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哥林多前书：6：18-20: 18你们要逃避淫行。人所犯的，无论什么罪，都在身子以外；惟有行淫的，是得罪自己的身子。19岂不知你们的身子就是圣灵的殿吗？这圣灵是从神而来，住在你们里头的；并且你们不是自己的人，20因为你们是重价买来的，所以要在你们的身子上荣耀神。
我想象不出圣经里有哪个故事比约瑟和波提乏妻子的故事更能体现保罗在这里的意思。当约瑟看到她总是盯着自己看，就想尽一切办法躲避她。有一次约瑟陷入和她单独在一处的境地，并被要求与她同寝，约瑟就跑开了，但约瑟的袍子被她抓在手里。最重要的是，约瑟说：“我怎能做这样的事，得罪神呢？”他并不害怕被波提乏捉住。他害怕会给上帝带来耻辱。
这就是保罗在这些经文告诉我们的逃避淫行的动机。远离淫行，因为你不是自己的人，你不是属于你自己的。你是高价买来的，非常巨大的价格，耶稣的宝血。你的身体是圣殿，圣灵住在你里面。那是你做任何事的最高的动机。并不是因为害怕被抓住，或是害怕毁掉自己的婚姻，又或是害怕得传染病。而是害怕给上帝带来耻辱，这位上帝是如此爱你，用他儿子的宝血救赎了你。
保罗还提醒我们，当我们有淫乱行为时，我们是在对自己的身体犯罪。淫乱的罪有很强大的力量，使我们很难再做我们自己。曾经有个会友，她和男朋友同居两年后结婚了。9个月后，他们离婚了。我问她是怎么回事。她说：“因为我们已经同居了，我觉得我不得不嫁给他，尽管我知道他不是个好人。”上帝告诉我们，要等到结婚后再发生性关系，这是有充分理由的。但说到这一切行为的动机，要记住，“因为你不是属于自己的人。你是重价买来的。”
祷告：主耶稣，在我所说所做的每一件事上，求你提醒我，我不是属于我自己的人。我藉你的宝血，就是你圣洁的宝血，得了救赎。我祈祷我今天所做的一切都能荣耀你。阿们。
1 Corinthians 6: 18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price.Therefore honor God with your bodies. (EHV)
I can’t think of a better story in the Bible to illustrate Paul’s words than the story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife. When he saw that she had her eye on him, he avoided her whenever possible. And when he was caught alone with her and she invited him to her bed, he ran away, leaving his robe in her clutches. But most importantly, he said, “How can I do such a thing and sin against God.” He didn’t fear getting caught by Potiphar. He was afraid that he would bring shame to God.
That’s the motivation that Paul brings to us in these verses. Run away from sexual immorality, because you are not your own. You are bought with a price, a tremendous price, the blood of Jesus. You are a temple of the Holy Spirit that lives in you. That’s your motivation above all else. It’s not fear of getting caught or ruining your marriage and getting some disease. It’s the fear of bringing shame to the God who loved you and redeemed you by the blood of his Son.
Paul also reminds us that when we sin sexually, we are sinning against our own bodies. Sexual sins are powerful and make it difficult to be ourselves. I once had a member who got married after living together her boyfriend for two years. She divorced him nine months later. I asked her about that, and she said, “Because we were living together, I felt that I had to marry him, even though I knew he wasn’t a good man.” There are good reasons that God tells us to wait until after we are married to have sex with someone. But as far as motivation is concerned, remember that “you are not your own; you were bought with a price.
I Prayer: Lord Jesus, in everything that I say and do, remind me that I am not my own. I have been redeemed by your blood, your holy precious blood. I pray that everything I do to day will glorify you. Amen.