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To: Mrs. Don-o
What did Jesus say again?

Mat 5:28 — But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Looking..not fantasying, not welcoming it... LOOKING

Sexual temptation is willed every time you LOOK, that your eyes are not diverted, that you dwell even for a second on it .

Sin is conceived in the heart and no one knows the heart except God ...LOOKING..LOOKING

26 posted on 11/20/2010 4:03:55 PM PST by RnMomof7 (Gal 4:16 asks "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?")
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To: RnMomof7
"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin." (Hebrews 4:15)

To reiterate: being tempted is not a sin.

Looking, an internal act --- a willed action, "Looking at a woman to lust after her" --- is a sin.

We --- you, myself, and Jesus --- are in agreement on that.

28 posted on 11/20/2010 4:12:39 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("You can observe a lot just by watchin' " . --- Yogi Berra)
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