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to married couples for enjoyment and
to replenish the earth.
3. Sex was not created for couples
outside of a marriage relationship. In
fact, the Bible calls fornication (sex
before marriage) sin and goes on to
say that anyone who practices
fornication will not inherit the
kingdom of God. (See I Cor 6:9-10.)
As much as sex is a gift of
God, it can also bring an
immense amount of
emotional pain to those
who refuse to heed
God’s guidelines. Not
only does it affect the
one who commits the
sin, but it also affects
other
individuals,
family members, and
friends, who may be
totally innocent in the matter. Whenever
you and I walk away from God’s original
plan of living out our lives and do it our
own way, we will pay the consequences.
There is no way around it. We will reap
what we sow.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked:
for whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap (Galatians 6:7).
Look at your own life! Look at people
around you! Many of us have been
deceived into thinking that somehow we
will get away with sin, somehow the
Lord will overlook, wink at us and let us
slip by. It is a lie, my friend! There is no
such thing! “
God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he
also reap.”
Sadly, many young people refuse to
listen to the message of
saving sex for
marriage
. Later in their marriage, the
couple will suffer the awful consequences
of disobeying God, and their children
will also. Why is it so difficult to follow
God’s simple guidelines?
4. Every culture in the world, including
Amish and Mennonite communities, is
affected by the sin of sexual
wickedness. A man does not have
to watch sex-filled movies,
play
ungodly
video
games, or be
around women
who
are
immodestly
dressed to fall
into
sexual
temptation
and
wickedness.
I’d like to share something with you that
I’ve learned in the past 10 years. It
appears the more legalistic or rigid a
person becomes with man-made rules,
the more he will struggle with
masturbation, incest, fornication, and yes,
even sex with animals. Rigid and
unnecessary rules can lead to depression.
Depression can lead to sexual
wickedness. It is not uncommon for the
three (rules, depression, and sexual
wickedness) to go hand in hand.
The final reason I want to discuss the
topic of sex is something that has
recently happened in America.
5. On Friday, June 26, 2015, the highest
court in our country, the Supreme Court,
passed a law that all 50 states in the
union
must
recognize
same-sex
marriages. This means it is now lawful
for men to marry men and women to
marry women. If you or I openly refuse
to cater to gay people, we become law
breakers. The court now has the right to
punish a person for hate speech by
putting him or her in prison.
Hate speech is speech that offends,
threatens, or insults groups, based on
race, color, religion, national origin,
sexual orientation, disability, or other
traits.
For the rest of the article, I’d like to
discuss the Supreme Court ruling and
same sex marriages.
You might be thinking that since I’m
Amish:
The Supreme Court ruling will not have
any effect on me or my family.
I’m separated from the world around me
and have my own rules to go by; I don’t
have to submit to the government laws.
My family and I are protected from all
the stuff that goes on in the outside
world. They (the outside world) need
police, judges, lawyers, and prisons. We
don’t.
As you reflect on these things, it might
give you reason to feel puffed up and
think of yourself as a little bit better than
outsiders. Should you or I feel that way,
let me remind both of us what the Lord
says in His Word:
There is none righteous, no, not
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