God & Sexuality by Janet Boynes

Author:Janet Boynes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harrison House Publishers
Published: 2016-10-27T00:00:00+00:00

Part 5

The Church

Chapter 15

Sexual Sin Is Sin, Right?

God created sex for our enjoyment. A sexual relationship is to be enjoyed within the context of a man and woman united in a marriage (covenant) relationship with God. He set this limit to protect us because when we step out of the boundary God created for sex, we step into sexual sin.

In our culture today, we are seeing a change in attitude about what constitutes sexual sin. There does not seem to be a clear definition. By that I mean that the church does not seem to have a moral compass of what sexual sin is, let alone preach it from the pulpits, or stand up for it in the mainstream culture and media.

What about the issue of legalizing same-sex marriage? There are those who believe it can lead to other types of “marriage” relationships: an uncle and a niece, a pedophile and a child etc. I know, it all sounds far-fetched, but look where we are at today. Is it so hard to believe?

We can take this even further with the transgender movement. Will there even be a male/female gender to identify with in the next generation? The snowball starts out small but moves steadily into a full blown avalanche in society’s understanding of God’s human design. We must stand up and uphold God’s Holy standard—sexual sin is sin!

What is going on? The enemy of our soul knows exactly what is going on; he is behind it all. What better way to deceive people than having sin not be considered an issue anymore? It exploits the grace message in that we can do what we want as Christians since there will always be God’s grace. Today it appears that there is no longer any need for God’s grace since there is nothing that some Christians feel we even need to be sorry for anymore.

I suppose there are many reasons why people fall into the trap of sexual sin, but simply, it is about intimacy. God wants fellowship and intimacy with man. That is why He created us. We want that with each other. False intimacy is better than no intimacy, right? Wrong! It is a spiritual issue. James 1:14-15 says, “Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death” (NLT).

When our desires are to seek after God, we are on the right track. When our desires are to seek after our own selfish wants, we are led into sin. It is a serious matter, as sin keeps us from fellowship with God and potentially out of the Kingdom forever. Yes, God still loves the sinner, but only through His redemption plan are we, as sinners, able to be saved by His grace. Only then can we be in right standing with Him again.

There is a tendency in the Christian church to focus on homosexuality as the one and only sexual sin that God judges or even pays any attention to.

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