The world would have us believe that being natural is ok. C'mon, it is only natural to drink as teenagers. Everyone does it. Or, it is only natural that we have sex early. Or, my favorite, it is only natural for guys to masturbate. I read a statistic that over 80% of all young men between 14 and 18 masturbate. Everyone does it, so it is ok, right?
I hope we do fall into this practice, for we should know that "the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolish unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Cor 2:14).
Just because the world does not look down upon adultery, fornication, lewdness, or masturbation, does not mean we should. The world would have us believe that it is natural for a man to have his mistress, or to look at pornography. It is all in the world and only natural for a young man to look. I cannot recall how many times I have heard this. How "it is only natural to..."
In my earlier post, I talked about how no sin is little in the eye's of the Lord. Christ's blood was spilt for it was only natural that he bleed for us. "For the natural man is an enemy to God" (Mosiah 3:19). To be natural, to be an adulturer, to masturbate, to have relations with someone else before the bonds of matrimony, is to be an enemy of God.
We know God will not war with us, He will not come with swords and shields to kill, but it is sin in his eye. We must "yeild to the enticings of the Holy Spirit and putteth off the natural man... becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, (and) willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him" (Mosiah 3:19).
It is only natural to sin, but we must become above this temptation of being natural. With the strength that the Lord provides, it is possible.
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