The Thirty Day Lust Cure

By Malachi Petros

Dr. Malachi Petros' miraculous new cure for those afflicted with the sin of lust, written from a Christian and Bible-based spiritual perspective.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Feb 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9781678128883

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Introduction

God tells Cain ...sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it. (Genesis 4:7) The Bible teaches that our ancient enemy the Devil is like a raging lion roaming about seeking to devour us. (1 Peter 5:8) In another Scriptural text, Christ tells Peter that Satan demanded to have him that he might sift you like wheat. (Luke 22: 31)

One of the most powerful weapons in Satan's arsenal is lust. But what exactly is lust? The dictionary defines lust as very strong sexual desire. Used in a sentence, His lust for her knew no bounds. Synonyms include: sexual appetite, sexual desire, sexual longing, concupiscence, lasciviousness, lechery, licentiousness. Lust, as you can see, goes by many names. But by any of those names, the Bible defines lust as a sin.

Christ Himself condemned lust as a sin. His true Church at all times and in all places has condemned lust is a sin, an evil passion, and a curse. Galatians 5: 19-20 states: "Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires."

Although Paul lists many sins that keep us from inheriting the kingdom of God, notice how he places three lust-related sins at the very top of the list? But to whom was Paul's letter addressed?

Paul definitely knew his audience. History tells us that Galatia was an ancient Roman province under the Emperor Augustus, and that it was located in what is now modern Turkey. Antioch was one of its major cities. Galatia was enthusiastically loyal to Rome, according to A Historical Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians by Sir William Mitchell Ramsay (Google Books, 1899). The Temple of Augustus was located at the highest point of the city of Pisidian Antioch. The majority of the Galatians could, and probably did, worship in the Temple of Augustus, where the Res Gestae (life and supposed achievements of the Emperor Augustus) could be found written on the temple wall.

During the time of Paul's missionary travels, the Emperor Caligula "issued a decree to erect a statue of himself in the sanctuary [the Temple] at Jerusalem (Jos., Ant., 18:262; Jos., Wars, 2:184; Philo, De Legatione ad Gaium, 188, 207–8; Tacitus, Historiae, 5:9). The decree was never carried out, however, due to the death of Caligula in January 41 C.E." (Jewish Virtual Library, Emperor Worship.

See Emperor Worship for details.

For those attuned to prophecy, the desolating sacrilege was averted, at least in ancient times.

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