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Sex! Sex! ... and more Sex! It confronts you everywhere.

Did you ever notice—what is the first question that is usually asked when a baby is born—and where all eyes are conveniently focused in trying to answer that simple (but important) question? God has equipped us with sexual organs, and the corresponding feelings, desires, urges and drives, but we have not been programmed like an expensive Dell computer, left to run like a factory machine or put on heat like un-intelligent, spirit-less wild animals, without moral consciences or spiritual illumination. It is full time for the Body of Christ to wake up and start facing the sexual issues in our midst, starting with our own personal lives. Our moral grid must not be set by Hollywood, the secular music industry or the internet web sites, but instead by God’s unchanging Word, as inspired by his Holy Spirit.

Each sane, sober human being has the God-ordained responsibility to make sensible decisions regarding sexual issues. It is better to refrain from taking that lustful second look and from starting that impulsive, illegitimate relationship than to realize shortly thereafter … that you lack both the power and the will to stop the destructive avalanche which follows. Some ministers and church leaders refuse to venture into these dangerous waters because they are fully conscious of their own checkered past, unresolved sexual issues and present, personal struggles. They have, somehow, forgotten that the grace of God and the life-transforming work of the Holy Spirit also apply to issues of sexual sin, disorientation and brokenness. It must also be emphasized that God did not create sexual intercourse to be performed as a technical, gymnastic showpiece nor as an act of manipulation, intimidation or exploitation, but rather as an expression of genuine love and commitment between two happily married adults of opposite gender (male and female). When sex is being used for the wrong purposes, even in the marriage bed, it sets the stage for a chain reaction of numerous, negative side effects. There is an urgent need for the Body of Christ to demonstrate to our morally ambiguous and disintegrating world … that we are indeed God’s holy temple. We may need to rediscover the meaning of concepts such as purity, holiness, consecration, sanctification, fidelity and integrity as we allow the Holy Spirit to cleanse, indwell, empower and guide us; in keeping with biblical standards. As we reach out a helping hand to other mortal human beings; whether repentant sex-slaves, guilt-ridden fornicators or traumatized victims of sexual abuse, it is essential that we are properly informed and empowered if we intend to access genuine, mutually-fulfilling and sustainable solutions. We should, therefore, seek to understand the various dimensions of human sexuality and all their possible linkages with sexual immorality; including the biological, medical, ethical, legal, emotional, psychological, sociological, spiritual and demonic factors.