Sweeter than Honey
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Title: Sweeter than Honey
--------------------- Date: 10/6/1999
Keyword: "flesh" "honey" "sex"
"spirit"
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the face of sexual temptation.
Passage: Psalm
119:103*
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my
mouth!
Question
How can we apply this verse to our struggles against pornography?
Practical help
News flash: Sometimes Old Testament writers used the word
"honey" as a surrogate for the word "sex." (See Proverbs in
particular.) With this in mind, what new insights does an ordinary looking verse like
Psalm 119:103 offer?
At least it suggests an alternative source of sustenance in our
sex-glutted society: the Word of God. If pornography sounds like an easy choice over
Scripture, consider that the Bible describes humankind's only source of true transcendence
-- eternal life -- and promises humankind's most satisfying mode of existence -- abundant
life.
Spend more time in the Word, and see if the spirit doesn't start to exert more pull than
the flesh.
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