Sex and the Single Person

Fornication and adultery are rampant in this country.  Millions of college kids believe that being in college is a license to have sex with as many people as possible.  Love and commitment have NOTHING to do with it.  High School kids are saying they are being harassed and ridiculed if they are 15 or 16 and are still virgins.  They report that the peer pressure is enormous.

Meanwhile, Americans who are married are reporting that a large percentage are having sex with others besides their spouse.

I was discussing this with an older gentleman who has spent 70 years attending his local Lutheran church and his comment regarding all this un-biblical sex was, 'I'm pretty sure God has a lot bigger concerns than what men are doing with their penises."

Of course this also applies to his new beliefs (which have evolved) on men having anal sex with other men.

Tragic.

Today we read Pastor Greg Laurie's devotional on this topic which I will post below.

SEX AND TH SINGLE PERSON

God's will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.
—1 Thessalonians 4:3

Sex and the single person can be summed up in one word: no. Am I saying that a single person can’t have sex? Exactly. More importantly, that is what God is saying. Sex is not bad; it has been created by God. But there is a proper place for it, and that place is not outside of the marriage relationship.

Someone might say, “Well, Greg, that is your interpretation, and I think it’s very narrow. My God is loving and wants me to express myself. My God says it is okay for me to have sex with my boyfriend.”

Actually, I don’t dispute that. I would just say her God is not the same as the God of Bible. She has another god, and I guarantee that god won’t save her. The God of the Bible very clearly says this about sex: “God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin” (1 Thessalonians 4:3 NLT). Hebrews 13:4 says, “Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery” (NLT). And Proverbs 5:15 says, “Drink water from your own well—share your love only with your wife” (NLT).

Outside of its proper context, sex can be extremely destructive spiritually and even physically. That’s why there is no such thing as a so-called “one-night fling.” People will say that it didn’t mean anything. It means a lot. And the reason it means a lot is because when you enter into a sexual union with someone, you effectively become one flesh with them (see 1 Corinthians 6:15–16).

There is always a way out of temptation, and sometimes it’s as simple as the door. Flee temptation and don’t leave a forwarding address.

As you look around America and see the explosion of sexual perversion, pornography, adultery and fornication while at the same time seeing how folks are openly rejecting God's Word, Jesus Christ....it becomes one more reason why we shouldn't be surprised if the trumpet were to blow sometime soon.