Christian Sex

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Amen, thank you Father for this day; thank you Father. We just bless your holy name Father; we give you thanks in Jesus’ name. Lord, bless every person listening; every person reading; help us all to have understanding of the truth of your Word, in Jesus’ name.

Today’s program is called, Christian Sex. Let’s turn to Gen 2:18, And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him. Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 

Let’s turn to Heb 4:12,  For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Come boldly to the throne of grace to ask for grace in the time of need: when you’re being tempted.  You have to ask.  If you are a single Christian, and you want a husband or a wife,  ask.  Ask God to bring the right person into your life. Then ask Him for grace concerning your sexual desire: to give you grace until He gives you your mate. He knows what you’re going through, and His grace is sufficient for you, if you will believe, not for you to sin, but for righteousness in the face of temptation. He has been there. Jesus was a teenager, tempted in every way as we are; He was a young man surrounded by many women who loved Him very much. He was tempted, yet He never sinned. Do you know what really helped Him? It was His love and respect for His Father, and the fear of God in Him, and His love for us. He knew that if He yielded to any temptation to sin, that it would be against His Father, whom He loved, and against us, for whom He was our only hope of salvation. If He had sinned, just once, He could not have been offered as a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. When you are being tempted, ask God boldly for grace. Do you want His grace in your life, to help you keep from sinning against your Father in Heaven, who loves you so much that He gave His beloved Son to die for you upon the Cross, or against your brother or sister in Christ whom you love? Or do you love yourself and your pleasures more? Are you more interested in gratifying your own lusts than in loving and respecting and honoring your Father and your Lord, the one who loved you and washed you from your sins in His own Blood, and the one who you say you love? Do you love them, or do you love yourself? 

Let’s turn to 2 Tim 3:1, But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! Is this you? Are you in this list?  I sure was, for many years, after I became a Christian.  I was still loving myself and my pleasures more than I loved God, and that got me into much trouble. One day, I got honest with God. On my face I confessed to Him what kind of person He already knew me to be, and I asked Him, with all my heart, to hear me, and to change me to truly love Him and the people in my life. He heard my prayer, and He began to work on me. It was not easy, but, as much as I am, I am a different man than I was years ago. He will do the same for you. That’s why Jesus came: to save us from our sins and to change us; to make us righteous through faith in Him and what He did for us, in His great love, upon the Cross. He did not come to condemn us, but to save us from our sins. In order to overcome sin in your own life, you’re going to have to want this; you’re going to have to ask Him to do this with all your heart. He promised us that whoever will seek after righteousness shall be filled. The most important part is love. You must acknowledge, if you are like I was, you must acknowledge to Him that you don’t love Him like you should; that you love yourself and your pleasures more, and you don’t love your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife like you should. If you will just humble yourself before Him, and them, and repent for not really loving them; for dishonoring them with your selfish, self-centered behavior; for not respecting them, and then ask God to change you and seek Him until He does. If you want the things that Jesus gave Himself upon the Cross to give you, you can have them, if you really want them; if you will seek Him and ask Him with all your heart. He knows if you are sincere and He will respond. If you are, He will have mercy on you and grant you His grace. His grace will work in your life when you are honest and sincerely seeking after righteousness and holiness; when you truly want to love Him and honor Him, and love others as yourself. If you want to continue to love yourself, your money, and your pleasures more, you will not find His true grace. 

The covenant of marriage before God: 

When you marry someone as a Christian, you enter into a physical union: man and woman, before God. You both make a commitment of love and faithfulness before Him and before other people: a public commitment to love one another, and, as a Christian, it is not only to one another, but to God and to the people who are witnessing your marriage. And it is not until you have entered into this covenant before Him that you may enter into physical union with His blessing. Heb 13:4, Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. If you enter into any sexual contact; sensual, sexual indulgence, before you enter into your marriage covenant with God, it is sin. No, you’re not in faith; no, you’re not covered by His grace; you are gratifying your lust and you are loving yourself, not your partner, and not God, and you are in sin. There is no condemnation here. If you will seek God about this, He will show you, and you can repent and find grace in His sight. You must acknowledge the truth about this to Him, and to your mate, and you must repent for dishonoring them and dishonoring God. The same is true for any sexual behavior outside of your marriage covenant. Fornicators and adulterers God will judge. If you will not repent, God will judge you according to your works, as He has promised many times throughout the Scriptures. Jesus said, I’m going to give unto everyone of you according to your works. If we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us. 

If you are a Christian and you have a relationship with a brother or a sister, either an engagement, a betrothal, or marriage, this applies to you. The main question is, do you love the Father?  Do you love Him?  Do you love Jesus?  Do you love the person you are involved with?  You say you do. If you really do, then prove it before God by doing what pleases Him above all else.  Both of you, honor Him, through repentance and faith and obedience to His Word, and ask Him for grace to do things His way. That is what is best for you.  He will honor you and give you grace if you do this, and He will bless you both. You want His honor; you want His blessing, for the one whom He blesses is truly blessed. God sent His Son into the world to bless us by turning away every one of us from our iniquities. Turn to Him! Turn to Jesus! He said He would never leave you nor forsake you. 

1 Cor 7:1, Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 1 Cor 6:15, Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For The two, He says, shall become one flesh. But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. Flee sexual immorality, (fornication). Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits fornication sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. 

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 Cor 13:14)