We live in a culture
that is highly sexualized, a couple of generations ago young people were
exposed to porn for the first time in high school, nowadays children are
exposed to porn while they are in elementary school. Many of these children are
not seeking to view porn but end up on these sites unintentionally via the
internet. Today sex is pushed on people in all kinds of contexts that it was
never created for. You can’t drive home from work without being exposed to
billboards with messages like: “Life is
short, have an affair.”
Another interesting fact
is that inside the context that sex was created for (marriage) sex is no longer
prioritized highly. Every book that I’ve read about marriage points out how
important sex is for a marriage to be healthy and strong. “Sex is the glue that will keep you together” or “Having sex on a regular basis will protect
your marriage from affairs” are examples of quotes that you will find in
books about marriage. Still, in today’s culture sex isn’t a high priority in
many marriages.
I read a sex survey in
a popular Women’s magazine where the majority of the couples ages 30-45 said
that they have sex twice a month on average. These couples also said that they
feel that twice a month is often enough for them to have sex during this stage
in life. I’ve read a few different books about marriage and what they all have
in common is that they recommend that married couples have sex a minimum of 2-3
days per week to keep the marriage healthy and strong.
Isn’t it quite
interesting how in marriage our culture is letting sex die while in places that
sex shouldn’t be happening, for example in front of the eyes of elementary
school kids, it’s happening? Sex is a powerful thing that can be used for good
or for evil. Sex is also a powerful tool to hurt people with. Our spiritual
enemy, Satan, is always looking for ways to infiltrate our sex lives and make
this area of our lives twisted. If we want to have healthy, happy and thriving
lives we need clear boundaries for how we use sex in our lives. Sex without any
boundaries will open the door to a lot of pain, shame and regret in our lives.
Pastor Rich Wilkerson
from Vous Church in Miami talks about sex in this sermon. Rich Wilkerson walks
us through why sex was created by God. He points out that God created sex for
three specific purposes; procreation,
pleasure and protection.
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