Biblical Principals of Healthy Sexuality
Biblical Principals of Healthy Sexuality
Kyley Hood
CNL 7643 Family Sexuality
John Brown University
Looking at the media and entertainment industry just over the past fifty or so year, it is very evident how much the view of healthy sexuality has changed throughout time in our society. Just 60 years old the public was horrified when Elvis Presley suggestively shook his hips and most television sitcoms were about a wholesome traditional family. Presently however; it is rare to see a music video without some kind of sexual reference, popular television networks HBO and Showtime show extremely graphic sexual scenes in their top rated shows, and the music charts are covered with sexually explicit songs, such as Bruno Mar’s “Your sex takes me to paradise.” In a society where sexual morality is continuing to diminish, Christians have the blessing of the Holy Bible in which the principals of healthy sexuality are from the Lord Jesus Christ and give a guide to follow when views of sexual morality are always changing. Sex is inherently God given. In Genesis 1:27-28 HCSB, scripture tells us that “God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female. God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it…” Furthermore, God created sex for not just procreation, but pleasure as well as can be seen in Proverbs 5:18-19 HCSB: “Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful fawn--let her breasts always satisfy you; be lost in her love forever.” Notice that the Lord did not just say to take pleasure with any woman but with the wife of your youth. It is evident through many scriptures in the Bible that healthy sexuality is through marital sex. According to1 Corinthians 7:1-40 ESV: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality,
Kyley Hood
CNL 7643 Family Sexuality
John Brown University
Looking at the media and entertainment industry just over the past fifty or so year, it is very evident how much the view of healthy sexuality has changed throughout time in our society. Just 60 years old the public was horrified when Elvis Presley suggestively shook his hips and most television sitcoms were about a wholesome traditional family. Presently however; it is rare to see a music video without some kind of sexual reference, popular television networks HBO and Showtime show extremely graphic sexual scenes in their top rated shows, and the music charts are covered with sexually explicit songs, such as Bruno Mar’s “Your sex takes me to paradise.” In a society where sexual morality is continuing to diminish, Christians have the blessing of the Holy Bible in which the principals of healthy sexuality are from the Lord Jesus Christ and give a guide to follow when views of sexual morality are always changing. Sex is inherently God given. In Genesis 1:27-28 HCSB, scripture tells us that “God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female. God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it…” Furthermore, God created sex for not just procreation, but pleasure as well as can be seen in Proverbs 5:18-19 HCSB: “Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful fawn--let her breasts always satisfy you; be lost in her love forever.” Notice that the Lord did not just say to take pleasure with any woman but with the wife of your youth. It is evident through many scriptures in the Bible that healthy sexuality is through marital sex. According to1 Corinthians 7:1-40 ESV: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality,