Friday, February 1, 2019

Back to Genesis 2:18.  "And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a help meet for him.  Vs. 21, "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept.  And God took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh...and from the rib...he made a woman and brought her to the man."  God brought her to the man and Adam said "Wow."

 God further said that the man should leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife and that they would be one flesh. (vs 24)  And Adam said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.  She shall be called Woman because she was taken out of Man." (vs. 23)

Certainly God meant for a man to have a woman, not another man.  Sex is a drive like hunger and thirst.  We are born sexual.  How we fulfill that drive is a learned behavior.  Sixty years ago, Dear Abby decided that you were "born" that way.  That idea spread and now we normalize deviant sexual behavior.  But if deviant sex of any kind is decided at birth for a person, then we must accept that pedophiles are also born that way.  Which we absolutely don't accept.  James 4:17  "If, however, a man knows what is right to do and yet does not do it, he commits a sin."  How does society determine what is right?  There's the problem.  As a Christian, we accept God's guidance.   God intended for man to have a wife.  And a woman to have a husband--not a substitute for the human sexual drive.

But finding a woman to love and spend your life with is difficult, and sex among men is easy.  Sex is a powerful drive.  It will be satisfied some way.  But saying that you were born that way--such as homosexual, pedophilia, or some other alternate behavior--is not an acceptable answer.  We like what Dear Abby said because it allows us to overlook and accept deviant behavior in those people we care about.  Problem is, God doesn't--and He would not condemn a behavior that you couldn't help.

I don't know how you correct a deviant sexual drive once it has been satisfied.  Sexual satisfaction has a tendency to repeat itself.  The drive takes hold and is satisfied by whatever arouses it.  That becomes your norm.  What we as Christians must be careful of is condemnation of the person rather than condemnation of the behavior.  The problem I have is public advertisement of the behavior.  You shouldn't have to have a parade to publicize what you've been doing, carrying a "Gay-Pride" sign defining your sexual orientation.   Pride?  I don't think so.  Good grief!  

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