SEX ONLY AFTER MARRIAGE

God designed the human sexual experience to begin only one time in life- after the marriage ceremony. That doesn't sound modern and up-to-date but it is the truth! Why God created sex is vitally important. Sex is part of the eros love God designed. It is part of our nature, our makeup. Sex, when practiced in love and in the confines of marriage is holy and pure. The apostle Paul said, "Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed (sex in marriage) kept pure for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral" (Heb.13:4). Only two generations ago sex was a taboo subject. It was often wrongly regarded as dirty. Most were ignorant of the true experience. Sex life within marriage was often tragically unfulfilling. Then following two world wars the world burst into sexual experimentation and promiscuity. In the 1950s Dr. Alfred charles Kinsey conducted his research on human sexuality. More and more people became educated about sexual functions. Now there are literally hundreds of books and pamphlets on the subject. At the time moral standard declined. Organised religion exerted less influence. Liberality became the pacesetter. The result is a modern society gone rampant with sexual experimentation. Virginity is an almost obsolescent word. Peer pressure and false or unbridled emotions have led to a great deal of premarital sex experimentation. The modern argument is,"Those who have experienced intimate sexual relationships before marriage will be better sex partners in marriage." How sadly wrong that argument is. The almighty God who created us male and female designed sex to be practiced only in the confines of marriage. Any other practice of sex is sin! Premarital sex is adultery. Both are capital offenses against the holy law of God! Sex within marriage-practiced in love is clean, holy, pure. The most obvious reason for sex is the reproduction of mankind. God has designed the marvelous human reproductive system to function in the confines of love and marriage. Husbands and wider produce through sexual contact, miniature reproductions of themselves- new life. One of life's truly great experiences is the birth of a child but this was designed by God to be part of the marriage union-never to be experienced outside of marriage. There is even a greater and far reaching purpose for human sexuality.