“Then Abram fell on his face and God talked with him, saying:“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”

And God said to Abraham: “As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised.” Genesis 17.3-10

When God proposed making a covenant with Abram, He also made wonderful promises, but He had one requirement: circumcision! This was a sign that would remind Abram of his covenant with God. In other words, he would have to control his sexual impulses, and know that sex, within the parameters of God, is something clean and pure. The child born of the promise would be a result of his relationship with Sara, and not of an extramarital relationship. As long as Abram kept his part of the deal, God would be with him.

We live in a time where sexual perversion reveals how far mankind is apart from God, especially because we hear of so many things that are happening. It is man with man, woman with woman, man with animal, spousal swapping, and other things that we have no idea are taking place.

The devil found the perfect way to bring down those who are on the altar of God. Since he cannot destroy their faith, he found a way to make man break his covenant with God. This is why he attacks people’s love lives. We can even go as far as saying that the door of hell is called LOVE – not true love, but this ‘feeling’ that drives mankind to practice abominations in search of sexual pleasure.

How can you rob the faith of a pastor, bishop, assistant or someone who is born of God?

The devil figured out how to do it and has driven many to live a double life, thinking that no one will ever find out their “secrets”. They make themselves out to be someone before the church and society, but behind closed doors, they support promiscuity, fantasies and think that everything “good” they do for God will justify their mistake. But the truth is that God has already walked away from them since the first time they broke their covenant with Him.

Those who want to keep a covenant with God must protect themselves and surrender their life to Him. Those who are married must take good care of their spouse, and those who are still single should preserve their body as the temple of the Holy Spirit. Temptations will come, but there is nothing like a cold shower to solve that problem!

It is imperative that we run away from any situation that may put our relationship with God in danger. If during the time of Abraham, God asked him to get circumcised, imagine what He would ask from us nowadays?

Collaborated by: Pr Walber Barboza