We live in a world of seemingly maniacal hedonistic pursuits. The deification of sensual pleasure is truly in great augmentation in todays world. Sadly, pleasure has taken priority over heart relationship with the Creator in many cases today. Let me give some background.
Man has always been a lover of sensual pleasure because God has created us to be able to enjoy the 5 senses.
Sensual pleasure in and of itself is a good gift from God, the body and the five physical senses, are not evil in the Christian world view. Its only when incorrect priorities cause pleasure to be exalted above obedience to Gods Word that pleasure becomes a problem to us.
The Bible clearly teaches that man and woman were made to complement or complete each other. God created marriage and sexual union as the deepest and most enriching form of human relationship. In fact, the New Testament teaches that the marriage relationship between a man and woman, is a symbol of Christ and His relationship to His Church.
The Scripture even calls the Church the Bride of Christ and Christ is depicted as the Heavenly Bridegroom. The deep spiritual, mental, emotional and physical intimacy experienced between a husband and wife is of a tremendously poignant and climactic nature. It is deeply fulfilling and enriching for both man and woman when entered into according the manufacturers (Gods) instructions.
Ephesians 5:31 Amplified
31For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
32This mystery is very great, but I speak concerning [the relation of] Christ and the church
The deeply engaging worship of a true believer in a heart covenant with the God of the Universe, also, spiritually speaking, experiences a close spiritual parallel of the earthly marriage covenant.
A stupendous, scintillating, vibrant and relentlessly enriching Spiritual intercourse
takes place when a believer enters into true worship. God and man (His Bride) co mingle in an amazing Close Encounter of the Ultimate kind between Divinity and humanity. God gets close and personal in the Spiritual sense and allows us to have the paramount interactive intimacy in His Power, Love and Presence in a Glorious climactic anointing that brings release to our heart and soul.
The Christian covenant is a blood covenant between the Bridegroom (Christ) and His Bride (The Church.) Christ shed His Blood at the Cross guaranteeing the open door to Eternal Intimacy with Him (Heaven)
The Marriage covenant of sexual union is also a Blood Covenant that binds a man and woman in intimacy for life when done according to Gods instructions. The miracle of Christ is that even a husband and wife who have had a history of past sexual promiscuity with other partners can be restored to Spiritual virginity and experience the benefits of a blood covenant even if the womans hymen is no longer intact. God loves sinners , which includes all of us and He has found a way through The Cross to make us all brand new people when we come to Him through Jesus.
Many people today think that the Judeo Christian Most High God is anti sexual pleasure and is out to spoil peoples fun in this department. Nothing could be further from the truth. God created sexual intimacy for our joy fulfillment and pleasure as well as to propagate mankind. Sex is meant to be the celebration of the marriage covenant.
God is a Father and He is always desiring to bless His Children and give them a magnificent future. I heard someone say recently that except for the existence of sin in mans genetic code that God would never have had to be serious about anything.
God would have loved to just play and bless His kids ad infinitum but sin required serious and grave measures in order to create a great future for mankind if they will act on His Word.
Sex is the most powerful driving force in mans life next to emergency self preservation. It can be compared to fire or electricity or nuclear energy to power generators. Fire or electricity is very good and positive to warm and cook and produce light with when handled correctly according to safety codes.
We wouldnt dream of allowing bare live electric wires to dangle dangerously out of our walls. No, we insulate and handle power or fire with great care and obey government safety regulations as we know this is positive and good for all of us.
God has put regulations around sexual energy also for our own safety, not to rain on our parade as it were. We light fires in our house only in the designated fireplace, that is designed to safely handle fire. Marriage is like a fireplace, it is the place God has designed to handle the huge firelike power of human sexuality. We wouldnt dream of lighting a fire on the carpet in our living room, it would be madness. In God eyes, promiscuous sex is also damaging foolishness, as casual relationships are not up to His code requirements to handle the tremendous power of sexual relationships and often resulting children born from them.
So if we do it Gods way, not only will we have fun and pleasure, we will have safe homes to handle the power and children released from sexual union. (Not to menton the health benefits)
The safest, sexiest and most enjoyable place in the world is marriage and family.
The whole playboy rock and roll philosophy is a counterfeit that falls apart.
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Well said Paul. It is SO sad that people in the world entirely miss the point when we try and explain God's attitude to sex according to His Word. And if we don't use His Word as our guide, then really anything goes. He gave us the manual for our blessing and guidance, and as you say, if we believe Him and follow it, our lives will be abundantly blessed.
ReplyDeleteYour analogy of fire and electricity is powerful and so on the point. Sex is a powerful force that can actually result in our participating in the birth of a new human being, and yet we are told by this modern world that it is nothing more than a recreational activity.
We devalue this precious gift of life and our own sexuality because we don't want to be seen as prudish. Let us hope and pray that young believers today are not deceived by the world's counterfeits, but rather are prepared to trust God's Word and insist on the very best for themselves, marriage and family as God intended it.