ENJOY YOURSELF!  DO1035            21/3/81

         1. I WAS JUST INSPIRED BY THE DELICIOUS BREAKFAST THE GIRLS SERVED ME to comment what my mother often said jokingly, "This is so good it must be a sin!"--And I got to thinking about how the Devil is not satisfied in accusing us of sins which are genuinely sins, but he has to make us think that even some of the most innocent pleasures & enjoyments are also sins so he will have more to accuse us of.
         2. In fact, if he can convince us that these things which are innocent pleasures & enjoyments created by God for us to enjoy, such as sexual pleasure & eating etc., if he can convince us that it's a sin to enjoy sex & a sin to enjoy eating so that we are convinced of it & we believe his lies, then it becomes a sin to us!--For if we think it's a sin then it is sin. "For whatsoever is not of faith is sin." (Rom.14:23)
         3. But "to the pure, all things are pure" & the Apostle said, "I am persuaded that nothing is unclean of itself, for every creature of God is good & nothing to be refused if it be received with a word of thanksgiving & prayer. But him who thinketh that it is a sin, to him it is sin." (Tit.1:15; Rom.14:14; ITim.4:4; Rom.14:23) If you are persuaded by the lies of the Devil & you believe his word that sex is sin or enjoying a good meal is a sin, if you believe those lies then to you it becomes a sin.
         4. GOD CREATED YOU TO ENJOY ALL THESE THINGS. He created the very nerves which feel good & the very senses which feel pleasant, to look upon things which are pleasant to the eye, to taste things which are delicious, to hear beautiful music & things which are pleasant, to feel pleasurable sensations of touch & to even smell the lovely fragrance of a flower & of delicious food cooking, pleasant smells, fragrant odours.
         5. He made all of these things for you to enjoy & He gave you the senses, He created the very senses with which you enjoy them. And therefore they are certainly not a sin, unless over-indulged in immoderately & intemperately, unless craved inordinately beyond that which is normal, unless desired to the point of perversion to where they become your god instead of God Himself, to where you worship the creation rather than the Creator (Rom.1:25)--then it becomes sin.
         6. But if you put HIM first, love & worship HIM above all & thank Him for all of these things that He has given you to enjoy, & enjoy them, find great pleasure & pleasantness in them but not to the point that they come first before the Lord or exclude God & His love & worship, then it is not a sin to enjoy life & sex & food & sensual pleasures which God created your senses to enjoy. PTL!
         7. If you put God first & His Kingdom & His righteousness first--"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God & His righteousness, & all these other things shall be added unto you" (Mt.6:33)--you can enjoy them all to the full, every good & perfect gift that God has sent down from above! (Jam.1:17)
         8. SO DON'T LET THE DEVIL CONVINCE YOU IT'S A SIN, OR IT WILL BE A SIN TO YOU! Know that God made it & created it & intended for you to enjoy it & that it is not a sin to enjoy the things which God has made with the senses & nerves that He created for you to feel & enjoy it with.
         9. "Blessed is he that condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth." (Rom.14:22) It's not a sin to enjoy sex! It's not a sin to enjoy good food. It's not a sin to look on the beauty of the naked body of a woman, or a man if you're a woman, & it's not a sin to enjoy beautiful sights & sounds & pleasurable feelings, tastes & fragrances.
         10. Enjoy yourself!--It's later than you think! Enjoy life, these pleasures which you have now & enjoy now that God made & made you to enjoy, & enjoy them to the full, including all the sensual pleasures which God Himself created to be enjoyed by the senses that He made for you to enjoy them with. Enjoy them! Enjoy yourself! But enjoy the Lord most of all, amen? PTL! TYJ! Amen.


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