Sexual Purity In An X-Rated Culture Series

There were a few protestors who showed up with signs and stood in front of the Troup Highway Store. In a photo in the Tyler Morning Telegraph, one of the protestors was holding a sign that basically said: “What Jesus said about same-sex marriage…” And the rest of the sign was left blank. Communicating, in that person’s opinion, that Jesus was silent about homosexuality and same sex-marriage. That protestor had a right to express his opinion, but when he misquoted my best friend, I felt the need to correct him. So I posted that picture on Facebook. I simply stated that when the Pharisees asked Jesus a question about divorce, He took the opportunity to give His definition of marriage. He said, “At the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’” (Matthew 19:4-5) Jesus was quoting Genesis 1:27. That’s the red pill. That’s the reality many people in America ignore.

While we’re talking about marriage, it’s not just a matter of male and female. God’s plan is one woman for one man until death parts them. Western Civilization has been influenced by Judeo-Christian morality. But in other parts of the world, there are different definitions of marriage. For instance, Islam teaches that a man can have as many as four wives, and loyalty is required only from the wives to the husband, not from the husband to the wives. For instance, in Egypt all a man has to do to marry wives numbered two through four is submit their names to the registry. When I was in Saudi Arabia, I learned that wealthy Saudi men often fly to Thailand and marry a girl for twenty-four hours, and then divorce her. The Chief Imam endorses that practice.

Of course, some men in the Old Testament had multiple wives. Solomon had a thousand wives, but the Bible says his wives turned his heart from God. But from the beginning, God’s plan was one man and one woman. God gave Adam only one wife. And by the time of the New Testament, one man married to one woman became the standard. Leaders in the church are to be husbands of one wife, and in Ephesians 5 Paul wrote, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church.” (Ephesians 5:25)

That’s the second red truth pill. God created sex to be shared only between a husband and wife.

3. ANY SEXUAL ACT OUTSIDE MARRIAGE IS SINFUL

Just this past week, people living alongside the Mississippi River had to evacuate their homes because the river flooded beyond its banks and caused extensive flooding. That area has been declared a disaster area. A river is a beautiful thing until it breaks beyond its barriers.

Sex is like a powerful river. It’s a beautiful thing, when it is kept within the boundaries of marriage. But when it goes beyond God’s barriers, the result is always disaster.

The Bible speaks clearly about the destructive nature of sexual sin. Paul wrote, “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)