Appealing Orange
1 Cor 6:13
Illustration
by Michael P. Green

You can usually get a large audience together to watch a striptease. There is no question about it, a lot of people would come to watch a woman undress on the stage, thus indulging and misusing their sexual appetites.

Now suppose you visited a country where an auditorium is packed to the walls with people watching, not a girl undressing, but a guy walking out with a big tray covered with a veil. Then music begins to play, lights begin to flash, and all of a sudden, after some rather enticing maneuvers, the veil is lifted and there on the tray is an orange. Next, in a teasing way, the fellow begins to peel the orange while the crowd goes wild! Wouldn’t you think that in this country something had gone wrong with the people’s appetite for food?

The Bible clearly speaks regarding the proper use of the body. In 1 Corinthians 6, Paul says, “The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord.” And yet, what happens in our society? The body is distorted to the place of perversion!

Baker Books, 1500 Illustrations for Biblical Preaching, by Michael P. Green