A. What Is Sexual Integrity?

We love our heroes. We need heroes in every generation and in every culture—heroes who possess what they profess… who reflect what they represent… who walk their talk… heroes who survive close scrutiny. True heroes have integrity and are worthy of imitation. We find hope in heroes who are willing to stand alone regardless of stress, who hold to principle no matter the pressure, who will not compromise their convictions. One aspect of the overall integrity of true heroes is their sexual integrity.

• To have sexual integrity is to consistently live your life with the highest moral sexual standards—consistently guarding your mind, will, and emotions from sexual impurity.
  “The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.” (Proverbs 10:9)
• The word integrity means whole, undivided, and void of hypocrisy. Those who have integrity complete their commitments. The Old Testament Hebrew word for integrity is tom, from the verb tamam, which means “to be complete, to finish.”
  “Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.” (Proverbs 19:1)
• To have sexual integrity is to be the same in the dark as you are in the light—not double-minded with contradictory thoughts, words, and deeds. The person without integrity…
  “…is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.” (James 1:8)

Part to coming next Friday

Biblical Counseling Library:June Hunt