14 DEADLY BIBLICAL CONSEQUENCES OF SEXUAL SIN


“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.” 1 Corinthians 6:18.

Have you ever wondered why the Scripture strongly advices that we flee from sexual immorality; in spite of the fact that we feel it’s something that is pleasurable? Here are 14 deadly and unavoidable consequences of sexual sin you ought to consider before you give in to that sexual pressure.


1.     Problems and troubles are transferred

Sexual immorality opens the door for you to partake in the problems of the person you are involved with. It could be physical problem like in the case of sicknesses and diseases or it can be spiritual problem. Some people have unexplainable challenges which came as a result of illicit sexual activities. This is because the two become one flesh, one flesh; sharing the same problem.

Physical and spiritual problems are shared through sexual immorality.

“There’s more to sex than mere skin on skin. Sex is as much spiritual mystery as physical fact. As written in Scripture, “The two become one.”
 1 Corinthians 6:16 MSG

2.     Demons are transferred

There are many people that are possessed with evil spirit. When you sleep with them, you open the door for this evil spirit to come into your life. Once they come, they begin to perform their destructive operations in your life.

“But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.” 1 Corinthians 6:17.

Likewise, he that is joined unto the devil’s agent becomes one spirit with the person who is an agent of the devil.

3.     Destinies are ruined and Dreams are shattered

“Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.” Genesis 49:3-4.
In Genesis 49:3-4, Reuben, the first son of Israel lost his destiny because of sexual sin. Samson’s destiny was truncated because of this sin also. Sexual immorality does truncate ones destiny.

4.     Diseases and sicknesses are transferred

Sexually transmitted infection is a major consequence of sexual sin that is affecting our world today. Diseases like AIDS, Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Genital herpes, Chlamydia, Trichomoniasis, Hepatitis B and many more, are part of the repercussions of sexual sin. Don’t be deceived, these diseases and infections are still at large in our world.

“…but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.”  
1 Corinthians 6:18b NIV.

5.     Sexual sin takes away your spiritual covering

Every child of God has a spiritual covering over his or her life. This covering is against every attack of the devil. Sexual sin is one sure sin that can take away this spiritual covering, thereby, making the victim vulnerable. It opens the door for every form of afflictions. These afflictions can come through dreams, nightmare, sickness, and even physical. These afflictions can manifest in form of setback, limitation, demotion, sickness, dejection, demonic torment, depression and many other ways.

“Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.” 1 Corinthians 10:8.

6.     Bondage and satanic soul-tied

Sexual sin puts one in bondage of the devil and the person he or she is involved with. Many people who are victim of this are trying to break free from such bondage and soul-tied with the person they are involved with but they can’t. These bonds and soul-tied are beyond what you can just ignore after committing this act and they are not something that can be easily broken.

“Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.” Proverbs 6:5.

7.     It leads to being a slave to more sexual sin

Why is it that people who fall into this sin keep falling the more into it? It is because they’ve become slave to this sin during the first attempt. It is better not to fall into it than falling and trying to get out.

“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” Romans 6:16.

It takes God’s grace and a strong will to break free from this bondage.

8.     It brings God’s wrath

It important to note that God killed some Israelites for committing sexual immorality on their way to the Promised Land as recorded in Numbers 25:1-11. Sexual immorality stirs up God’s anger. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah experienced God’s anger because of this. Many people of our days are under God’s wrath because of sexual immorality, but most of them are not even aware.

“Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.” 1 Corinthians 10:8.

It’s a fearful thing to experience God’s wrath. You can’t prosper when you are under God’s wrath.

9.     It gives the devil the legal ground to operate

Sin is the domain of the devil, and sexual sin gives the devil every legal right to operate in your life. That is why you see that many victims of this sin always experience disgrace, shame, inferiority complex, depression and bitterness while some contemplate suicide.

Sexual sin is a sin against your own body; giving the devil right to you via your body.“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?”
1 Corinthians 6:19.

When you defile your body, the Holy Spirit leaves and the evil spirits take over.

10.          Personality is changed

Sexual sin causes a change of personality for evil, rebellious, disobedient, poor and laziness.

“For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.” Proverbs 6:26.

Some women suddenly realized that their husband is developing another kind of character because of extra marital affairs. Have you realized how a young teenage who was once humble and respectful suddenly changes to become one that is arrogant to elders, and without regards to those that might be of help to him? What do you think is the cause of such changes? In most cases the fellow is a victim of sexual sin.

11.          It affects the Spirit, Soul and Body of a man

David repented of his sexual sin with Bathsheba and prayed: “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalms 51:10.

And Paul wrote; “he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”  1 Corinthians 6:18b.

Furthermore, Proverbs 6:32 states: “But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.”

So, you see that this sin affects the whole personality of a man. No aspect is left untouched. The body gets contaminated with sexual diseases. Guilt is attached to the soul, while the spirit on the other hand is cut-off from having fellowship with God’s Spirit.

12.          It’s a matter of life and death

The book of Proverbs gives a vivid picture of a young foolish man who follows a harlot sheepishly not knowing that it would cost his life.

“All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose till an arrow pierces his live, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.Proverbs 7:22-23.

If an individual knows that what he is doing would cost him his life; if he is wise, he would retrace his steps. The issue of sexual immorality is beyond temporal pleasure; it’s a matter of life and death.

13.           It makes one a big loser

“Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,” Proverbs 5:10-11.

One of the lies the devil will want you to believe is that you are the one gaining when you commit sexual immorality. The supposed gain from sexual immorality is only temporal and short-lived. In reality, you are losing, because, through the illicit sexual activity, you are giving the devil access to your life to perform his primary duty of killing, stealing and destroying.

Just by a few minutes of sexual pleasure, man losses what it took years of earnest prayer, fasting, sacrifice and waiting to obtain from God. As it is usually said, “it is more difficult to build than to destroy”, so it is with sexual immorality. Through the act of fornication or adultery an individual destroys what it took years for him or her to build, making the person a great loser. King David in experienced such lose because of his illicit relationship with Bathsheba. Sexual immorality opens the door for the devil to come and destroy God’s blessings in a life.

14.          Guilt and Self-condemnation

Except when a person is given over to a reprobate mind; whenever a man or woman indulges in this sin, it’s brings guilt and self-condemnation. Guilt and self-condemnation leads to inferiority complex before God and man. Depression is not also far from such a fellow.

“For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.” Psalms 51:3.

You can’t trickily steal from the devil and not get burnt.



It’s of importance to note that the consequences of sexual sins are not limited only to the above 14 points mentioned.


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