Nelson De Los Santos Supporter

I guess you misunderstood “gentleman’s club”. 

What or how were you lured in to such a place can be explained in Scripture - which says in James 1:14-16 14: But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it has run its course, brings forth death. 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters.

It seems to me that you ran out of there before Satan could have inflicted severe damage. I don’t know how old you are, your culture, or what were you thinking at that moment? 

One thing I know for sure. Satan is always scheming the destruction of all believers and I’m glad that as James 5:16 says: 

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

I’m almost sure: that you have asked The Lord for forgiveness and if you have, please fully accept His forgiveness and don’t allow the enemy to engulf you in shame and guilt. 

Next time discern biblically. What you called curiosity in this specific instant the scripture calls lust. I highly recommend for men the Book of Proverbs as it shields us and protect us from lust and its destructiveness. 

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. (Proverbs 4:23)

Jesus is coming!

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Tim Maas Supporter Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

I would say that only the questioner can speak as to what he saw with his eyes, or what he felt in his heart. If the questioner believes that the circumstances of the club caused him to look at one or more women with purely lustful intent, then he should confess that to God and seek His forgiveness. On the other hand, if (as the questioner seems to imply) he acted only on an explanation of the club's procedures, upon which he sought to remove himself from that setting, lust would not enter into consideration. However, in either case, I would say that the individual would not have committed a sin that is outside the realm of God's mercy.

(The questioner's experience can also serve as a cautionary tale to be fully informed about an environment or location before exposing oneself to it, or considering such exposure.)

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Mark Vestal Supporter Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!

The heavyiness that we experience in guilt is a weapon of spiritual bondage that Satan uses to attack our faith in what Christ completed at the cross for us:

2 Cor 5:19-21
"To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."

God removed sin from the world through the shed blood of Jesus Christ at the cross. Does this mean that we can no longer 'sin'? No, but it does mean that God is no longer judging the sins that we commit (knowingly or unknowingly). That is what He did through Christ. Christ, who "was made to be sin for us", took our guilt, pain, anguish, suffering, etc... with Him to the cross. Satan, however, does not want us to recognize this as truth. The reason is because it is how we become spiritually 'freed' from his bondage once realized. We recognize God's forgiveness at the cross and are then set free from the guilt and shame that Satan traps us with. It is what it means to "be ye reconciled to God", and "obedient to the faith", to "believe".

Opposite to Satan's "ministers of righteousness", who would have us assume the heavy guilt and shame of our iniquities, and burden us with works of righteousness of ourselves...before God will forgive us, God's "ministers of reconciliation" are appointed to rebuke that "lie" of Satan, and rather tell the world that they were forgiven at the cross. They are freed from the heavy pain of guilt that they carry when they believe this. Christ, and Him crucifed for us, is THE truth that shall truly set us free. Belief is what then 'lightens the load' of the sinner, and it is to have this salvific faith that will please God.

God does not recognize our own self-righteous efforts for the forgiveness of our sins. He wants us to recognize His righteousness for us, as is seen through Christ on the cross, The Light that shines unto the world:

Romans 10:1-3
"Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth."

Live in peace, brother...knowing with certainty that God already forgave us all at the cross.

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