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are for the Holy Spirit that was promised
to us after Jesus went away. He told His disciples that the Holy Spirit,
or the Comforter, could not come unless He went to the Father. (John
14).
We read how God gave the disciples the Holy Spirit, after Jesus arose
into the skies, after His resurrection from the grave. In Acts, second
chapter, they were waiting in the upper room and the Holy Spirit came
upon them and God performed a miracle. They spoke the wonderful
news and 17 or 18 different nations heard about it in their own
language. It was on the day of Pentecost when people from all of these
nations had come to the temple to worship God. Many of them believed
on Jesus as the promised Saviour, were saved from their sins, and were
filled with the Holy Spirit. It's a glorious experience and is for everyone
who has been saved from sin.
Sins Named
My grandson, let us look at the Bible and see some sins that are
mentioned.
In Galatians 5:19 we read that adultery is a sin. In verse 21 it is clearly
stated that "they that do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of
God." So there is no doubt about these sins. Adultery means, "violation
of the marriage-bed." Romans 7:2,3 says "For the woman which hath
an husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he liveth; but
if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So
then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she
shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free
from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to
another man." We know that when a couple marries, it is for life or
until one of them dies. Read Matt. 19:7,8, where Jesus reaffirms this
truth.
Fornication is the "illicit sexual intercourse of unmarried persons,"
which is also adultery. This is a sin. Many today are just living together.

This is a sin and a stench in the nostrils of God. It is terrible and so
immoral, even if many today are doing it. "But fornication, ... let it not
be once named among you, as becometh saints." Eph. 5:3. "Flee
fornication.... 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? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your
body, and in your spirit, which are God's." 1st Cor. 6:18-20. You see
our bodies are to be kept pure and clean. That means our minds are to
be clean and pure also. Sometimes the devil will bring evil thoughts to
our minds but we must not think upon them. Think pure thoughts.
God created our bodies and every part is for a purpose. We want to
keep our bodies free from impurities. There are urges in our body, and
sometimes a drawing to the opposite sex, but we must not let that urge
have control. We must keep our bodies under control. The Apostle Paul
tells us what he did. He said, "But I keep under my body, and bring it
into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others,
I myself should be a castaway." I Cor. 9:27. Jesus also tells us "that
whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed
adultery with her already in his heart." Matt. 5:28. We need to be very
careful of our thoughts, and where our eyes wander. Keep the right
kind of thoughts. A mother told her son when he was taking a trip, "Son,
never do anything to place your body where your soul would not be the
master." Petting and kissing among young people will lead to wrong
thoughts and lead them into traps. We need to be careful and watchful
about all of these things. "Keep thyself pure." My dear Grandson, we
are in a battle in this world against all evil. The devil wants to destroy
our souls and cause us to miss eternal life with Jesus Christ, the Lover
of our souls. The devil has many agents in the world who also help him.
In the schools today your teachers are taught how to change your
thinking. They will slowly but surely work on you day by day to do so.
Beware of this. Don't let anyone destroy your faith in God, in the Bible,
nor in what it teaches as being the Eternal Word of God. Guard this
faith and live by it. It means your eternal destiny. Whether anyone says
God's Word is true or false,