One of the clearly defined teachings of the Christian Bible is the sanctity of marriage. That is, marriage as the proper relationship in which to use the gift of sex. Pre-marital sex or sex outside of marriage for married folks is clearly forbidden, for a lot of good reasons. To break this law of God has painful consequences, just as with any other law of God.
It has been pointed out by several family therapist that sex, other than that allowed by the Word of God, is a “hollow parody” of the real thing.
Everyone knows that marriage is supposed to be special; a child may not know why but because weddings are a big deal in our society, it is easy to assume that this is “something special”. Just a few questions can clarify how special.
It predicts the possibility of permanent happiness for the two people involved. Sexuality in this relationship is secure and life-enriching. Insecure children and adults, longing for meaningful and intimate relationships, enter into sexual relations and by mimicking marriage, think to capture love. To imitate “love” or “commitment” will lead to another disappointment. This intentional mockery of a permanent commitment leads to personal and family disintegration.
Remember Joseph and Mary? The Bible says in Matthew 1:24ff that “Joseph took Mary home as his wife but he didn’t have a sexual relationship with her until after Jesus was born.” Mary and Joseph allowed the Lord to direct their marriage; they had many children and stayed together until Joseph died.
Genesis 2:24 says that in marriage, “a man and woman are joined together and became one flesh.” When this happens, there is no shame in their sexual relationship. Their being “one flesh” is symbolized in the sexual union.
This is God’s plan. Anything less is a hollow parody, empty of meaning and doomed to failure.
“Father God, thank you for such a perfect plan for being good stewards of
our sexuality. Forgive us for taking short-cuts and missing a blessing. Amen”
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