Comments on: Sex, the Church, and Miss California: Hyper-romantic Notions of Sexuality http://oneinjesus.info/2009/08/sex-the-church-and-miss-california-hyper-romantic-notions-of-sexuality/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sex, the Church, and Miss California: Law vs. Story, Part 1 « One In Jesus.info http://oneinjesus.info/2009/08/sex-the-church-and-miss-california-hyper-romantic-notions-of-sexuality/#comment-7722 Sex, the Church, and Miss California: Law vs. Story, Part 1 « One In Jesus.info Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:04:22 +0000 http://oneinjesus.info/?p=5833#comment-7722 [...] narrative (or story) is a tough one, but we’ve already addressed a large part of it in the post on hyper-romantic notions of sexuality. Let me see if I can expand just a bit on that. You see, here’s the story [...] [...] narrative (or story) is a tough one, but we’ve already addressed a large part of it in the post on hyper-romantic notions of sexuality. Let me see if I can expand just a bit on that. You see, here’s the story [...]

]]> By: Jerry Starling http://oneinjesus.info/2009/08/sex-the-church-and-miss-california-hyper-romantic-notions-of-sexuality/#comment-7721 Jerry Starling Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:58:38 +0000 http://oneinjesus.info/?p=5833#comment-7721 "It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body* in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God." (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, NIV) The footnote is actually a better translation than the text. The footnote reads, "learn to live with his own wife" or "learn to acquire a wife." This text strongly supports the above conclusions. Even the marriage bed is not to be given to selfish, passionate lusts in which one person takes advantage of another. There is something holy about the marriage bed that brings God into the relationship instead of the Playboy Philosophy. "It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body* in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God." (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, NIV)

The footnote is actually a better translation than the text. The footnote reads, "learn to live with his own wife" or "learn to acquire a wife."

This text strongly supports the above conclusions. Even the marriage bed is not to be given to selfish, passionate lusts in which one person takes advantage of another.

There is something holy about the marriage bed that brings God into the relationship instead of the Playboy Philosophy.

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