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SEX, SINFUL OR SANCTIONED?

BY SAM STANLEY

LET THE HUSBAND FULFILL HIS

DUTY TO HIS WIFE, AND

LIKEWISE ALSO THE WIFE TO HER

HUSBAND. THE WIFE DOES NOT

HAVE AUTHORITY OVER HER

OWN BODY, BUT THE HUSBAND

DOES; AND LIKEWISE ALSO THE

HUSBAND DOES NOT HAVE

AUTHORITY OVER HIS OWN

BODY, BUT THE WIFE DOES.

STOP DEPRIVING ONE ANOTHER,

EXCEPT BY AGREEMENT FOR A

TIME THAT YOU MAY DEVOTE

YOURSELVES TO PRAYER, AND

COME TOGETHER AGAIN LEST

SATAN TEMPT YOU BECAUSE OF

YOUR LACK OF SELF-CONTROL.

_______________1 CORINTHIANS 7:3-5

GOD MADE SEX IN MARRIAGE FOR TWO REASONS:

1) FOR PROCREATION.

2) FOR PLEASURE BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE.

" FOR THIS REASON A MAN IS TO LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER, AND SHALL

CLEAVE UNTO HIS WIFE; AND THEY SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. "

______________________GENESIS 2:24

GOD SANCTIONED SEX BETWEEN A HUSBAND AND WIFE. IT IS A VERY INTIMATE

TIME. THEY NEED TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER WHAT TOUCHES THEY ENJOY AND

WHICH ONES THEY DO NOT. SOMETIMES HUSBANDS AND WIVES " THINK " THAT THEIR

MATE SHOULD KNOW WHAT PLEASURES THEM, BUT THIS IS NOT TRUE. JUST LIKE

ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE IT IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. A TIME OF GETTING TO

KNOW ONE ANOTHER, A TIME OF SPECIAL CLOSENESS. A TIME FOR ONENESS.

ON THE OTHER HAND SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE; NOT BETWEEN A HUSBAND AND

WIFE, IS WRONG. WHETHER IT BE PREMARITAL SEX, AN AFFAIR OUTSIDE OF

MARRIAGE OR HOMOSEXUAL SEX. GOD DID NOT ORDAIN THESE SEXUAL ACTIVITIES.

HIS LAW SAYS:

" YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY. " _____________________EXODUS 20:14

" YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID, 'DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.' BUT I TELL

YOU THAT ANYONE WHO LOOKS AT A WOMAN LUSTFULLY HAS ALREADY COMMITTED

ADULTERY WITH HER IN HIS HEART.

__________________MATTHEW 5:27-28

DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE WICKED WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD? DO

NOT BE DECEIVED: NEITHER THE SEXUALLY IMMORAL NOR THE IDOLATERS NOR

ADULTERERS NOR MALE PROSTITUTES NOR HOMOSEXUAL OFFENDERS NOR THIEVES NOR

THE GREEDY NOR DRUNKARDS NOR SLANDERERS NOR SWINDLERS WILL INHERIT THE

KINGDOM OF GOD.

______________1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10

SO, NOW YOU KNOW SEX IN MARRIAGE IS GOD SANCTIONED AND ORDAINED AND

MEANT TO BE PLEASURABLE AND ENJOYED. SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE IS SINFUL

AND SEPARATES US FROM GOD.

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IT IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE THAT WE SHARE THIS

MESSAGE WITH OTHERS. IT IS OUR DUTY AS GOD-FEARING CHRISTIANS TO HELP

INFORM NON-BELIEVERS OF GODS LAW. IT IS ALSO OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TEACH

OUR YOUNGER HUSBANDS AND WIVES THAT IT IS GOD ORDAINED TO ENJOY SEXUAL

RELATIONS WITH YOUR SPOUSE. MANY YOUNG MARRIED CHRISTIANS DO NOT REALIZE

THAT GOD HAS BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER AND HAS BLESSED THEM WITH THE GIFT OF

MARITAL SEX.

TODAY I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS THOUGHT: IF WE DO NOT TEACH OUR

YOUNG MARRIED CHRISTIANS THAT GOD MADE SEX NOT ONLY FOR PROCREATION BUT

ALSO FOR OUR PLEASURE AND ENJOYMENT, THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR YOUNG

MARRIED CHRISTIANS IF THEY ARE TO AFRAID TO ENJOY THE MARRIED

RELATIONSHIP? WILL THEY STRAY FROM GOD AND THE MARRIAGE BED LOOKING FOR

SOMETHING THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE AT HOME BUT ARE PERHAPS TOO ASHAMED OR

UNKNOWLEDGABLE TO KNOW IT?

PLEASE PRAY THAT MARRIED CHRISTIANS EVERYWHERE WILL KNOW THAT THIS IS

GOD'S WILL FOR THEM. 'TO BE HAPPY AND SATISFIED IN " ALL " ASPECTS OF

THEIR MARRIAGE.'

AMEN!

GENTLEHUGS AND PRAYERS

SAM