Sex
Sex
Heterosexual sexual activity, within a monogamous heterosexual marriage, was planned, designed, and made by God, that is clear from Gen 2.
“And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 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. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” Gen 2:22-25
Sex within a heterosexual monogamous marriage is good, healthy, and fun.
“Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.” Pro 5:18-19
Sex outside that boundary, meaning sex with someone other than your spouse, whether heterosexual or same sex, may please the flesh or the emotions, but since that is against God’s plan and design, it is sin, it is breaking his law, and is also harmful emotionally and mentally; the mechanics work, but it fouls us up as a person.
Here the argument of design in important. God designed our bodies. If you are an Evolutionist, you reject that statement, but think of the principle of “Irreducible Complexity:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_complexity
“Irreducible complexity (IC) is the argument that certain biological systems with multiple interacting parts would not function if one of the parts were removed, so supposedly could not have evolved by successive small modifications from earlier less complex systems through natural selection, which would need all intermediate precursor systems to have been fully functional.”
And with sex, you have 2 complimentary systems, the male and the female, having to evolve simultaneously, and have those 2 people, that one male and that one female, living at the same time and in the same place; isn't that a bit much to ask us to believe? Evolution is a system based on faith! It is asking me to believe that something came from nothing, by itself, with no designer or maker.
Whereas the Christian says, “God designed our bodies for sex for heterosexual sex, and marriage as the venue.”
I think very few people would argue against the statement that the two parts, the male and the female, fit together perfectly and work quite well, resulting not only in pro-creation, but also mental and emotion and physical health and enjoyment!
Here is a book that speaks to this, the title tells it all “Intended for Pleasure” written by a Christian doctor, Dr. Ed Wheat.
https://archive.org/details/intendedforpleas00whea
But the topic of this Blog, is that same-sex sexual activity is not what God wants, as evidenced by the way he designed our bodies.
Think of a spoon and a hammer. You can use a spoon to bang a nail into wood, and you can use the claws of a hammer to shovel food into your mouth, BUT don’t they each work much better if they are used for what they are designed for: a spoon for eating, and a hammer’s claws for extracting nails, and it’s head for hammering nails.
If we consider our bodies, by simply looking at them, we have to conclude they were designed for heterosexual sex.
“Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.”
Gen 2:19-20
God brings the animals to Adam to name, and while doing that, Adam clearly sees males and females (this is crystal clear in land mammals), and his desire for a companion is stirred up.
Note in Gen 2, first God says “it is not good for the man to be alone,” and then he brings the animals to Adam to name. Of course God knew he was going to make Eve for Adam, he wanted Adam to feel the need for a partner, a female; and that is what happened, Adam sees the animals, and wants a wife, not just for sex, but a partner, a compliment to himself.
So God made a partner for Adam, a perfect fit for him, a female, not a male. God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.
Same-sex sex is using our bodies in a way not intended by the designer and creator; like using a circular power saw to cut our steak! Of course you can engage in same-sex sex, but then he as the maker has the perfect right to say, “You are not using these the way I designed them to be used, the warranty is null and void.”
Every company does the same with the machines they make; they design the machine, and give instructions for its proper use, use in accordance with the design, the intended use, and warnings against using it improperly, and statements voiding of warranty if it is not used as the manufacturer intended for it to be used.
Our bodies were designed for heterosexual sex, using them in any other way, which can indeed be done, is to go against the designed purpose, and voids the warranty.
God as the creator, has the right to say that to us; he has the right to tell us how to use the bodies he made.
Don’t shoot me the messenger. You have the right to not like what I am saying, but you then need to tell me the bible does not support what I am saying, by showing places in the bible that supports your position? A place that contradicts what I am saying?
That is the question: What does God say? The bible is where he tells us what he wants us to know, and throughout the bible heterosexual sex, within a heterosexual monogamous marriage is set forth as God’s plan, and anything other than that is said to be wrong.
Consider the below verses:
“Therefore God gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves.” Rom 1:24
“For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged the natural function for what is against nature. Likewise the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men with men doing that which is shameful, a and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.” Rom 1:26-27
“And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not proper. They were filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, …” Rom 1:28-29
“Dishonor their bodies among themselves.”
“Dishonorable passions”
“Exchanged natural function, for that which is against nature.”
“Doing things that are shameful”
“Debased mind, doing things which are not proper”
That is the manufacture telling us what he thinks when we violate his design and ignore his instructions, by engaging in same-sex sexual activity.
If you are struggling with same-sex behavior, there are groups and people who have walked that road, but are now free.
The promise of God is forgiveness upon repentance, he delights to show mercy to penitent sinners, and he offers life and transforming power by the Holy Spirit.
He is The Living God, the Omnipotent, he can free you.
13 July 2024