The word lust is greatly misuse and misunderstood by many.
You must put things in correct Bible context.
1) The major context is God’s creation. God created all things with great sexual desire and say it was very good or “excellent in every way”.
Genesis 1:31 “Then God
looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was excellent in every way.
This all happened on the sixth day.”
Strong sexual desire is God’s design. God said it was “excellent in every way”. That includes strong sexual desire to have sex and enjoy sex both body and mind.
So if you say “lust” is “strong sexual desire” and to say it is a sin, then you are WRONG. Because God created “strong sexual desire” in all his creations and said it was “excellent in every way”. Remember “strong sexual desire” is active in both solo or partner sexual enjoyment. Either is a sin at all. Both were active in Lev 15:16-19 and it was and is not a sin then, nor today.
2) Another major context is Lev 15:16-19 where it talks about masturbation and partner sex and clearly there is not require sin offering at all. Clearly it is not a sin under God’s law. This also includes the natural and normal strong sexual desire that would go along with sexual activity and sexual enjoyment. It is not a sin at all.
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So if you say “normal loving strong sexual desire” it is a sin anywhere else in the Bible you are taking the verse out of context and you are wrong and create a major contradiction with God himself and with the Bible.
3) Matt 5:28-30 is greatly taken out of context and misused. Wrong “lust definition and wrong Adultery definition and compare to Ex 21:4 where man lets another man have sex with one of his wives under the law, not a sin at all.
Major contradiction-- verse used by anti-nudist people. Matt. 5:28 is totally misunderstood and taken out of context. look at a women with lust...adultery http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/Lustmt528.html
A man was NOT considered an
adulterer if he engaged in sexual relations with....... Sex with Mutual consent
of spouse.... Also when letting another man have sex with his wives and
concubines. http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/adultdefine.html
A Bible verse where a man let another man have sex with his
wife. Not a sin,
not adultery. http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/sharingwife.html
4) Fornication, sexual immorally, and “porneo” are greatly misused and greatly misunderstood and taken out of proper context. They have wrong definition in many dictionaries.
Define Sexually immoral. Is Idolatry part of Fornication in the Bible? Is
Idolatry called Fornication?
Fornication
seems to have a different definition then what we are told. It has more to do
with the involvement of idol cultic worship of the time. http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/fornicationdefine.html
5) Song of Solomon is a very sexy, strong sexual desire in book of the Bible and it is very positive in God’s eyes.
Take a look at some very sexy verses
from the Song of Song. Song of Songs is a very sexy and lusty book in the Bible
which most preaches avoid or if they read it they change it all around to try
to make it mean something else. http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/sos.html
Remember: Dictionaries only reflex how other people
use or misuse the word.
Remember: Dictionaries can reflex “man made” “traditions of men” teachings. My be incorrect and outright wrong man made not God made.
Two Bible versions don’t even use the word “lust” in them to avoid confusion.
(New Century Version) and The Bible in Basic English
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Easton's Bible
Dictionary
http://www.biblestudytools.com/Dictionaries/EastonsBibleDictionary/ebd.cgi
sinful longing;
the inward sin which leads to the falling away from God (Romans
1:21). "Lust, the origin of sin, has its place in the heart, not of
necessity, but because it is the centre of all moral forces and impulses and of
spiritual activity." In Mark
4:19 "lusts" are objects of desire.
Baker's
Evangelical Dictionary
of Biblical Theology
http://www.biblestudytools.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi
<http://www.biblestudytools.net/Dictionaries/EastonBibleDictionary/ebd.cgi?number=T2334>.
A strong
craving or desire, often of a sexual nature. Though used relatively
infrequently (twenty-nine times) in Scripture, a common theme can be seen
running through its occurrences. The word is never used in a positive context;
rather, it is always seen in a negative light, relating primarily either to a
strong desire for sexual immorality or idolatrous worship. In secular
literature, the word indicates only a strong desire and can carry either good
or bad connotations. The Greek word epithymia [ejpiqumiva] and the Hebrew words awah
[h"w'a] and hamad
[d;m'j]
can themselves be used in a neutral or good sense (i.e., Matt 13:17). In these instances the New International Version
does not translate the word as "lust." Rather, it is translated as
"desire, " "longing, " and the like. The context
surrounding the word lends to this translation in such instances. However, in
Scripture, as translated in the New International Version, the word is used for
a strong desire that is negative and forbidden. Indeed, the unregenerate are
governed and controlled by deceitful lusts or desires (Eph 2:3; 4:22; Col 3:5; Titus 2:12).
