Sex Was God's Idea!
Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008
by Jim Gordon
the intimate couple
The Bible provides advice on the sexual relationship that is timeless. In fact, in the Bible we find instruction as well as real life experiences relating to sex and marriage, passion, lust, and intimacy. This ancient Book is a "how to" manual about such current topics as how to gain intimate passion, how to please your husband or wife, and how to solve the problem of men and romance!
God wired us with a sex drive that is one of the most powerful forces we can experience. However, like fire, when it is not contained and controlled, it becomes a damaging and destructive force. The Bible provides accounts of the entire spectrum of sexual experiences; we see through the lives of real people how sex out of control destroyed entire nations [1] and we also see, within God's design, the pinnacle of sexual experiences [2] .
To enjoy sex within covenant marriage leads us to a sexual experience that is totally satisfying and down-right awesome!
Many will be surprised to know one of the world's best examples of ancient erotic literature is in the Bible: the Song of Solomon! This book is rich in symbolism and figurative speech, and is filled with sexual references found in romantic love letters between a young husband and wife.
In fact, some serious students of this book believe the author, in referring to lovemaking between a young husband and wife, even makes symbolic reference to oral sex. [3] Many other biblical, poetic references to sexuality and lovemaking can be found in the Bible. Proverbs 5:15-19, for example, teaches the dangers of promiscuity as compared with the beauty of sex in marriage:
Drink water from your own well-share your love only with your wife. Why spill the water of your springs in public, having sex with just anyone? You should reserve it for yourselves. Don't share it with strangers.
Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. She is a loving doe, a graceful deer. Let her breasts satisfy you always. May you always be captivated by her love.
When it comes to God's marital advice about sex, I would say the Bible is hot!
[1] Sodom and Gomorrah. Genesis 19
[2] Song of Solomon
[3] Sheet Music, by Dr. Kevin Leman; Song of Solomon 2:3, 4:16, 5:1
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)Well, let the questions begin. If God made this to be so good why all the rules and regulations attached? You could go on for days and days and get multiple responses. What is sin and what is not, what is allowed what is not. Like denominations no two alike. In my opinion it is the biggest separator between God and man as if God does not know what he considers sin. Sins of the flesh are number one on the hit parade to damnation. Yet God died for all sins and if we accept that we are saved. Does that mean we no longer have sex in the same way? So somewhere this has all gotten distorted. Ok enter man and his beliefs. Hey do you do pre cana? They talk about all this now and even in the Catholic church. Many Catholics may be suprised. Best wishes, thanks for the info.Following the "Owner's Manual" (the Bible), we find sex was specifically designed for the context of marriage. By finding out what the Bible actually teaches, rather than only reading the dogmas of different brands of Christianity, we find God thinks sex is fantastic!
Interesting article. I agree, within God's guidelines, (and he can lay down the guidelines since he created the act) sex is a very good thing. Outside the guidelines, it often brings consequences that can cost people their lives.
Well written. A good guide to modern day sex, given the shortcomings of today's reduced morals. Thanks for this. You could expand this into a series of articles about moral lifestyle and make it into a book.
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