“Wise choices will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe. Wisdom will save you from evil people, from those whose words are twisted.” (Proverbs 2:11-12 NLT)
Satan’s goal is to make right things look wrong and wrong things look right. “What’s wrong with love?” is often a question asked by two people of the same sex who love each other. And my response is nothing is wrong with loving each other. The Bible doesn’t condemn love between two people. What it condemns is turning love into something it was never intended to be.
There are many men I love in my life. They’re like brothers to me and I would lay down my life for them, just like Jesus laid down His sinless life for me. There are also many women whom I love and are privileged to have in my life. Paul gives Timothy instructions on how to treat the men and women in his life in 1 Timothy 5:1-2. What’s my point? Love is not the issue, ungodly passion is.
We, as human beings, have an evil bent that can take something that is pure, holy, and right, and turn it into something vile, disgusting, and very wrong. Sex traffickers prey on the lusts of men and women who want access to children whose lives are ruined to satisfy their lusts.
Personally, I believe God reserves some of the worst places in hell for sex traffickers and those who prey on children, but even as I write those words the Lord is reminding me that I’m capable of doing anything any of those people do, given the right set of circumstances. There, but for the grace of God, go I…and you!
But what about two consenting adults? What’s wrong with having sex with a man or woman we “love” and with whom we want to have a long-term relationship? Sex is a gift God has given us that is sacred and designed to be shared in the safety and security of a marriage relationship between one man and one woman. Anything outside those boundaries is sin. Period.
“Yeh, but…” Any choice to have sex outside of those limits set by God is sin and will lead to death, eternal separation from God unless we repent, seek God’s forgiveness, and turn from our sin. Here again, even as I write those words I see and can understand how archaic and “out of date” they seem to be. But the truth is, they’re not out of date. They’re just as true and current as they’ve ever been.
That’s why the choices we make regarding them are just as important today as ever before. Here’s the bottom line – you can live anyway you choose, do anything your little heart desires, but with every wrong choice comes a consequence. And I can hear the argument: “I don’t care about consequences. I don’t believe in a God who would set such limitations on people and say He ‘loves’ them. I’m going to live life to the fullest come what may.”
I’m an old man and I’ll readily admit to you there were times in my life when I felt God was trying to restrict my pleasures. Now, in this season of my life I understand that that was exactly what He was doing, and for a very good reason. He was keeping what seemed good to me so He could give me what was ultimately best for me.
All I want today is what God wants for me. If He doesn’t believe I should have it, I’m great with it. My humble opinion is that you should obey God. Make the right choice to follow His Word, His plan, His heart for you. You’ll be eternally grateful you did.
Blessings, Ed 😊
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