In the Old
Testament, the word is primarily used to describe idolatrous activities,
although it does have sexual concerns in at least two instances (Job 31:1; Prov 6:25). In both, the context is negative in meaning and
is accompanied by a strong warning of God's impending punishment on those with
such a strong, all-encompassing desire for inordinate affections. The lust
involved in the realm of idolatry involves Israel's strong desire to be like
other nations, who worship their gods of wood and metal. The language of Job is
especially potent in regard to sexual immorality. Job is kept from looking
"lustfully at a girl" because he knows that God's plan is "ruin
for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong." In the other Old
Testament instances, the meaning clearly displays an idolatrous relationship,
primarily Israel's desire to be like her surrounding neighbors (cf. Isa 57:5; Jer 13:27; Ezek 6:9; 16:26; 20:24, 30; Nahum 3:4).
In Numbers
15:39 Moses is told by God to command that the Israelites wear tassels on the
corners of their garments to remind them of the commands of the Lord. This
reminder is seen in contradistinction to the outcome of not wearing the
tassels, namely, "going after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes."
Almost half the
occurrences of the word and its derivatives are in the Book of Ezekiel. In
every instance, it refers to Israel's idolatrous worship. An interesting
display of this attitude is seen in chapter 23, where God's prophet uses the
parable of two adulterous sisters, Oholah (representing Samaria) and Oholibah
(representing Jerusalem). The imagery involves sexual lust but is descriptive
of Israel's spiritual idolatry. Just as Oholah's and Oholibah's love was
misdirected toward the officers of enemy armies, so Jerusalem's desire was for
the things of her enemies. Throughout the parable, God warns of the judgment
that awaits Oholah and Oholibah for their idolatrous lust. Indeed, such
judgment occurred for Oholah (Samaria) in 722 b.c., when Assyria conquered her.
Oholibah (Jerusalem) fell in 586 b.c.
In the New
Testament, the word moves from referring primarily to idolatry to referring
instead almost exclusively to sexual immorality. While the idea of idolatry is
not completely absent, the primary intention is as a strong, inordinate desire
for sexual relations. This sexual immorality, however, is not intended to
represent actions alone since lust occurs first as a thought in the mind. The
warning is to stop the lust before it moves into the realm of action. For
instance, Jesus commands that a man is not to even look at a woman lustfully
(i.e., with a desire to have sexual relations with her) because that is the
same as committing the physical act of adultery (Matt 5:27-30); both are sin.
In each of the
texts where Paul uses the word, it clearly is condemnatory of sexual
immorality, both homosexual (Rom 1:26-27) and heterosexual. The command from Paul is to
utterly destroy those inordinate desires that most often manifest themselves in
the area of sexuality (cf. Col 3:5). Paul continues to warn that we must learn to
control our bodies and be sanctified rather than giving in to our base desires,
which is characteristic of those who do not know God (cf. 1 Thess 4:3-5).
Paul is not
alone in pointing out that the lustful lifestyle is characteristic of lost
humanity. Peter concurs, and exhorts his readers to quit living as they did
before they received Christ. He points out that lust is evidence of a pagan
lifestyle (1 Peter 4:3). Also, according to Peter, lustful desires (not
necessarily just sexual desires, but desiring anything more than one desires
God) are a basic motivation inherent in human sinful nature (2 Peter 2:18).
It is obvious
from John's writings that our lusts do not come from God but from the world.
However, we are reminded by John that the world and its desires (lusts) pass
away, whereas "the man who does the will of God lives forever" (1 John 2:16-17). Here we see that our lusts are in direct
violation of God's perfect will, because they usually are misdirected, moving
and leading us away from God to our own selfish desires.
Our lusts have
a very powerful influence on our actions if they are not caught and corrected
immediately. We must remember that lust occurs in the mind and is not a
physical action in and of itself. It does, however, have great potential of
becoming an action—indeed a very damaging action. That is why we must heed the
admonition of Paul in 2 Corinthians 10:5: "We demolish arguments and every
pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take
captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."
Daniel
L. Akin
Nave's
Topical Bible
http://www.biblestudytools.com/Concordances/NavesTopicalBible/ntb.cgi?number=T3136
·
Evil desire
Genesis
3:6; Exodus
20:17; Job
31:9-12; Psalms
81:12; Proverbs
6:24,25; Matthew
5:28; Mark
4:19; John
8:44; 1 Corinthians
9:27; 10:6,7;
Ephesians
4:22; 1 Timothy
6:9; 2 Timothy
2:22; 4:3,4;
Titus
2:12; James
1:14,15; 4:1-3;
1 Peter
2:11; 4:3;
2 Peter
2:18; 3:3;
1 John
2:16,17; Jude
1:16,18
- See ADULTERY
- See COVETOUSNESS
- See INCEST
- See LASCIVIOUSNESS
- See SENSUALITY
- See SODOMY
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Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves becomingly, not indulging in revelry and drunkenness, nor in lust and debauchery, nor in quarrelling and jealousy.
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and [one] calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.
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And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
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And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.
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