Not Realistic At All

Last night on the news I heard Bristol Palin clearly say that abstinence is "not realistic at all."

This reflects Romans 1:24, "Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts of sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another."

With an attitude of defeat nothing is realistic. Satan has won the battle if you are giving into a culture of realities. According to the culture of "real world" media the only reality is to give up and throw the towel in on sexual purity.

Sexual purity is hard. Abstinence as a teen is hard. Living a life of righteousness is hard.

Christ came in flesh to take on the realities of the world. We cannot say defeating sin is not realistic, Christ took on sin and defeated the desires of his flesh.

May we teach the word of God, live in step with the Spirit and overcome this reality that we are defeated.

We are more the conquers in Christ (Rom 8:37).