Today's episode is mature in its theme.

So heads up to parents with young ears in the car or in the house around.

It's mature in its themes and I say that not simply because we're talking about sexual

sin today, that's part of it.

It's also mature because we're going to be talking about the revolting nature of sexual

sin and what it says about us as sinners.

So if you don't think that sexual sin degrades our human dignity or if you don't think that

sexual sins insult God, then you two are likely not mature enough for this episode either.

That's also what I mean when I say that this episode is for a mature audience.

Our question comes from a young man.

He doesn't give us his name, but here's what he writes.

Dear Pastor John, I've come to a sad point in my life where I am willing to sin without

repenting.

I've fallen into the sin of having sex out of marriage of my own selfish ones and desires.

This has caused me to seek out sexual pleasure through pornography and other people in private.

Though I realize the mental emotional, physical and spiritual damage it does to me and I've

seen these effects very clearly in my life, I don't seem to have the will to stop.

I've read on excommunication throughout scripture and Matthew 18, 1, 1 Corinthians 5 and I

realize this mainly a last resort for the church to discipline a believer.

I have not been contributing to my local church nor the body of Christ as a whole.

My question is should I take the first steps in resigning and excommunicating myself from

the church because of my own sin?

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