What many people fail to realize is
that a marriage between a man and a woman is the only acceptable place for
human sexuality. Of course, this is from a biblical worldview that points us to
God and His design for marriage according to His written word. This stands contrary
to what the world tells us. Co-habitation before marriage is on the rise and
marriage holds very little value among heterosexual couples. On the other side, homosexual unions seek to
redefine the marriage as not just between a man and a woman. These homosexual
couples seek to marry and have made every effort to impress to make this a
reality. A side note: Anyone (specifically those with a biblical worldview) who
disagrees with this agenda is intolerant and unloving.
A few presuppositions need to be
addressed here. One, there is a God who created man in His image and therefore
sets boundaries of how we perceive human sexuality. The second is that He has a
reason for the human sexuality defined as He sees it. Before we go any further,
we also need to understand that the Holy Bible is God’s word written by people
under the power of the Holy Spirit. This is not an argument for the validity of
the Bible or God, this is an argument for the definition of human sexuality and
how it pertains to humanity.
The very first definition of
humanity is in the book of Genesis.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them.
We see in this one passage that God
created man in His image. He created them male and female. This is simple
enough. Everyone alive knows if he or she is a male or female. Our human
sexuality is an objective reality that we are either male or female. Therefore,
a man cannot sexually be a woman and a woman cannot sexually be a man. It is an
objective reality.
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto
them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over
every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
God, the creator of man and woman blessed them. In Genesis 1:31 it says:
And God saw every thing that he
had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were
the sixth day.
Therefore, God blessed this creation of male and female,
commanded that they be fruitful, and multiply. God called this good. This is
where we see that human sexuality is essential in procreation. A human life can
only come from the sperm of a male and the egg of a female. This is a
scientific proof, which not only proves that life originates from this process
but it also proves that any termination of this process results in the end of
this life. Abortion is the common term we use for the definition of terminating
a pregnancy.
Abortion and life in the womb is not under question here,
the fact that human sexuality creates life is. God called this process of
procreation good.
Now that we know that God called
procreation good we can see further in his word that the union of male and
female through a one-flesh covenant is good.
Genesis 2:20 And Adam gave names
to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but
for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he
slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a
woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my
flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and
shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
God provided a suitable helper for
man when He created woman from the man’s rib. If we know that all God created
was good, we see in verse 24 that God designed that a man and woman would join
to become one flesh. Nearly anyone who reads the Bible points to this verse of
God’s definition of marriage. The Lord Jesus Christ also spoke of the one–flesh
union. In Matthew (19:4-6) and Mark (10:6-9) the Lord Jesus Christ said that
from the beginning, God created man and woman and they were joined to become
one-flesh that no man may separate. The man (Adam) also makes a vow of marriage (vs23) in God's sight...These verses speak volumes in terms of the
covenant of marriage. These verses also point to the beginning of creation.
These verses also speak to the importance of sexuality is only reserved for
this union.
God never said we were born
heterosexual, homosexual, transsexual, or no sexual. Sexuality on man’s term is
based in the desires of the flesh. God
said that we were created either male or female and that the only viable sexual
situation is between a man and woman in the one-flesh covenant of marriage.
Therefore, any sexual activity other than between married couples is a direct
assault against the truth of His word. The Lord Jesus Christ summed this up in
two verses.
Matthew 5: 27Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not commit adultery:
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust
after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Lust is the beginning of sin. We think sin in our heart before
we act it out. The Lord Jesus Christ says we sin when we lust for something
even though we did not act it that lust out. Therefore, any sexual thought that
is not within the confines of marriage is sin. This speaks volumes against the
acts of masturbation, fornication, homosexuality or sexually immorality. This
is saying your very thought becomes sin and acting these thoughts calls for a
need to repent.
In conclusion, it is time to point to the grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ. The word of God tells us that the heart of a man is
desperately wicked. The truth of God’s word points to us that human sexuality
is only reserved for the union of marriage between a man and a woman. Anytime
we deviate from the truth we enter into sin. Repentance of sin and trust in the
Lord Jesus Christ is the only way we receive the Holy Spirit. It is the power
of the Spirit that helps us to live in abundant life in Christ. We have a Spirit inside that directs us to a
Christ-filled life because we are reconciled to the Father. We simply cannot fulfill
the lusts of the flesh if we are in prayer with the Deliverer.
Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall
not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the
Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the
other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Repent of sexual sin and believe the Good News of the Lord
Jesus Christ!
Romans 5:18 Therefore as by the
offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the
righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of
life.
19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by
the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But
where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign
through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
In Christ’s love,
Neil
2 comments:
So according to God's unadulterated Word what exists between a couple where one was or both were married before & at least one former/first/original/Covenant spouse of that couple is still living is NOT love but LUST. It is a sad & HELL-bound state of affairs for that couple & the ONLY way out of this on-going sin as commanded by God for the couple is to repent of that sin of ADULTERY & forsake - LEAVE that relationship & remain single or be reconciled with his/her Covenant spouse.
"Lust is the beginning of sin. We think sin in our heart before we act it out." ADULTERY is NOT a reason for the end of a marriage & a reason for divorce..that is what the Word of God says..NOWHERE in the Bible does it say that adultery ENDS a marriage...say if adultery ends a marriage...when would a marriage then end...at the time a person looks at another & desires him/her in way that can only be described as ungodly thinking or when a physical coming together of the 2 people concerned happens? I believe that this is one reason (because this is so "grey" an area & subjective) God does NOT accept adultery as a reason for divorce. Anyway, if God has forgiven our sins as far as the East is from the West who are we to not forgive our adulterous spouses whether the sin has been committed for a night or has been on-going for years? Adulterous spouses need to repent & forsake & LEAVE their adulterous relationships...& remain single or reconcile with their Covenant spouse..
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