Romans 6:13-19
13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. 15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
Our obedience to God is not just a mental assent, but should involve our bodies as well. What the ESV translates as "members" in verse 13 and 19 is translated as "parts of your body" in NIV. So what this is saying is to offer the parts of our bodies to God. Note that this is not just a command to not sin with our bodies, but a proactive call to offer our bodies, including the sexual parts of our bodies, to God. I admit that it feels awkward to think of God even noticing my sexual organ, but He created our bodies, and He wants to be in control of my sexual organ as well as my mind.
God, I offer you control of my penis.
13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. 15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
Our obedience to God is not just a mental assent, but should involve our bodies as well. What the ESV translates as "members" in verse 13 and 19 is translated as "parts of your body" in NIV. So what this is saying is to offer the parts of our bodies to God. Note that this is not just a command to not sin with our bodies, but a proactive call to offer our bodies, including the sexual parts of our bodies, to God. I admit that it feels awkward to think of God even noticing my sexual organ, but He created our bodies, and He wants to be in control of my sexual organ as well as my mind.
God, I offer you control of my penis.