In the church, we tend to treat sexuality, and pleasure within it, as a taboo subject, even though this was also created by God.
However, many of us grow up not being allowed to talk about it in the family, and we develop the feeling that it is all sinful. However, this is a lie. Our bodies, including our genitals, are God's good creations, and orgasm or sex hormones were His idea.
Nagné Végh Csenge, the author of the Egytestté blog , gave a brilliant presentation to young people, we will take a look at it.
Where do lies about sex come from?
Csenge asked at the BP Ifi talk presentation.
According to young people, from other people, from the media, from romantic movies, from the world around us in general. But why did these lies come about? If we jump back to the beginning, sex also deteriorated so much because of the criminal case.
According to Végh Csenge, we Christians most of the time only deal with the tip of the iceberg, i.e. sexual behavior, not really with the thoughts and lies underneath.
"From our very early childhood, we are surrounded by the story (who we are, where we came from, what our goal is, etc.) on the basis of which the world thinks. If we do not remove the root of the world and plant the mind of Christ in us, then do not be surprised if the old root bears fruit"
he said.
"Therefore, I ask you, my brothers, by the mercy of God, to dedicate yourselves as a living, holy, pleasing sacrifice to God as an intelligent act of worship, and not to be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the renewal of your understanding, so that you can judge what is the will of God, what is good , which pleases him and is perfect"
Paul writes in his letter to the Romans.
In other words, the invisible part of the iceberg must be transformed in order for the visible part, i.e. our behavior, to change and renew itself.
If we want to see the truth, we must go back to God's true story. Part of it is that God created and what He creates is good. Sin corrupted this good creation, but Jesus came to redeem us - and we will live with Him forever and in a regenerated world.
Why did God create sex?
"Not only as a gift to enjoy, but also to teach something about yourself"
he emphasized.
The three main functions of sex are procreation, pleasure and experiencing unity. First of all: childbearing and sex are completely separated in today's culture, and this has significantly rearranged thinking.
"The fact that God decided that new life comes from the sexual union of two people symbolizes that when Christ fills the church, our rebirth comes from that. In this sense, the church is a mother who feeds her children"
Csenge pointed out.
Pleasure - although we tend to treat it as a taboo in the church - was also created by God, not the devil. However, many of us grow up not being allowed to talk about it in the family, and we develop the feeling that it is all sinful.
"However, this is a lie. Our bodies - including our genitals - are God's good creations, and orgasm or sex hormones were also God's idea."
But why did God make sex feel good? He wanted to show that the love that exists between the members of the Holy Trinity is a joyful and good thing.
"Many times, we humans talk about love as if it were only sacrifice, difficult, and not about emotions. But God wanted to teach us that unity, love causes a good feeling"
he highlighted. Because
everything on earth foreshadows the spiritual joy and ecstasy we will experience in heaven.
This does not mean that there will be sexuality in heaven, but that sex is also an important symbol. "For the LORD will delight in you, and he will be the husband of your country. For as a young man takes away your bride, so he who builds you up; as the bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you." (Is. 62:4-5) The Bible therefore refers to marriage and sexuality as a metaphor for the relationship between God and his people.
Today's world does not think in terms of alliances and unity, but in terms of contracts. According to this, there is no mutual subordination, but autonomy: "I am the master of my own body" and "if you can't give me what I expected, then goodbye".
The Bible, on the other hand, thinks in terms of alliances and marriages, which provide the safe framework for truly deep intimacy and the true love that points to God.
Tim Keller puts it this way: "Sex was given by God to express with my body to my partner: I belong to you completely, exclusively and definitively."
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