I’ve developed the following material and presented it to many young
people and their parents over many years. When my now married daughters
were teenagers, I honed it further for sharing and discussion with them
and the young men who asked to date them.
What follows is an abridged version of the longer material, “Guidelines for Sexual Purity.”
1. Sex is good. God created it, God called it “good,” and it existed before there was any sin in the world.
Sex was not created by Satan, Playboy, the Internet, or some
pervert lurking in the shadows of a porn shop. However, God requires us
to address sex within his intentions and requirements, not the world’s (Ephesians 5:3-4). God designed sex for the sacred union of marriage between a man and a woman, and reserves it for that union.
2. Like all good gifts from God, sex can be misused and perverted.
Water is a gift of God, without which we couldn’t survive. But floods and tidal waves are water out of control,
and the effects are devastating. Likewise, God designed sex to exist
within certain boundaries. When exercised in line with God’s intended
purpose, it is beautiful and constructive. When out of control,
violating God’s intended purpose, it becomes ugly and destructive. Continue at Randy Alcorn
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