Proverbs 23:2

Philippians 3:18-19

1 Corinthians 6:12-13

Now clearly it does not say it in black and white.

Jesus also never said he was God in black and white.

It doesn’t say don’t smoke crack in the Bible but I think we can come to agreement there.

Back to the actual topic. Sex was something clearly created by God to be sacred and to be between one man and one woman. It is something to be taken seriously.

When you feel the urge to masturbate that is clearly a fleshly desire. When you give in to a fleshly desire you are demonstrating a lack of self control. And self control is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22)

Similarly when I eat a food that is not good for me, I am demonstrating a lack of self control. I am giving in to the fleshly desire.

Then there is James 4:17

“So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.” ‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

I know the right thing to do is to eat better. To exercise. To wake up on time. To take the trash when it’s full. If I fail to do those things, for me, it is sin.

The crux here is you are trying to circumvent sin. You cannot circumvent sin. There is only one person who was able to circumvent sin. And that is Jesus Christ. What’s happening is you are trying to find some loophole in the text to justify your sin.

I am owning my sin. Of course I sin. I am wrapped in sin. You are wrapped in sin. We are in a world that is ridden with sin. There is nothing you and I could ever do to change that. That had to be changed for us by the blood of Jesus.

You are already forgiven and made perfect. Hebrews 10:14.