Sex God's gift to us to be used in intimacy between a husband and wife. Can also be a great destructive sin outside of marriage! In this world we are indoctrinated into sex at a very young age! It is everywhere! You can not go by a day with out seeing something glorifying it, or publicizing it! We have taken something that was ment to bring God glory in marriage into something that is self seeking and self glorifying! Very unfortunately members with in the church are just as guilty as those in the world and often times the church turns a blind eye to it leaving it unaddressed!
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
Romans 1:18-32 ESV
Rather it be pornography of any type, cohabitation outside of marriage, dating or sleeping with someone while you are still married but separate is still adultery, even same sex realationships are all within the church! Should not be ignored or unaddressed! If you call yourself a Christian a follower of Christ, you will turn from such ungodliness, your actions should greatly convict you, you should fill discomfort in your spirit for committing such acts! The church must address these in the appropriate manner. Members of the church see these acts going on yet remain silent! Remaining silent not addressing these sins, shows that we approve of them to the people practicing such life styles. I myself have struggled with the above in my own life, I'm not judging the person but saying it is destructive, this sin must be purged, from those who call themselves members! They must be made aware of what they are doing, many parade it around in the church like it is no big deal! The church must address this ungodly behavior, not remain silent.
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