from the law of her
husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another
man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she
is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be
married to another man." We know that when a couple marries, it is for
life or until one of them dies. Read Matt. 19:7,8, where Jesus reaffirms
this truth.

_Fornication_ is the "illicit sexual intercourse of unmarried persons,"
which is also adultery. This is a sin. Many today are just living
together. This is a sin and a stench in the nostrils of God. It is
terrible and so immoral, even if many today are doing it. "But
fornication, ... let it not be once named among you, as becometh
saints." Eph. 5:3. "Flee fornication.... What? know ye not that your
body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of
God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore
glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." 1st Cor.
6:18-20. You see our bodies are to be kept pure and clean. That means
our minds are to be clean and pure also. Sometimes the devil will bring
evil thoughts to our minds but we must not think upon them. Think pure
thoughts.

God created our bodies and every part is for a purpose. We want to keep
our bodies free from impurities. There are urges in our body, and
sometimes a drawing to the opposite sex, but we must not let that urge
have control. We must keep our bodies under control. The Apostle Paul
tells us what he did. He said, "But I keep under my body, and bring it
into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others,
I myself should be a castaway." I Cor. 9:27. Jesus also tells us "that
whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery
with her already in his heart." Matt. 5:28. We need to be very careful
of our thoughts, and where our eyes wander. Keep the right kind of
thoughts. A mother told her son when he was taking a trip, "Son, never
do anything to place your body where your soul would not be the master."
Petting and kissing among young people will lead to wrong thoughts and
lead them into traps. We need to be careful and watchful about all of
these things. "Keep thyself pure." My dear Grandson, we are in a battle
in this world against all evil. The devil wants to destroy our souls and
cause us to miss eternal life with Jesus Christ, the Lover of our souls.
The devil has many agent