Post by iris89 on Oct 26, 2011 11:49:07 GMT -5
Genuine True Followers of Christ View On Sex
INTRODUCTION:
Today, many who claim to be Christians unfortunately do NOT have his view with regard to sex. In reality those are NOT genuine true followers of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ, but only Christian in name only; to wit, they really are NOT followers of his or his Father, Almighty God (YHWH), but are false or counterfeit Christians.
In fact, In considering whether those calling themselves Christian are correct in belief or in serious error, one needs to consider several scriptures in the new testament showing the Truth with respect what God (YHWH) has to say through inspired writers and then reflect back to how this would apply to those calling themselves Christian are really genuine true followers, we must consider the following. First let's consider both Luke 13:24 and Matthew 7:13-14, it is in both of these that the road followed by true believers would be narrow and cramped, Luke 13:24, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." (Authorized King James Bible: AV); And Matthew 7:13-14, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, abroad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." [Authorized King James Bible: AV]; thereby, clearly showing few would be entering the narrow gate "which leadeth unto life." In reality, it will be difficult for even true Christians to enter as testified to at 1 Peter 4:18, "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear." (AV). In order to enter, we must have the right sort of guide, Luke 1:79, "To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." (AV). Now, if one picks the wrong group, just because it is popular or the so called 'one to belong to in a community' and not because of Bible Truths, there is an important warning given at Matthew 15:14, "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." (AV). In fact, being with the wrong group can mean you are NOT having fellowship with the Son of God, Jesus (Yeshua) as testified to at 1 John 1:6, "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not [have] the truth." (AV). This danger is made abundantly clear at Luke 12:32 when Jesus (Yeshua) spoke of his true followers as a little flock and not a large one, "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." (AV). Simply stated, his true followers will be relatively few in number which should cause all sincere individuals to question whether mainstream religion with its vast membership is heading for the narrow gate!
TRUE FOLLOWERS WILL SEEK TO KEEP THEIR ORGANICATION CLEAN:
First, The world we live in is ruled by the wicked one as testified to by 1 John 5:19, “And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.” (Authorized King James Bible; AV). If we pick up a newspaper in any country, we find reports of cruelty and violence on an unprecedented scale. Man’s inhumanity to man is troubling for a righteous person to contemplate as testified to at Ecclesiastes 8:9, “All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.” (AV).
Second, Most individuals and/or groups seek to avoid responsibility for their own actions rather than take corrective actions. This also applies to so called religious groups that seek to absolve themselves of responsibility for the wrong actions of members, but fail, willingly, to take action against these wrong doers by purging themselves of these wicked ones.
Third, REALITY, If a religion fails to clean house of evil and wicked men when they are discovered, and especially of evil and wicked men/women taking the lead in a congregation, and/or congregations such as Pastors, Ministers, Sheiks, Imams, Bishops, Cardinals, Etc., then the religion is responsible for their wrong doing. Some religions such as Islam have never cleaned house of evil and wicked individuals when they are discovered and that religion has been violent since its beginning, and many of its members lust for violence in such acts as beheading of others, suicide bombers, makers of IEDs, etc. do to the teachings of their groups religious leaders. One notable example of an evil and wicked individual Islam well knows of who is a leader of a large group of members of Islam is Sheik Osama bin Ladin. Of course, Islam, is NOT the only religion that fails to take effective action against evil and wicked individuals and leaders of groups among them, another is the Catholic and Angalican churches that for many years just moved pedophiles to a new congregation when they were uncovered as the world's news media has so well identified. Groups seeking to keep themselves clean of evil and wicked individuals that sneak into their group take the appropriate action; to wit, they throw them out.
Fourth, Now many religions seek to escape reality by claiming they have no provisions within their religion for purging out these wicked ones, but THIS IS NO EXCUSE SINCE IT IS THEIR FAILURE TO PROVIDE MEASURES FOR PURGING OUT THESE WICKED ONES AND NO ONE ELSE’S.
