“I do not know if you are a man..but men testify that if a woman in a bikini walks by them they have sexual thoughts.. they were not LOOKING for that thought ..it is just there..”
Yes, but the man also does not have to continue to feed his lusts afterwards as well. I am one, so I can tell you that much.
The difference between lookin’ and lustin’ is thinkin’. It’s OK to appreciate but not anticipate or participate.
It's the continual feeding that crosses the line. Even having the initial thought is not lust. It can be nothing more than a thought planted by the devil.
That's what makes temptation so hard. It's that you get blindsided by it.
Psalm 19:12-13
Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me!
Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.
Jesus taught us a great lesson when tempted in the wilderness on hos to deal with temptation. It shows the value of knowing, REALLY knowing Scripture.
So how long do you have to look and “think “before it is a sin of Lust?? 20 seconds? twenty five seconds? a minute? What is your level of looking BEFORE it becomes a sin?
Can it be lust in say 5 seconds?