CAUSE AND EFFECT. Revelation 14:8.

The Bible contains multiple genres: laws, songs, architectural plans, poetry, prophecies, biographies, dreams, letters, and more.

It also contains statements that read like Scientific Law. You remember Newton’s “What goes up, must come down.” Science includes hundreds more:

“To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”

“Energy can be neither created nor destroyed but can be transformed from one form to another.”

“For a plane to fly, its wings must produce lift equal to the plane’s weight.”

Just as scientists have codified scientific laws that nature always follows, so the Bible contains moral laws that our lives always follow:

“Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” Galatians 6:7.

“Pride goes before destruction” Proverbs 16:18.

“A gentle answer turns away wrath” Proverbs 15:1.

Consider this law from Revelation: “Sexual immorality brings God’s wrath.”  

Here it is in context:

“A second angel followed, saying, ‘Babylon the Great has fallen, who made all the nations drink the wine of her sexual immorality, which brings wrath’” Revelation 14:8.

The Bible says it straight up: SEXUAL IMMORALITY BRINGS GOD’S WRATH.

Can you think of examples? The UN’s World Health Organization says there are “more than 30 different bacteria, viruses, and parasites known to be transmitted through sexual contact.” If that does not sound like God’s wrath, you may not have suffered an STD. These are diseases that cause terrible illnesses, disabilities including blindness, and death. Consider Romans 1:27 “Men committed shameful acts … and received in their bodies the due penalty.”

But I think God’s wrath need not be limited to illnesses. If we engage in immorality—even “minor” immorality, like looking and fantasizing—problems will follow. That seems to be the rule. After all, “sexual immorality brings wrath” Revelation 14:8.

God, help us to have pure minds. To have pure thoughts. To think and act in ways that please You every day. Deliver us from consequences, from wrath—but more importantly, deliver us from our own sin. Help us live cleaner, purer lives every day.

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