GOD’S VIEW OF SEX AND ITS PURPOSE IN HIS GRAND PLAN:
1 – When Almighty God (YHWH) placed mankind on earth, he commanded Adam at Genesis 2:16, “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:” [Authorized King James Bible: AV], before he created Eve to be his wife. Therefore, this provision could not have referred to sexual relations. Also, when she came to be Adam’s wife he gave them a command at Genesis 1:28, “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” [AV} Of course, this replenishment of the earth by humans would only have been possible by sexual relations. Now let’s realistically accept that a loving Almighty God (YHWH) would NOT instruct the first couple to replenish the earth which would involve having sexual relations, and then sentence them to death for not following his instructions since 1 John 4:8, “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” [AV} clearly shows he is a loving God.
So the original sin was clearly not sex, but disobeying Almighty God (YHWH) command given at Genesis 2:16. This is clearly shown at Genesis 3:6, “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” And what followed at Genesis 3:16-17, “Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;” [AV}.
2- Now some may ask if sexual pleasure is wrong in Almighty God (YHWH) sight, but if one checks Genesis 1:27 and 31, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” And “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” [AV} which shows he was pleased with what he had created; and Proverbs 5:18-19 says, “Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.” [AV}, so we can see he was NOT against sexual pleasure in the confines of a marriage. Otherwise, he would not have created them to enjoy these relationships.
3 – However, God’s word clearly states at Hebrews 13:4, “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but sleepermongers and adulterers God will judge.” [AV} clearly showing sexual pleasure is only supposed to be enjoyed within marriage, and this is made very clear at Ecclesiastes 3:1, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:” [AV}, and within marriage is the only time for sexual relations.
4 – In fact, God’s word clearly states that he per Hebrews 13:4, “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but sleepermongers and adulterers God will judge.” [AV} showing there is no place for fornication which refers to the misuse of the sexual organs of those who are not married to each other.
5 – Some may ask if polygamy is now acceptable and this is answered at Matthew 19:3-6 by Jesus (Yeshua) Christ, “The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” [AV}. In fact one of his apostles said at 1 Corinthians 7:2, “Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.’ [AV}. [notice it did NOT say wives.]
6 – Now is it wrong for married couples to use contraceptives? Well, Jesus (Yeshua) Christ never commanded his followers to have children, and the scripture at Genesis 3:28, “And God blessed them, and God said to them––Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it,––and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.” [Rotherham Bible, RB] which makes clear he wanted the earth filled or replenished with people, but this in NO way implies that humans should over fill it – which would be very bad and result in famine and other calamities as it would result in the ‘carrying capacity’ of the being exceeded.
Therefore if a married couple choose to use a nonabortive form of contraceptive to avoid pregnancy, that is their personal decision and responsibility.
7 – Abortions are an abomination since it is the murder of a human being. God’s word clearly shows this at Exodus 20:13, “Thou shalt not kill.” [AV} and Exodus 21:22-23, “And, when men strive together, and push against a woman with child, and she miscarry, but there is no other mischief, he shall, surely be fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him, but he shall give it through judges. 23 But, if mischief follow, then shalt thou give life for life;” [RB].
8 – Now all forms of fornication such as homosexuality, bestiality, sex relations between unmarried individuals, etc. are contrary to Almighty God (YHWH) purpose for mankind as clearly shown at Romans 1:26-27, “For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.” [AV} and Galatians 5:19-20, “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,” [AV}. But this does NOT imply we should not show kindness to people practicing these wrongs. Clearly we should strive to show them the errors of their ways in loving kindness.
9 – All inappropriate talking about sex such as ‘sexting,’ phone sex, listening to explicit erotic messages, etc. should not be indulged in as shown by Ephesians 5:3-4, “But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.” [AV}.
CONCLUSION:
As has been shown in this article, there should be no sex and/or sexual play outside of marriage, and a man should ONLY be the husband of one wife – not polygamous. Also, inappropriate talking about sex should not be indulged in.
