This may be a bit of a stretch here but be patient with me.
I'm an old person in a young person's body. So there's no surprise that I enjoy watching "Good Times." I especially enjoy singing the "Good Times" theme song Dave Chappelle style. For those familiar with the show, you will know who I'm talking about when I refer to "Kid Dynamite." Those who don't, you may want to Tivo TV Land sometime soon.
So "Kid Dynamite" is J.J.'s alter ego and seems to rise up whenever his head gets bigger, if that's even possible.
You may be asking yourself, "Where exactly is he going with this?" I promise you I'm going somewhere. Follow me.
We have a problem in the body concerning our bodies. I repeat, WE have a PROBLEM in the BODY concerning our BODIES. I may have lost some of you already so pick up your compasses and turn to 1st Corinthians 6:12-20 KJV.
12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
I got some news for you single folks out there who are saved: You're wedded. When you called on the Lord to be your Savior and you prayed the prayer of a sinner, you were basically accepting Jesus' marriage proposal. I guarantee you, you'll have a happily every after with him.
To be totally frank, we are not behaving the way that a virtuous bride should. OK, well, I'll speak for myself because I can't speak for everyone else.
From a very young age, I showed signs of a healthy heterosexual male. I was very much into girls. I didn't know why, but it just came naturally for me. Then a little thing called puberty turned my world upside down. Hormones were sending my brain signals that my body responded to and I had no idea what was going on. All I knew was that I was going to have to find what business birds had with bees.
Needless to say, I still don't have a clue as to why birds have been tagged alongside bees, but I have a much better grasp on how I function biologically. I'm a male. That pretty much explains the bulk of it.
I mean it seems harmless when it's stated that way, but there is something more serious that lurks under the surface. As Christians we are always told to kill off the natural man because the natural man doesn't want to follow the Lord. The problem is that a lot of us live too comfortably with the natural man and will not kill him dead, as some like to say.
I was under the impression that others, females to be exact, were the blame for the making the natural man come out of me. Then I had to reexamine and realize I was the blame.
As an artist, I am naturally visual. A lot of what I interpret about the world comes from my ocular senses. Factor in my maleness and what you get is someone with a full blown lust problem. I guess it would have been safe to say that I didn't kill the natural man dead.
You can downplay lust as much as you want to, but I am going to say it is an issue, especially in the body of Christ. So even if you are not the one doing it, you are your brother's (and sister's) keeper.
I basically define lust as desiring that which does not belong to you, including people. When you lust after someone, you basically cop feels with your eyes, nearly putting your brand on them as if you can claim them. That one was mainly for the fellas because you all know how it goes (and you do). Not saying that females don't do this as well, but it seems to plague guys more. Hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes and if I am, well, I'm not apologizing.
Essentially what I am saying is that if you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you consider yourself to be the Church aka the Bride of Christ aka the BODY, don't defile your temple, your body, or the temple of your brother or sister in Christ, by committing fornication mentally or physically especially with harlots aka the World aka Satan's kids. And if you want to date your brother or sister in Christ, well, that's another blog, but if you so chose, treat them like they are your brother and sister (and they are).
The bottom line is that you and your spiritual siblings are property of the Lord and the Lord want us to remain pure in his eyes. Don't do anything against your body and the Body. We are supposed to be moving as one unit. (Read 1st Corinthians 12:25-26) How can we move if we are ailed with our carnal desires?
A simple device that I use whenever I feel erotic thoughts begin to erupt about anyone other than the woman I was given is "T.N.T." (Take No Thought). This way, you can blow the enemy right out of your head. This takes practice and you may not always get it right, but the fact that you want to make a change is a big deal. Don't let the enemy discourage you. Use your (in J.J. Walker's voice) DY-NO-MIGHT and blow the enemy to smithereens.
