SIN OF INCEST

[Yoel charan]

IT IS DANGEROUS THAN TWISTER, HURRICANE, TSUNAMI, EARTHQUAKE, VOLCANO, IT HAS DESTROYED THE PEACE OF MANY HOUSES. BIBLE GIVES THE WARNING AGAINST THIS DESTRUCTIBLE SIN ON THE FOLLOWING WAY-
"NO ONE IS TO APPROACH ANY CLOSE RELATIVE TO HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS. I AM THE LORD."
DO NOT DISHONOR YOUR FATHER BY HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH YOUR MOTHER. SHE IS YOUR MOTHER: DO NOT HAVE RELATIONS WITH HER. LEVITICUS. 18:6, 7
"DO NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH YOUR SISTER, EITHER YOUR FATHER"S DAUGHTER OR YOUR MOTHER"S DAUGHTER. WHETHER SHE WAS BORN IN THE SAME HOME OR ELSE WHERE.
" DO NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH YOUR SONS DAUGHTER OR YOUR DAUGHTER"S DAUGHTER, THAT WOULD DISHONOR YOU.
"DO NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATION WITH THE DAUGHTER OF YOUR FATHER"S WIFE, BORN TO YOUR FATHER, SHE IS YOUR SISTER.
"DO NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH YOUR FATHER'S SISTER, SHE IS YOUR FATHER'S CLOSE RELATIVE.
DO NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH YOUR MOTHER'S SISTER, BECAUSE SHE IS YOUR MOTHER'S CLOSE RELATIVE.
"DO NOT DISHONOR YOUR FATHER'S BROTHER BY APPROACHING HIS WIFE TO HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS, SHE IS YOUR AUNT.
"DO NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATONS WITH YOUR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. SHE IS YOURS
SON'S WIFE, DO NOT HAVE RELATIONS WITH HER.
"DO NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH YOUR BROTHER'S WIFE, THAT WOULD DISHONOR YOUR BROTHER.
" DO NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH BOTH A WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER. DO NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH EIGHTER HER SON'S DAUGHTER OR HER DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER, THEY ARE HER CLOSE RELATIVES. THAT IS WICKEDNESS.
"DO NOT TAKE YOUR WIFE'S SISTER AS A RIVAL WIFE AND HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH HER WHILE YOUR WIFE IS LIVING. LEVITICUS 18:9--18 (NIV)
FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL COMMIT ANY OF THESE ABOMINATIONS , EVEN THE SOULS THAT COMMIT THEM SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM AMONG THEIR PEOPLE . LEVITICUS 18:29.
FOR THE VICTIM OF INCEST;- PSALM 27:10, ISAIAH 41:10, 11, 13.PHIL. 4:6,7
PLEASE WRITE HOW WE CAN SAVE OUR COMMUNITY FROM THIS TERRIBLE SIN.?

[Ron Payne]

Apart from warning and reaching out with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, there is little else we can do "For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." (1Tim 3:6-7)

From the genesis of mankind until the final revelation and Judgment, incest, murder and any sin we care to name, will continue and finally end up in Hell - This, God has promised and God is a God Who cannot lie. (Tit 1:2) It is for this very reason that we have been instructed to: "Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." (Mar 16:15) "And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh." (Jud 1:23)

What a frightening day awaits those who are outside the salvation that God has promised through His Son Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, which must surely increase our determination to warn them.

Are we seated in our comfort zones, or out there in the field searching for the harvest?

Your Brother and Friend in Christ - Ron

[Tonya]

so is it a sin to be with a 2nd cousin.

[Bob B]

I would say that 2nd cousins are to close to be married, medically there can be problems if you were to have children and your children as well as you would suffer from a stigma because in the US most people consider 2nd or 3rd cousins family.
The scripture in Leviticus 18:6, 7 were given by God to protect the people of God from problems associated with incest, and these laws are a boundary that is good and wise.
I do not think that we can look at a scripture like this and see how much we can get away with and not violate the law.
As a Christian we do not look for license to sin. We do not want to be even close to evil. Incest is evil and we should not want to give the impression that we indorse it.

[Ron Payne]

Good Afternoon,
It's not a chance I would take with any close relations.
I can love all my relations and distant relations with a Christ like love. which is, just as fulfilling as marriage.
I can kiss them, hug them, squeeze them, pinch them and tease them without having to marry them.
The Lord has offered each of us the world to choose a mate from, why shorten your horizon and your options?
Your Friend in Christ - Ron

[Tonya]

The reason I was asking is because I became involved with my 2nd cousin who I didn't grow up with we both are older and already have children and I can have children I really care for him but if it is against God then it just can't be. God comes first and I am coming to other Christian for help. I will Pray. Thank You for your help.

[Torin Smith]

The only sin that is not forgiven is "blasphemy of the Holy Spirit" - the words of Jesus in Matthew 12.
Our heavenly Father cannot stand any sin. In our natural selves, we know that God is just when He condemns sin. We strongly feel condemnation for some sins, and your post shows that your are in the grip of condemnation.
By Faith, we believe that Jesus satisfied the righteous requirements of the Law (the Law condemns us - as shown by the post that started this discussion). See Galatians.

My friend! Today, choose to believe that Jesus has bought your freedom with His Blood! His Love waits to cover you and bring you comfort. The power of God is nowhere displayed as clearly as in the forgiveness He offers you NOW!
Trust Jesus. He wants you to commune with Him. You have a difficult road ahead of you, but He wants to literally be with you every step of the way. Your terrifying guilt will hold your spirit out of fellowship with Jesus. But that is not what He wants. From His point of view, your past sins, worthy of death, are forgotten. Forgotten. FORGOTTEN!

He has not saved you - delivered you from your guilt - so that you can continue on the old path. Strive to spend time with Jesus, make this your new path. Read his Word, Pray, Worship, Pray, Worship, Read. Find people who love to spend time with Jesus, worship Him with them, pray with them. Humbly ask forgiveness from those whom you have sinned against (your siblings?). Forgive them (very important) for their participation in these sins. Forgive them.

Remove yourself from the situations where this may happen again, but do not abandon those whom you must love. Ask Jesus to help you find the practical things you can do to avoid continuing in the old patterns. But remember - all the practical advice in the world, all the wisdom of man, will not deliver you. Only relationship with Jesus will deliver you.

He is my only Hope. My foundation is unshakeable. He is eternal.

[Torin Smith]

Again, I encourage you - the focus of your restoration and healing from guilt must be relationship with Jesus. In Revelation, He talks to the Lukewarm church about spewing them from His mouth. But DON'T STOP THERE. He then encrouages them with a verse many take out of context and aim at non-Christians. It works there too, but it is aimed at those Christians not really walking with Him. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and SUP with him." Dinner with Jesus. Every day. Wake up lukewarm today? Hear that knock? It's breakfast time. Let Him in.
How do we fight the condemnation that comes from our society (whatever our sin)? Let Him minister His view of your value directly to your soul/spirit/heart. That means listen. He will Sup with you.