"For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which your are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
I love to study and observe human behavior and psychology (with a Biblical filter of course).
Paul asks the reader what the fruit of sinful behavior is and he states that the consequence is death. Indeed, the ultimate consequence of sin is spiritual death in Hell but, it's pretty apparent that sin has terrible consequences in life (that may or may not lead to a more immediate physical death as well).
When God and Christians call upon society to be moral and not sin it is not to ruin people's fun. On the contrary, rules of behavior are meant to protect us from hurting each other and ourselves. Jesus said at the end of Matthew 22 that loving the Lord and then your neighbor as yourself were the two rules on which the laws of society were based. We have rules so that we honor God and are good to each other but, also for our own survival.
According to God's rules, sexual activities such as fornication, homosexuality, adultery, and etc. are all forbidden. Why? Does God not want us to have fun? On the contrary, He knows what's best and that any sexual activity outside of the confines of a loving marriage will hurt us in the end.
Disease, broken hearts and spirits, abuse and insatiable lusts are all consequences of committing these certain types of sin...and sometimes these do indeed lead to an untimely physical death, just as Paul stated.
It doesn't just stop here, all sin can cause death to come more quickly. Cheating, lying, stealing, addictions...these all cause pain and suffering in the lives of those who engage in such things and to their loved ones or passersby.
It is easy to see how the Bible is correct by observing what happens in the world when humanity goes against God's laws.
I love to study and observe human behavior and psychology (with a Biblical filter of course).
Paul asks the reader what the fruit of sinful behavior is and he states that the consequence is death. Indeed, the ultimate consequence of sin is spiritual death in Hell but, it's pretty apparent that sin has terrible consequences in life (that may or may not lead to a more immediate physical death as well).
When God and Christians call upon society to be moral and not sin it is not to ruin people's fun. On the contrary, rules of behavior are meant to protect us from hurting each other and ourselves. Jesus said at the end of Matthew 22 that loving the Lord and then your neighbor as yourself were the two rules on which the laws of society were based. We have rules so that we honor God and are good to each other but, also for our own survival.
According to God's rules, sexual activities such as fornication, homosexuality, adultery, and etc. are all forbidden. Why? Does God not want us to have fun? On the contrary, He knows what's best and that any sexual activity outside of the confines of a loving marriage will hurt us in the end.
Disease, broken hearts and spirits, abuse and insatiable lusts are all consequences of committing these certain types of sin...and sometimes these do indeed lead to an untimely physical death, just as Paul stated.
It doesn't just stop here, all sin can cause death to come more quickly. Cheating, lying, stealing, addictions...these all cause pain and suffering in the lives of those who engage in such things and to their loved ones or passersby.
It is easy to see how the Bible is correct by observing what happens in the world when humanity goes against God's laws.