Sexuality

[Classik]

So...I don't understand why preachers kind of feel uncomfortable when preaching on such topics. Many try to avoid it....and such is causing serious problems at our homes, when Christians do not know what to do or what the bible teaches. Paul is direct on such issues. I applaud his boldness.

Books may not be enough - that which proceeds out of the mouth of the anointed one of God - that verbal preaching - mere articulation of those words can heal our homes.

And some carry such ignorance into marriage, and the only knowledge they have of it is the wrong things or lies written by those who want to make money; or the information provided by their teachers during those biology classes.

Why is sex teachings a kind of no-go area among some preachers and Christians?

 

[Classik]

The bible teaches that it is holy (of course among married Christians only). But another thing I don't understand is why it is kind of considered unholy when someone is in a prayer season at home.

There is a verse that tries to say you should stay away from it during prayers. Kind of - its inappropriate or something. dunno. Its in the NT

 

[evenifigoalone]

I guess because people think it's "dirty" or whatever...the attitude people have about it gives the impression that it's wrong to talk about. I don't really get that. I mean, I get it being an awkward subject in some or most circumstances, but I don't think it's a bad subject.
Like I told my mom, if she didn't talk to my brother about it (just like she didn't really talk to me about it), my brother would find out about it from sources she would not like. And he has.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

There is a verse that tries to say you should stay away from it during prayers. Kind of - its inappropriate or something. dunno. Its in the NT

I guess his point being there should only be a good reason for a couple not to have sex. Sadly, sexless marriages are that way for the wrong reasons. In context, I'd say that's the issue Paul is addressing.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

We have a problem with it because we have separated child bearing from sexual activity.
If we understood it for what it REALLY was there'd be much less confusion and distress associated with the subject.
You may not understand this at first, but trust me it's true.

 

[Obadiah]

It's awkward to talk about in detail because it's a private matter. I also find it awkward to talk in public about other private matters too, such as using the toilet and such things. It's private and not normally for the public to know about. Not to mention that talk of sex among Christians always results in fighting due to so many pre-concieved notions of what God says about it.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

It's awkward to talk about in detail because it's a private matter. I also find it awkward to talk in public about other private matters too, such as using the toilet and such things. It's private and not normally for the public to know about. Not to mention that talk of sex among Christians always results in fighting due to so many pre-concieved notions of what God says about it.

I'm with you. I'm not comfortable at all talking about sex. Western society has romanticized it to the point of embarrassment, and frustration IMO. I don't want to know about, let alone watch what another couple does in the privacy of their bedroom.

It seems sex is one of those things that couples are quite capable of working out between themselves given how little God really has to say about it. We stupid humans are the ones who have messed up the simplicity, and thus the beauty of it.

 

[Brother Mike]

If we do not instruct the people of God about sex, the World will.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

If we do not instruct the people of God about sex, the World will.

If you just teach what little the Bible does say about it, and what it is by nature, you will have prepared a couple for it. But young people seem to think that is not enough and they GO LOOKING to the world for what they think are the real answers.

 

[evenifigoalone]

I'm not seeing what is so intrinsically immoral about learning more about a subject. Not to know what other people do in privacy (because I don't particularly want to know that, thanks), but just satisfying curiosity. JMO, tho. The Bible condemns lust and lays down when and where sex is appropriate, that seems to be about it.

 

[Michael74]

One local pastor did not talk about such things in the general service, because children were present there. He did hold a class for adults on the topic.

 

[iLOVE]

The bible teaches that it is holy (of course among married Christians only). But another thing I don't understand is why it is kind of considered unholy when someone is in a prayer season at home.

There is a verse that tries to say you should stay away from it during prayers. Kind of - its inappropriate or something. dunno. Its in the NT

God intended sex to be a spiritual relationship. Daniel 4:32 states that heaven rules over all the affairs of earth. So until we address the spiritual cause of a problem, we will never fix the physical effect of a problem. Many Christians immediately leave the Kingdom of God and go to the world (tree of knowledge of good and evil) that leaves God out intentionally. When you do that you immediately disconnect yourself from the power of the cross of Christ. Now you are on your own.

1 Corinthians 7:5 says let married couples cease their sexual activity in order to fast and pray for the Lord's mercy and forgiveness. Whatever need or burden a married couple may be facing, it is appropriate for them abstain from sex by agreement for a time in prayer. So that you will see a miracle...Yes, God can and will work miracles.

Galatians 2:20 NLT
My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

 

[HBEtechnician]

So...I don't understand why preachers kind of feel uncomfortable when preaching on such topics. Many try to avoid it....and such is causing serious problems at our homes, when Christians do not know what to do or what the bible teaches. Paul is direct on such issues. I applaud his boldness.

Books may not be enough - that which proceeds out of the mouth of the anointed one of God - that verbal preaching - mere articulation of those words can heal our homes.

And some carry such ignorance into marriage, and the only knowledge they have of it is the wrong things or lies written by those who want to make money; or the information provided by their teachers during those biology classes.

Why is sex teachings a kind of no-go area among some preachers and Christians?

Maybe because they lack sexual experience or maybe they have narrow views of relationships.

 

[Christ_empowered]

I think The Bible is pretty straight forward, like quest said. Only in marriage, preferably in marriage to another Christian. I guess if you want real in depth discussion, you could always look to The Catholics, lol.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Maybe because they lack sexual experience or maybe they have narrow views of relationships.

If you mean that the way I think you do, hopefully both.

I remember the ministers wife in my parents Methodist Church teaching us middle schoolers in Confirmation Class everything about sex except what the Bible taught about it. Didn't realize what a joke that was until after I got saved several years later.

 

[HBEtechnician]

If you mean that the way I think you do, hopefully both.

I remember the ministers wife in my parents Methodist Church teaching us middle schoolers in Confirmation Class everything about sex except what the Bible taught about it. Didn't realize what a joke that was until after I got saved several years later.

So what did the bible teach you about sexuality.

 

[turnorburn]

Here we have a symbol of sex at our nations capital..

tob

 

[Obadiah]

Here we have a symbol of sex at our nations capital..

tob

Seriously?

 

[turnorburn]

Seriously?

Yes Obadiah seriously..

http://www.christian-restoration.com/fmasonry/obelisks.htm

tob

 

[The_Epsicle]

If we do not instruct the people of God about sex, the World will.

As an 18 year old male who was not educated about sex at Church or by my Parents, you are correct and it's a terrible thing.

One local pastor did not talk about such things in the general service, because children were present there. He did hold a class for adults on the topic.

Children are exactly the group of people who need to hear it, this puritanical nonsense is detrimental to the spiritual welfare of the Church and our youth! As previously mentioned I am an 18 year old male, do you know the first time I saw a pornograhic website? I'll let you know it certainly wasn't on my 18th birthday; I was 9 years old when I stumbled upon a porn site and I know a 16 year old man who had his at the time 14 year old brother show him one at 7. I brought this up with some of the other men and women in my youth group and I was surprised to learn that the average age among men and women for seeing porn for the first time was about 11, and don't think for a second that was the last time most of them saw one either, but it may have been the last time they saw one on accident. My bringing up sex in the middle of a youth group meeting about something completely different was the first time they realized they're not the only ones who have struggled with sexual sin, but they've been taught their alone in this fight because nobody talks about it, because we've elevated it as the highest sin!

"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”" - Ephesians 5:11-14

By not talking about sexual sin we are concealing it so the light can't reach it, we need to expose it and talk about it out in the open in front of our children because Satan loves the darkness.