What's so Special About Sex? (Mature Content--use discretion)

I am going to talk about something that is controversial.


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Face it, everyone--sex is everywhere. It's on billboards, T.V. commercials, movies, T.V. shows, etc. Companies try to make you think that their products will make you sexier (from watches to lip gloss). Sex really does sell.

The process of romance used to be meeting, dating, engagement, and then marriage. Now, it's meeting, having sex and/or dating, and then maybe moving in, maybe getting engaged, and then maybe getting married (but sex is the part that is definitely going to happen). The process isn't so simple anymore but it's a lot more casual and commitment isn't that big of an issue.

"One night stands" aren't that unusual. Romantically-involved people often move in with each other in order to play house and see if marriage would work--without having to commit to a lifetime of being together (like a trial period). Then they may just stay living together forever without ever getting married (if they decide to stay together, that is). Even if you decide to get married, a LOT of people have gotten divorced so you may not even be expected to stay together after that.

Just have fun. Have sex with whoever you want whenever you want to! Who cares? It's not like it's a sin to have sex outside of marriage or anything. And it's definitely not like you'll be much more likely to get an STD (condoms are supposed to help with that, right?). As long as you don't get bogged down with a baby in the process (oh, who cares about that because that's what abortions are for!), you'll be fine.

I thought sex is supposed to be special. Isn't it supposed to be special? A wonderful gift of intimacy? Something a man and a woman can share?

Let's see what the Bible has to say about sex.


'Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.' -Genesis 2:22-24

Song of Solomon is devoted to the beauty of sexual relations within a marriage.

"Take me away with you—let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers." -Song of Solomon 1:4

So the problem with sex is not sex in and of itself--it is a matter of timing. The Bible clearly states that fornication (sex between people who are not married to each other) is a sin.

"Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" -1 Corinthians 6:18-19

"For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication..." -1 Thessalonians 4:3

And in Song of Solomon, it says three times: "Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires." (verses 2:7, 3:5, and 8:4)

So wait for true love! True love that waits for marriage.