
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: “Sex if for adults” - JPost.com: America is talking about teen pregnancy. Britney Spears’s baby sister Jamie Lynn, all of 16, is pregnant. The father, her 19-year-old boyfriend Casey Alridge, who may or may not face statutory rape charges for having sex with a minor, is someone she met at church.
No surprise here. Neither the church or “Christian” parents teach their kids biblical manhood and womanhood. And yet this is so important. Our God is a God of order, not the humanist principle of “equality”. Man was created first, then the woman, to be his helper. It’s the woman that lead the man to sin. Both are equally valuable to the Lord and Jesus’ sacrifice is for both men and women, but that does not take away the fact that men and women are different. They do have different roles in church and the family, and to some extent in society as a whole.
I have experienced a very similar issue in my own family. These days, if you go to the evangelical church every Sunday, attend prayers on Wednesday evenings, and are active in youth activities and even have your own “Christian” punk or whatever music band, you’re considered part of Christ’s body. Basically, this lukewarmness comes down to salvation through works! And because of this lukewarmness, people that know nothing about biblical manhood or womanhood, that are not spiritually mature or not even really Christian yet, date others in church and their parents think it’s okay. Well, one of my sisters has been deprived of her virginity because of this. I felt hated by her as her older brother while she was in this relationship, because I felt responsible for her well-being and never liked the 19 year old guy she had this relationship with from age 15~16. Problem is, my parents approved of the relationship which made it difficult for me to prevent this from happening. I felt miserable for this reason when I found out about my sister having been abused this way.
God is NOT democratic. His will is absolute; He is holy and does not change. Man-made philosophies like Feminism are rebellion to God and the fact that the majority of the Western world thinks it’s okay does not make it right (moral relativism). Rather, it illustrates the depravity of humans. The fact that even the church is embracing these relativist and humanistic principles strongly indicates that we are in the last of days.
Sex is the most powerful of all human activities. It brings in its wake a tidal wave of emotion, enough to cement two total strangers together as bone of one bone and flesh of one flesh. But when that wave hits you, you better be pretty darn anchored or there is no telling where you might wash up.
THAT IS why sex should be practiced by adults only and within the confines of a devoted and secure relationship where there is no possibility for abuse. It’s way too intimate for strangers and it’s way too overpowering for kids, even big kids like teenagers.
Read this article and judge for yourself whether God is a ’sadist’, or a wise and loving Father in condemning adultery and teaching us His ways. Mankind is arrogant to think it can live without God.
I’d also like take the liberty of linking to the article “Jezebel in our Society“. It’s from the Albatrus.org website, which I personally have found an eye-opener in many respects and overall a very biblical website with a radical message that has put me to think some things over. I’m not saying I agree with everything in there, but then there will always be some discussion and disagreement. I nevertheless strongly recommend it.
Merry Christmas everyone and a blessed New Year. And thank you Don for your website.
‘He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.‘ — Rev 22:20-21