The power of sex

A few years ago, Catholic Church scandals rocked the organization to its core. Moreover, public schools have halted an abstinence-based sex ed programs because the focus on marriage was considered insensitive to children from non-traditional families. Apparently, what upset many parents was the way its message was wrapped around the basic tenet of waiting for marriage.

These stories disgust every person who tries to do their best to live morally. While everyone will be accountable for their own sins (Ezekiel 18:4, 20), one has to wonder what effect the Catholic Church’s position on celibacy for priests and nuns has had in this scandal. Regarding abstinence, in our society it is almost as if we look at sexual promiscuity as a God-given right. Society will do its best to provide birth control to allow, even encourage children to engage in sexual relationships.

Marriage is honorable among all men (Hebrews 13:4). One of the marks of apostasy in the early church was the forbidding of marriage (1 Timothy 4:3). Among many other points of error, the Catholic Church is wrong when it demands celibacy from priests and nuns. Sadly, this has encouraged men to fulfill their sexual desires in wicked and unlawful ways.

God provided for the fulfillment of sexual desires. Paul wrote, “Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband” (1 Corinthians 7:2). Fornication is any sexual activity outside the boundaries of marriage. God clearly condemned this sin (Romans 1:29; 1 Corinthians 6:13, 18; 10:8; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3).

God designed marriage to fulfill the desires that men and women have, and thereby removing the temptation to commit fornication. Our society and schools sell us the idea that our children can have “safe sex.” But God says the only “safe sex” is found within marriage. Will you listen to God or to the world?

Kyle Campbell