Ok Kingdom Family, today I want to address a very comfortable topic. Sexual purity. If you didn't know, both Jesus Christ and Paul were single men! They were the ones who preached on this topic...not married people!
Bible references: 1 Corinthians 7, Matthew 5:27-32, Titus 2, 1 Timothy 5.
For starters, let me make a confession before I offend some people with this very unpopular post.
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As a single (unmarried) Christian man I am 100% free from any addiction to inappropriate contentography or masturbation. Now you don't have to wonder if I'm coming from a place of jealousy, hypocrisy, or frustration, because I'm not.
On to the topic.
There seems to be a lot of bullhorns on sexual purity for men (specifically unmarried single men).
Something I've noticed is that most of them are either
A. Married Christians (both men and women)
B. Single Christian women.
1. To *some* of the Married Christians.
Where was that zeal prior to marriage my married brothers and sisters?
Why are some suddenly taking the sledgehammer to masturbation (and inappropriate contentography)?
I know you didn't just acquire a false sense of security right?
2. To *some* (most if we're being honest) of the Single Christian women.
Are you dressing modestly yet? Does the Church ever cover this topic?
What about that make-up, perfume, or those skin-tight yoga pants and loose shirts some of ya'll love to wear at Church functions?
I know it's just because it's comfortable to wear right? Not at all for the attention and admiration of your Christian brothers? Especially in the winter time?
If you're going to preach on sexual purity, and you fit in either of these categories...have some grace in this area and check your heart posture before the Lord. Is it out of love?
Some have suddenly become zealous bullhorns for sexual purity on single Christian men and make it legalistic, hypocritical, and religious. Please have some grace in this area.
The Lord knows *some* of these (newly) married Christians suddenly taking a sledgehammer to masturbation were fornicating right before they got married. Some of them only married because they couldn't find freedom in this area themselves.
The Lord knows there is hypocrisy in the camp of single Christian women who are not called to account by most of the Church (this is not right). Watch that heart...that your preaching doesn't come from a root of jealousy, insecurity, or bitterness.
What a wonderfully comfortable and exposing topic. Your (married) Pastors and Pastorly people may not be able to speak like this...but I don't have to worry about what my spouse thinks! (yet).
There is no need for me to side with the feministic/jezebelic double standards that have infiltrated some parts of the Church. Honestly, I wanted to make this more exposing...but I'm in repentance.
I say all of this to say, be fair in your judgements on these things. Carry on making a stand for sexual purity.