In fact, it can kill us. So Jesus tells us how horrible lust and adultery are, He warns us of their danger, and He insists that we deal with them and get rid of them. Before we go any further, we need to recognize lust and adultery for what they are. This runs counter to what our culture at least what our media culture teaches. There lust is celebrated and adultery is a fact of life.
Advertisers use lust to promote products from beer to cars to exercise equipment to luxury cruises.
Underlying this article was a sense of surprise and amazement that any teenagers would be willing to live this way. Also underlying this article was the assumption that young people have a right to engage in sexual behavior. In contrast to this, Christian young people and adult singles and marrieds know that lust and adultery and pre-marital sex are sin. B Lust and adultery. They are sin.