The Lie of I’m Not Hurting Anyone | 1 Corinthians 6:15-17

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Our text today is 1 Corinthians 6:15-17.

We live in a world that treats sexual sin like it’s harmless, private, and victimless. People defend themselves with one sentence that sounds so innocent: “I’m not hurting anyone.”

Paul destroys that myth in three verses. Because if you are in Christ… your body belongs to Christ. And if your body belongs to Christ… your choices involve Christ. Paul doesn’t ease into the point. He detonates it.

“Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!” — 1 Corinthians 6:15

He’s saying: When you use your body for sexual sin, you drag Jesus into it. Not metaphorically. Not symbolically. Literally. Because your body is a member of Christ. A limb of Christ. A temple of Christ. Your sin isn’t private. Your choices aren’t isolated. Your actions don’t happen in a vacuum. Sex isn’t casual — it’s union.

“For, as it is written, ‘The two will become one flesh.’” — 1 Corinthians 6:16

When you join your body to someone in a sinful way — whether that’s porn, adultery, hookups, sexting, cohabitation, or any form of sexual immorality — you’re not just touching sin. You’re uniting with it. Sex fuses. Sex bonds. Sex creates spiritual attachments. And if you belong to Christ, every competing union wounds you, warps you, and pulls you away from the One you’re meant to be joined to.

“But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.” — 1 Corinthians 6:17

That’s why the myth of “I’m not hurting anyone” is so toxic. You’re hurting your own soul. You’re hurting your fellowship with Christ. You’re hurting your spiritual integrity. Sin never stays in one place. Sin always spreads. Sin always hurts.

Christ doesn’t expose this to shame you. He exposes it to heal you. To restore you. To call you back to the union your soul was made for. Because when you’re joined to Christ… you don’t join yourself to anything that tears you away from Him.

DO THIS:

Identify one area where you’ve believed the lie “I’m not hurting anyone,” and bring it into the light before God.

ASK THIS:

1. Where have I convinced myself my private choices don’t affect my relationship with Christ?
2. What union—physical, digital, emotional, or mental—do I need to break?
3. How is the Spirit calling me back to deeper oneness with Christ?

PRAY THIS:

Father, expose every lie I’ve believed about sin being harmless. Remind me that my body belongs to Christ and my choices matter. Give me the courage to break false unions and cling to the One who redeemed me. Amen.

PLAY THIS:

“You are Holy”