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PUTTING UP A HARD FIGHT 187
indulge in loose relations with one another for the
satisfying of our sexual desires, God will be merciful
. It does not hurt to indulge once in a while,
and God will forgive us if we confess this sin, just
as when we first came to him through Christ . So
come on! Let's!'
10 Such defilers of the flesh are like brute beasts
in being controlled by animal passions . Against
them we need to put up a hard fight for the faith
and the pure, clean living that it stands for and
insists upon . If we yield to such enticers to willful
uncleanness, it means working for our own
destruction, at the same time bringing reproach
upon God's congregation . God has delivered his
people . He believes in a clean organization . So we
should all fight hard to keep it that way for his
honor and that we may recommend his truth and
organization to others who seek life .
11 Those who take up the practice of sin after
God has once cleansed them from it through Jesus'
blood are like a dog that licks up its own vomit
or a sow that goes from its bath back to rolling
in filthy mire . God will destroy all who willfully
entangle themselves again in sin for the selfish
pleasure it gives the depraved flesh . Their being
associated with the Theocratic organization which
is in the way of salvation will not save them or
excuse them, but it means their greater responsibility.
So in fighting hard for the faith that was
delivered once for all time to the holy ones we
10 . To resist them requires what? To yield to them results
how?
11 . Will association with us save those returning to sin?
Why?