What The Bible Says About Sex

First, I must begin by saying that I have gone to a Christian church since I was about 4 or 5 years old. When I was about 7 or 8 is when I remember first believing in the Gospel. I was baptized in that Assemblies of God church at 8 years old and, although I’ve had my times of falling away or walking away (which ever you choose to call it), I have since then almost always called and considered myself a Christian. I’m “one of those crazy born-agains” if you will. That being said, my husband (also a “crazy born-again”) and I went to a day conference on Saturday and the best way I can put it is that I’m sure glad my parents weren’t sitting next to us! We all would have been blushing!

When I think about what non-believers think of God, I am under the impression that they are under the impression that God just loves to take the fun out of things. It’s as if they think of Him as this cosmic kill-joy who has a huge checklist of things that we can’t do and then, if we mess up and do them He’s mad and just can’t wait to unleash His wrath upon us. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but that is my observation. As a Bible-believing Jesus follower, I have come to know enough about the character of God to know that nothing can be further from the truth and this brings me to my topic.

The specific example at hand is sex. God created us, “male and female He created them.” Therefore, He created all of our body parts. He knows about the physical pleasure that our bodies are capable of because He designed them for this capability. But one incredibly fascinating thing that I’ve been learning about God is that He does everything two fold: physical and spiritual. I won’t go into the spiritual side of sex here as I have addressed it before in another post (click here), but I’d like to talk a little about what the conference discussed on Saturday… a book of the Bible that I was never taught in Sunday School.

Did you know that in Song of Solomon a man and his new bride are so graphically telling their sexual experiences that Hebrew boys were not allowed to read the book until they were of a certain age (likely 30) or married? “Your two breasts are like two fawns,” yes, that’s in there. “Your lips, O my spouse, Drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue”, “Let my beloved come to his garden and eat its pleasant fruits.” Those are in there too. (In case you don't believe me; Song of Solomon 7:3, 4:11, 4:16) No, they definitely did not teach us this in Sunday school! This book has been in the Bible all along and yet, for so many years, the church has steered far away from speaking on sex, yet I believe that is exactly where it should be taught.

In a world that teaches us about sex, whether we know it or like it or not, we really should learn about it in the context it was created and designed for. Not the culture that so aptly supplies us with articles and books and even videos of an unfulfilling and empty replica of what is truly “Your Best Sex Ever.” Song of Solomon addresses this issue quite clearly by demonstrating the beauty and richness and fullness that comes from following God’s original intent for love, marriage, and sex. Although there are many counterfeits out there, some that even mimic the real thing quite well, the extent of this true fullness can only happen in His intended setting, “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” What could be better than that?

-Krystal is a blogger for The Daily Vine. Check out her bio to see where her view comes from.