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There's been any number of debates about sex in the church over the last few centuries. And they're worth having -- when we submit all of life to God, that includes our physical lives.
But while we have untold hours of debate about sex, do we also have debate about greed and covetousness? In the church, we often get so focused on sexual sins that we forget there are other sins. Here in Ephesians 5, Paul is putting greed on the same level as sexual immorality. We tend to think one is more serious than the other, but the Bible teaches us that all sin separates us from God and corrupts our relationships with one another. We can do greed in private, and no one else will know about it... but it still rots us, hollowing us out, and we need Christ to redeem that part of our lives as well.
So let us lay everything before Christ. When we confess our sins, we should include everything. Christ has come to heal and restore, thanks be to God!
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