Sex is Holy!

A young British couple were arrested and sentenced to one month in jail for kissing in a restaurant. It all happened in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Even though much of the very conservative social codes in cosmopolitan Dubai have been relaxed, officials there still enforce a strict decency code. And kissing in public there is considered indecent!

What a difference from here in our country where far more than just kissing is seen (or suggested) openly on prime time television and in films on the silver screen. Our society is a sex-saturated society! For those of us who are followers of Christ, we are called to a very high standard when it comes to sexuality. Given the pressure of our sex-crazed culture, we need to be reminded of this standard on a regular basis. One of the clearest statements of this standard comes to us from 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 where the Apostle Paul writes,

"It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; ⁴that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, ⁵not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God."

May all of us strive to uphold this high standard and in doing so make a statement to the world around us that sex is sacred and should be treated as such! This will not be easy to do ... but we can do so ... all by God's grace and for His glory! 

Thanks for stopping by . . . 

pj