Straightening the Twisted
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Title: Straightening the Twisted------------------------------ Date: 3/25/2002
Keywords:
"straight" "twisted"
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temptation.
Passage: 1 Peter 2:24*
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
Question
What hope does Peter offer to believers?
Practical help
Author Paul Theroux argues that early in life all of us receive an imprint that forever affects our sexuality. That's why budding pre-pubescents attach desire to almost any object: either sex, violence, even shoes. The porn industry knows this and dishes up perversions tailor-made for our twisted psyches.
And so it would end — except for Christ. Peter says that Jesus heals our wounds. It should come as no surprise that he can also restore our sexuality. After all, he died for us that we might live for him, not as stunted creations but as redeemed children.
Ask Jesus to straighten out your sexual twists and turns.
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