On Sexuality
Are you having dirty thoughts? Yes, I see your hand, and yours, and you you you. So most likely you've been exposed to some pornographic materials and are most likely addicted to it. Now don't look at me, I'm none of these things 🤐. Here's a deal breaker. Jesus once said, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” So today, in this room, we have 5 adulterers! Those of you who are still a virgin, it will feel like an epic injustice.
Jesus has thrust upon you a standard against which you can never measure up. The kind of standard that's akin to telling an alcoholic he must not drink another can of beer. This same moral standard extends to all types of sexuality including homosexuality, bestiality, incest and rape1, which of course are all2 fully banned from the Kingdom of God. Here's the thing, natural tendecies are no justification for behaviors. You can't just feel sexual one day and start molesting children and raping women, even though it may absolutely feel au naturel to you. GOD dispenses laws by which we are judged.
To this end, we arrived at the very crux of Christianity, also known as the only way to be a follower of Jesus Christ: to deny oneself, to take up one's cross and to follow Him. Jesus did not hang on the cross so we can indulge in sexual sins. Jesus died so we can be granted the Holy Spirit of God to enable us to live the life that GOD wants us to live. Every moment of our life, we will either fight against GOD or yield to HIM, our flesh warring against God-ly intent.
May the grace of our LORD JESUS CHRIST be with us all, for truly there is no other way.