But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness...these as
natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things
they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption...
(II Peter 2:10,12)
Look at the following chart. You will note that when these verses on uncleanness are put
together, a pattern emerges. You have the power to either mortify or yield to sin. If you
mortify uncleanness, it will lead to holiness in your life. If you yield to it, you will eventually
give yourself over to it. Finally, God will give you over to it and you will perish in your own
corruption:
UNCLEANNESS: A PATTERN OF CHOICE
If You... If You...
Mortify uncleanness: Yield to uncleanness:
Colossians 3:5 Romans 6:19
It leads to... It leads to...
Holiness Giving yourself over to it:
I Thessalonians 4:7 Ephesians 4:19
Which results in...
God giving you over to it:
Romans 1:24
Which ends in...
Utterly perishing in your
own corruption:
II Peter 2:10,12
LASCIVIOUSNESS
Lasciviousness is the sin of lust, sinful emotions, and lewdness. It is filthy and shameless
conduct. Lasciviousness is one of the characteristics by which you can recognize false teachers:
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old
ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God
into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus
Christ. (Jude 4)