# 24: Go the Saints (1 Thessalonians 4:3-8)

It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have already told you and warned you. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

Notice a few things:

• It is plain that Christians are to avoid sexual immorality.
  
  
• We are to control our bodies (not other way around)
  
  
• We are not to be like the heathen (unbelievers) who do not know God.
  
  
• Passionate lust like that of the heathen has no place in our lives.
  
  
• The Christian is called to live a holy life not to be impure.
  
  
• Men will be punished fro such sins (like cheating others and sexual immorality)
  
  
• If you reject the Bible' teaching on sexual immorality you actually reject God.

Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.