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Originally Posted by ApleInc
If lust isn't a bad thing then what about Matthew 5:28? "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart".
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Just because God knows what lust feels like doesn't mean it's not a bad thing. Our loving Lord understands all of our shortcomings only too well; indeed, He came to Earth and experienced greater temptation than any of us will ever have to (Matthew 4:1-10), and yet did not succumb. Why? Because He is born of God and cannot sin.
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1 John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
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Our Lord commands us to be perfect like Him, and so we are.
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Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
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So when
you see a pretty young thing in a short dress and high heels walk past you on the street, you immediately start thinking of all the naughty things you'd love to do to her if you only had the chance. We, on the other hand, do not, because we have been made pure with the blood of our Lord and cannot sin.