[Vision2020] Christianity and Sexuality Redefined
Ralph Nielsen
nielsen at uidaho.edu
Tue Apr 11 09:10:06 PDT 2006
CHRISTIAN SEX
Evangelists like to tell young people that Christians should wait
until they are married to have sex. What does the Bible say?
The Apostle Paul wrote an entire chapter on marriage and abstention
from sexual relations (1 Corinthians 7). If you are single, you
should stay single. If you are already married, you should not have
sex--and resultant children. According to Paul, marriage and sex are
only for those who cannot control their libidinous impulses (1
Corinthians 7:8-9).
The Lord Jesus says the same, and even tells us what some men have
done to themselves to avoid committing marriage (Matthew 19:10-12).
But didn't God say, "Be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28)? Indeed
he did, but that was under the old dispensation to the Jews. Paul
taught a new way of life for Christians (Romans7:5-6) that is based
on a revelation of Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:11-12).
So Christians should not have sex at all, unless they are weak-willed
wimps who have no self-control. And just as there should be no sex
for Christians on earth, there will be no sex for them in heaven,
either. The Lord Jesus Christ himself plainly said, "For in the
Resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are
like the angels in heaven" (Matthew 22:30 = Mark 12:25 = Luke 20:35-36).
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