Your Friend in Christ Iris89
INTRODUCTION:
Today, many who claim to be Christians unfortunately do NOT have his view with regard to sex. In reality those are NOT genuine true followers of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ, but only Christian in name only; to wit, they really are NOT followers of his or his Father, Almighty God (YHWH), but are false or counterfeit Christians.
In fact, In considering whether those calling themselves Christian are correct in belief or in serious error, one needs to consider several scriptures in the new testament showing the Truth with respect what God (YHWH) has to say through inspired writers and then reflect back to how this would apply to those calling themselves Christian are really genuine true followers, we must consider the following. First let's consider both Luke 13:24 and Matthew 7:13-14, it is in both of these that the road followed by true believers would be narrow and cramped, Luke 13:24, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." (Authorized King James Bible: AV); And Matthew 7:13-14, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, abroad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." [Authorized King James Bible: AV]; thereby, clearly showing few would be entering the narrow gate "which leadeth unto life." In reality, it will be difficult for even true Christians to enter as testified to at 1 Peter 4:18, "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear." (AV). In order to enter, we must have the right sort of guide, Luke 1:79, "To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." (AV). Now, if one picks the wrong group, just because it is popular or the so called 'one to belong to in a community' and not because of Bible Truths, there is an important warning given at Matthew 15:14, "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." (AV). In fact, being with the wrong group can mean you are NOT having fellowship with the Son of God, Jesus (Yeshua) as testified to at 1 John 1:6, "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not [have] the truth." (AV). This danger is made abundantly clear at Luke 12:32 when Jesus (Yeshua) spoke of his true followers as a little flock and not a large one, "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." (AV). Simply stated, his true followers will be relatively few in number which should cause all sincere individuals to question whether mainstream religion with its vast membership is heading for the narrow gate!
TRUE FOLLOWERS WILL SEEK TO KEEP THEIR ORGANICATION CLEAN:
First, The world we live in is ruled by the wicked one as testified to by 1 John 5:19, “And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.” (Authorized King James Bible; AV). If we pick up a newspaper in any country, we find reports of cruelty and violence on an unprecedented scale. Man’s inhumanity to man is troubling for a righteous person to contemplate as testified to at Ecclesiastes 8:9, “All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.” (AV).
Second, Most individuals and/or groups seek to avoid responsibility for their own actions rather than take corrective actions. This also applies to so called religious groups that seek to absolve themselves of responsibility for the wrong actions of members, but fail, willingly, to take action against these wrong doers by purging themselves of these wicked ones.
Third, REALITY, If a religion fails to clean house of evil and wicked men when they are discovered, and especially of evil and wicked men/women taking the lead in a congregation, and/or congregations such as Pastors, Ministers, Sheiks, Imams, Bishops, Cardinals, Etc., then the religion is responsible for their wrong doing. Some religions such as Islam have never cleaned house of evil and wicked individuals when they are discovered and that religion has been violent since its beginning, and many of its members lust for violence in such acts as beheading of others, suicide bombers, makers of IEDs, etc. do to the teachings of their groups religious leaders. One notable example of an evil and wicked individual Islam well knows of who is a leader of a large group of members of Islam is Sheik Osama bin Ladin. Of course, Islam, is NOT the only religion that fails to take effective action against evil and wicked individuals and leaders of groups among them, another is the Catholic and Angalican churches that for many years just moved pedophiles to a new congregation when they were uncovered as the world's news media has so well identified. Groups seeking to keep themselves clean of evil and wicked individuals that sneak into their group take the appropriate action; to wit, they throw them out.
Fourth, Now many religions seek to escape reality by claiming they have no provisions within their religion for purging out these wicked ones, but THIS IS NO EXCUSE SINCE IT IS THEIR FAILURE TO PROVIDE MEASURES FOR PURGING OUT THESE WICKED ONES AND NO ONE ELSE’S.
