Leviticus 18: Sexuality Is Spiritual

“Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled.” -Leviticus 18:24

Leviticus 18 is one of those chapters you can use the grab the attention of a guy who shows zero interest in the Bible. Just start reading the chapter out loud among a group of men and watch the attention level change. Most people cannot even believe the words are actually in there.

In fact, it’s so dicey that one of the only verses I can quote here is one of the summary statements near the end: “Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled.” Apparently, the nations surrounding Israel during this time had taken perversion to a level that can still red-face Americans.

All this to say, God is concerned with our sexual practices. We are not to follow the path of our culture, but the path of Scripture. God created us, including our sexual expressions, and therefore best knows how to instruct us in this area. When we decide our way is best and follow our own human desires, a lot of damage takes place.

A few examples: P+++ is the the leading reason the majority of men surf the internet. There are more than one million child sex slaves. Prostitution is actually legal is some countries. MTV recently started plans for a show to highlight teens who were going through the process of losing their virginity (though the show’s plans have now been ended). What more evidence do we need?

Sexuality is spiritual. Live accordingly.

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Dillon Burroughs is the author and coauthor of numerous books and is handwriting a copy of all 31,173 verses of the Bible at HolyWritProject.com. Find out more about Dillon at Facebook.com/readdB or readdB.com.