WHY CAN'T I ALLOW HER PASS THE NIGHT IN MY ROOM?

Balogun John Seyifunmi

 

A lady informed me one day that she

Was coming to pay me a visit. I told her she's

welcomed and that I would be expecting

her.

Then she said, 'I will be sleeping over o'. I

replied no problem, that I will make arrangement

with one of my fellowship

sisters or my neighbour so she could put

up with any of them for the night. She said she

wouldn't like that. Then I

asked to know what she wanted, she said

she would like to stay in my room.

I told her it won't be possible because I

don't allow ladies pass the night in my

room except they are in group of two, three, etc. in

which case I will leave the

room for them.

She told me it doesn't matter now and

that she's not having any ulterior motive;

and that she will ensure nothing happens. I replied

her and said, it really does

matter. Number one reason is that I am

representing Christ in my environment.

Will Jesus be in the same room overnight

with a lady He is not married to? Let

assume nothing happened, what do we tell or how

do we convince people that

sees the two of us come out from the

same room the following morning.

Definitely that's an appearance of evil that

the Bible instructs us to abstain from. Secondly, let

assume we didn't touch

each other in the night, will our hearts still

remain pure? Won't it be filled with lustful

thoughts? What then was my response? I told her

all

those things I described above. At this

point, she was bored. Then she decided

she wasn't going to come again if I won't

allow her sleep in my room. I replied and

said that's OK by me, she may not bother to

come. That was not the first experience I've had

over the years. The temptation comes in

aliquot. But one thing had kept me; I will

not do anything I'm convinced Christ will

not do. 

Cohabitation is very common among

campus people these days, even among

brothers and sisters in the church. Allowing a lady

who is not yet your wife to

pass the night in the same room with you

is like tempting the Devil to destroy you. It

is like scoring a goal for the other team. Sister,

allowing 'Bro' to sleep in the same

room with you is one of the signs of

compromise of virtue and backsliding. Let's keep

the standard high. Holiness of

heart and life is still the key into the

kingdom of Heaven. Being engaged is not the

same as being

married. He's not authorised to touch your

body until he has paid your bride price. The

beginning of backsliding is little little

compromise. Let's hold on. Purity pays for

life and eternity. I've made up my mind to be a

Christian, I

mean a Christian... Not an hypocrite!

What about you?