One of you has asked about where the line is drawn about adultery in the
mind. On the one hand we don't want to set the bar so high that we are
doomed to fail. On the other hand, we want the bar to be high enough
that we become the men that God calls us to be. To me, it depends on
our definition of lust. Lust is the process of thought in which we
imagine having sex with someone and in certain situations. Temptation
is when we see someone or something that is sexually stimulating. We
can't avoid temptations. They will bombard us on a daily basis. When
can notice that we are tempted by stimuli and allow the temptation to be
in our mind without overreacting to it and trying at all costs to get
it out. If, on the other hand, we take the temptation and "run with it"
into imagined sex, that is lust and that can be a sobriety violation. I
am, as always, interested in your reactions and experience with this
question. On September 15 I have three new books being released. One
of them is called
Taking Every Thought Captive in which I cover this question in great detail.
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