In the beginning. Sex.
How we got here.
Warning: PG13 content below
Sex was God’s glorious idea.
Contrary to cultural stereotypes, the holy scripture and real Jesus followers are not anti-sex. In fact, the profound truth is that God actually came up with the idea for a sexual encounter between the first man and first woman.
Porn reduced sex to a relationship with your hand.
Sex was never meant to be a solo experience. Masturbating to imagery on a screen reduces human sexuality to little more than self-manipulation, which is settling for far less than the greater intentions of our amazing Creator.
The Jesus sex ethic.
Men and women are image-bearers of God.
The body is a holy temple from God.
Sex is for family creation, intimacy and pleasure in a marriage relationship.
Love is an emotional, relational and holy experience.
Life finds meaning when we give ourselves away to others.
Jesus is the ultimate source of God’s inexhaustible love.
The culture sex ethic.
Men and women are nothing more than instinctive creatures.
The body is accidental and therefore without real purpose.
Sex is for basically a pursuit of personal pleasure.
Love is a feeling or desire, that comes and goes.
Marriage is simply a practical construct.
Life is a constant striving for one’s own happiness.
Ever watched Jaws backwards?
People who think porn is harmless are the same people who watch Jaws backwards and believe it is a heartwarming story about a shark who gives arms and legs to disabled people.
Statistics are now showing that pornography is becoming a primary cause for divorce, sexual violence, erectile dysfunction, depression, addiction issues, loneliness, reality distortion, self-shaming and the commoditization of both men and women.
The two endings around the corner.
The writer of Proverbs warns us, “The grave and destruction can never be full, so the eyes of man can never be satisfied.” Lust is a slave to the law of diminishing returns. What gratified a man yesterday, will demand more from him tomorrow.
If you find yourself in slavery to pornography or sexual vice, sooner rather than later, you will face one of two endings.
The death of all that really matters. Or resurrection.
Ready for Resurrection?
Dear friend,
Jesus completely delivered me from a lifetime of sexual addiction. I’m in my tenth year without relapse. But that’s not the point.
For me — the point was never to find the power to quit. The point was this — to start living a life of utter joy, profound abundance, with real meaning!
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