Human Sexuality

by | Posted April 20th at 11:53am

“It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” Genesis 2:18 NLT

When God created the first human beings in his own image, he created them as male and female sexual beings. Through their sexuality, they were to fill and govern the world (Genesis 1:27-28) and provide intimate companionship for one another in marriage.

Male and female sexuality is central to what it means to be human. Sexual intimacy united the first man and woman as one being. It continues to have a unifying magnetic power over the two genders when submitted to the Lord as our Sovereign creator.

Biblical sexuality, created before sin, is a powerful force for good as a gift of God. It is not just physical. With the total personal love of the two in mind – male and female – sexual relations validate loving-kindness and generosity, revealing that both partners’ have a mutual commitment to each other’s ultimate good in a continuum in the sight of God, and in God’s Spirit. Sexuality is a divine realm, and such purity in marriage can include mystical joy.

By engaging in sexual intercourse, the bible teaches that we literally “know” another person intimately (Genesis 4:1). Since creation, the purpose of sexuality has been to join people in an intimate union of marriage—a permanent and loving heterosexual commitment—that God blesses and calls “very good” (Genesis 1:27-28, 31). The sexual relationship cements the marriage bond in an intimacy that continues even when reproduction is no longer possible.

Today sexuality is perverted, brought on by the initial and increasing disrespect for our Sovereign God in human rebellion. The powerful force of sexuality will be corrupted if not carefully channelled and constrained (see Leviticus 18:1-30; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8).

Sexual intimacy apart from marital commitment perverts the order that God intended for creation. Incest, for example, violates sexual boundaries within families (see Leviticus 18:7-14), collapses family structures of union (see Genesis 19:30-38), and fragments family community. Whereas perverted sexuality tears the community down (see Genesis 38:1-30; 39:7-9; Judges chs. 19–20) and exalts the individual (see 2 Samuel 13:11-14); biblical sexuality builds up the sexual partners and the community. Our sexual identity has been damaged through our fall into sin (Genesis 3), but God has redeemed it through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (see 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; Ephesians 5:31-33).

The Lord restores sexual wholeness in those who trust his work in their lives by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 15-20; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-5). Those who commit their sexuality to Christ can testify to God’s love for his people (Ephesians 5:25-33).

Article posted by Glen R. Jackman, founder of GraceProclaimed.org

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