How does it develop?
Sexual sin develops from a sinful heart. Jeremiah 17:9 tells us, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Specifically, Jesus pinpoints the heart as the place where sexual sin occurs in Matthew 5:28: "But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." James 1:14-15 tells us, "Every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death." Captivity to sexual sin develops from the lusts in one's own heart.
 | Is there any hope to overcome it? |
| What about sexual abuse, shame or shame-based parenting? Doesn't sexual sin develop from these? |