It makes my stomach turn seeing how much sex is thrown in our faces. Sexual appeal of actual sex in placed in movies to spice it up. We have easy access to porn via Internet and now, becoming more popular, in written form. We are no longer told abstinence is the answer, but encourage people, especially young ones, to wait for someone special or be careful and safe. Seriously? The most ridiculous argument I heard the other day was this was the best measure to reduce teen pregnancy. Once again I ask, seriously?!
Why has staying pure become to outdated in a world filled with AIDS, HIV, STDS and unplanned pregnancies? Is it simply because we hear from others in an authority position that we should wait, so our automatic response is to rebel? When I encourage young people to stay pure until marriage, it’s not because I’m trying to keep them from enjoying something. On the contrary, I’m encouraging them to wait because I know to enjoyment and satisfaction that comes from waiting.
We seem to forget that God created sex! God created this world for our enjoyment, and when He created Eve for Adam, He wanted them to find enjoyment together. God knew sex was more than just to procreate; He wanted husbands and wives to have an intimacy that is to be shared with no one else. When sex is taken outside of marriage, things get messy and complicate. You create a soul connection with that person, and don’t use the excuse that there are no strings attached. Attachment is made whether you acknowledge or not.
So this is why I encourage those who are not married to wait till they are married. As Christians, we do it out of an act of obedience. When we accept Christ into our life, we are to do our best to live like Jesus and no longer sin. Sex outside of marriage is a sin, plain and simple. And it’s a sin against your own body. When we commit other sins, it is usually against another person. Let’s see what the bible says.
1 Corinthians 6:16-20 from The Message
There’s more to sex than mere skin on skin. Sex is as much spiritual mystery as physical fact. As written in Scripture, “The two become one.” Since we want to become spiritually one with the Master, we must not pursue the kind of sex that avoids commitment and intimacy, leaving us more lonely than ever—the kind of sex that can never “become one.” There is a sense in which sexual sins are different from all others. In sexual sin we violate the sacredness of our own bodies, these bodies that were made for God-given and God-modeled love, for “becoming one” with another. Or didn’t you realize that your body is a sacred place, the place of the Holy Spirit? Don’t you see that you can’t live however you please, squandering what God paid such a high price for? The physical part of you is not some piece of property belonging to the spiritual part of you. God owns the whole works. So let people see God in and through your body.
Wow. I love this version because it put it into such a different perspective for me. Our bodies are a temple, that house the Holy Spirit. How dare we defile it by indulging in sexual immorality. We need to strive for keeping our bodies pure until we become one, which happens on your wedding night. You may have attachment or our connected to someone when you have sex outside of marriage, but you truly are not one and it can cause you to be lonelier. I can’t speak much for having sex outside of marriage on a personal level since I did wait, but those that I have spoken to have given me lots of insight. They will be the first to tell you to wait. And that sex in marriage is actually much more enjoyable than any sex you can have out of it.
So sweet girls, don’t allow this world to pollute your minds with sexual immorality. Instead, follow after your Father God and have a pure heart, pure mind, and pure body. The blessings and enjoyment you will receive in waiting…well, it’s worth the wait. And that’s coming from personal experience.