GOD’S VIEW OF SEX AND ITS PURPOSE IN HIS GRAND PLAN:
1 – When Almighty God (YHWH) placed mankind on earth, he commanded Adam at Genesis 2:16, “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:” [Authorized King James Bible: AV], before he created Eve to be his wife. Therefore, this provision could not have referred to sexual relations. Also, when she came to be Adam’s wife he gave them a command at Genesis 1:28, “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” [AV} Of course, this replenishment of the earth by humans would only have been possible by sexual relations. Now let’s realistically accept that a loving Almighty God (YHWH) would NOT instruct the first couple to replenish the earth which would involve having sexual relations, and then sentence them to death for not following his instructions since 1 John 4:8, “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” [AV} clearly shows he is a loving God.
So the original sin was clearly not sex, but disobeying Almighty God (YHWH) command given at Genesis 2:16. This is clearly shown at Genesis 3:6, “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” And what followed at Genesis 3:16-17, “Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;” [AV}.
2- Now some may ask if sexual pleasure is wrong in Almighty God (YHWH) sight, but if one checks Genesis 1:27 and 31, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” And “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” [AV} which shows he was pleased with what he had created; and Proverbs 5:18-19 says, “Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.” [AV}, so we can see he was NOT against sexual pleasure in the confines of a marriage. Otherwise, he would not have created them to enjoy these relationships.
3 – However, God’s word clearly states at Hebrews 13:4, “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but sleepermongers and adulterers God will judge.” [AV} clearly showing sexual pleasure is only supposed to be enjoyed within marriage, and this is made very clear at Ecclesiastes 3:1, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:” [AV}, and within marriage is the only time for sexual relations.
4 – In fact, God’s word clearly states that he per Hebrews 13:4, “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but sleepermongers and adulterers God will judge.” [AV} showing there is no place for fornication which refers to the misuse of the sexual organs of those who are not married to each other.
5 – Some may ask if polygamy is now acceptable and this is answered at Matthew 19:3-6 by Jesus (Yeshua) Christ, “The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” [AV}. In fact one of his apostles said at 1 Corinthians 7:2, “Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.’ [AV}. [notice it did NOT say wives.]
6 – Now is it wrong for married couples to use contraceptives? Well, Jesus (Yeshua) Christ never commanded his followers to have children, and the scripture at Genesis 3:28, “And God blessed them, and God said to them––Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it,––and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.” [Rotherham Bible, RB] which makes clear he wanted the earth filled or replenished with people, but this in NO way implies that humans should over fill it – which would be very bad and result in famine and other calamities as it would result in the ‘carrying capacity’ of the being exceeded.
Therefore if a married couple choose to use a nonabortive form of contraceptive to avoid pregnancy, that is their personal decision and responsibility.
7 – Abortions are an abomination since it is the murder of a human being. God’s word clearly shows this at Exodus 20:13, “Thou shalt not kill.” [AV} and Exodus 21:22-23, “And, when men strive together, and push against a woman with child, and she miscarry, but there is no other mischief, he shall, surely be fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him, but he shall give it through judges. 23 But, if mischief follow, then shalt thou give life for life;” [RB].
8 – Now all forms of fornication such as homosexuality, bestiality, sex relations between unmarried individuals, etc. are contrary to Almighty God (YHWH) purpose for mankind as clearly shown at Romans 1:26-27, “For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.” [AV} and Galatians 5:19-20, “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,” [AV}. But this does NOT imply we should not show kindness to people practicing these wrongs. Clearly we should strive to show them the errors of their ways in loving kindness.
9 – All inappropriate talking about sex such as ‘sexting,’ phone sex, listening to explicit erotic messages, etc. should not be indulged in as shown by Ephesians 5:3-4, “But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.” [AV}.
CONCLUSION:
As has been shown in this article, there should be no sex and/or sexual play outside of marriage, and a man should ONLY be the husband of one wife – not polygamous. Also, inappropriate talking about sex should not be indulged in.
Your Friend in Christ Iris89