q God says: “Keep yourself pure” (1 Timothy 5:22). Can you go to this dance and still obey this commandment? Will you be able to keep your words, thoughts and actions pure?
q Will going to this dance increase or decrease your influence? Remember, you are supposed to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world (Matthew 5:13-16). (Hint: I know quite a few people who will think less of you).
q God says: “Be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12). Can you go to this dance and still be this kind of example?
q Is it possible that your actions on the dance floor could become a stumbling block to someone else? In other words, is it possible that you could cause someone to lust? Keep in mind what Jesus said about one who causes others to sin: “It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea” (Matthew 18:6-7).
q Is it possible that you could lust yourself, and if you do, would that be wrong? (Matthew 5:28).
q God says: “Make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts” (Romans 13:14). Does dancing provide an opportunity for the flesh?
q “Lasciviousness” (KJV) or “licentiousness” (NKJV) is listed in Galatians 5:19 as “a work of the flesh.” You may not be real familiar with this word, so here are some phrases included in the definition of this word: “absence of restraint, indecency, wanton acts or manners, such as filthy words, indecent bodily movements, unchaste handling of males and females” (Vine and Thayer). Now, think about the dance—the environment, the language, the clothing, the actual dancing—will all of this promote or reduce the opportunities for lasciviousness?
q God says: “Flee…youthful lusts” (2 Timothy 2:22). Are you really running away from youthful lusts when you go to a dance?
q God says: “Resist the devil” (James 4:7). Is this your idea of resisting the devil—going to a dance?
q God says, “Do not give the devil an opportunity” (Ephesians 4:27). Will going to this dance give or deprive the devil an opportunity?
q Do you remember the story about Joseph and Potiphar’s wife? When she tried to get him to have sexual relations with him, he adamantly refused, going so far as to run away from her (Genesis 39:7-12). Would it have been okay for him to say, “I can’t do that, but why don’t we dance together?”
q Would David have maintained his purity if he had danced with Bathsheba instead of going to bed with her? (2 Samuel 11:1-4).
q How does this sound to you? “Put on your homecoming (or prom) dress, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11, reworded).
q God says: “Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires” (Galatians 5:24). Will going to this dance keep these desires buried or bring them back to life?
q Are you absolutely convinced that this is the right thing to do? Do you have any doubts at all? (Please read Romans 14:23).
q If you were motivated solely by a desire to please God (2 Cor. 5:9)—not yourself or others—would you still go to this dance?
q If Jesus comes again while you’re at this dance, will you face Him with confidence, or with shame (1 John 2:28)?