society, we are constantly being bombarded with profound and explicit sexual innuendos. We see it on TV commercials, movies, television shows, the internet, billboards, art; we hear them on the radio, music; and we read about them in magazines and books. It is such a constant battle because as a Christian, it is God's will that we pursue a life that grows in the love and knowledge of our Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ. God calls us, believers, to be holy and set apart (Lev. 20:26). To put it plainly, to be "set apart" would mean that there is a clear distinction between people who love God and those who don't. To view my life as  holy and set apart , it would mean that I do things much differently than how the world lives. Consider 1 Corinthians 10:23 when it says we can do virtually anything, but everything we do is not beneficial ...