Or

alsexi
nthemar
ri
ageandsexposi
ti
ons

a)Or
alsex

Thewor l
dwel i
veini
sabouti nstantgrat
if
icat
ion.I
t’
sallaboutyouandwhatyouwant.However,
sexisn’
taboutyou;i
t’
saboutt hegiftyouaregivi
ngtoyourspouseandthegif
tyourspouseis
giv
ingyou.Becauseoftheper vasi
venessofpornographyandthewidespr
eadperver
sionofsex
i
nourcul t
ure,
somepeople,includingsomesincereChrist
ians,
havebeencorr
uptedinthei
r
percept
ionofsexandhowi tmustbedone.

ThroughoutmystudyoftheHol yBi
ble,Ihavenotcomeacrossasi ngleversethatexpli
cit
ly
al
lowordisall
oworalsex.Oral
sex,alsoknownas“ cunni
li
ngus”whenper f
ormedonf emales
and“fel
lat
io”whenperf
ormedonmal es,isnotmenti
onedintheBible.Iti
nv ol
vesusingthe
mouth,li
ps,ort
onguetostimulatet
hepeni s(fel
l
ati
o),
vagi
na( cunni
li
ngus),oranus( ani
li
ngus)
ofasexpar t
ner.

Thereishowevernosinglever
sethatdir
ectl
yst
ate“Thoushallnotengageinor
alsex”
.Letme
quickl
yadd;t
hef actt
hattheBibl
eissi
lentonatopi
cdoesnotmeani tendor
sesit
.Forexampl
e
theBibl
eissi
lentonmanyoft hemoder ndayev
il
sli
ket obaccosmoking.Doesi
tmeani t
's
sil
enceendor
sest obaccosmokingasgood?

Everypartofthehumanbodyhasitsownpecul i
ar(speci
al,
dif
fer
ent,di
sti
nct,
andunique)
functi
on.Forexample,
nootherbodypartexceptthelegcanwalkli
ketheleg,t
heeyescannot
hearneit
hercantheearssee,wecannoteatthroughouranusneit
hercanwedef ecat
ethrough
ourmout h.

Ev er
yorganoft
hebodyhasi tsownpecul
i
arfuncti
on.Nootherbodypar
tcanper
for
mt he
functi
onoftheotherwithoutri
sksandhavi
ngproblems.Ther
ewillal
waysbeapr
oblem i
fyou
trytouseabodypar tf
oraf uncti
onot
herthanwhatitwasmeantfor.

Youcantr
yeati
ngthroughyournose,
walkingwit
hy ourhead,
defecati
ngthroughy
ourmouth
andshar
eyourexper
iencewit
hme.Thi sunder
standingfor
mst hefoundat
ionofmyviewonoral
sex.

Tomakethi
spoi
ntver
ystrongl
y,t
hefunct
ionsofthemouthdoesnotincl
udesex.Ihav
enot
comeacr
ossanymedical
bookorart
icl
ethatli
stsexasonefunct
ionofthemouth.

Thefunctionsofthemout hasst at
edi nallt
hemedicalmateri
alsIhavereadandwat chedare
forchewing,fordetermi
ningtast
e( t
het ongueplay
sthi
srole),f
orspeech,forexpressions,f
or
breat
hingf ordi
gestionoffood,r
eceivesanddirect
sfood,dri
nksandot hersubstancesintothe
stomacht hroughtheoesophagus.

Nowher
eissexwr
it
tenaspar
toft
hef
unct
ionsoft
hemout
h.Accor
dingt
omedi
cal
li
ter
atur
e,
themouthi
sapartofthedi
gesti
vesyst
em butnotther
eproduct
ivesy
stem wher
eor
gansfor
sexhav
ebeengrouped.Thi
sgroupi
ngbutt
ressesthepoi
ntthatt
hefuncti
onsoft
hemouthdoes
noti
ncl
udeSEX!

Healt
hlawsarepartofthetencommandments.Soi
sitheal
thytoki
ssandplaceyourt
ongue
i
nsidethemouthofanother.
*Ifanypar
toft
hebodyi
sasexual or
gan,whati
sthesini
nanal
penetr
ati
onassexualint
ercourse?
*

"Menandwomenpr of
essinggodli
nesspollutethebodyt hr
ought heindul
genceoffal
lenlust
,
andthuslowerthemselv
estothelevelofthebeast .Theyabuset hei
rabil
i
tytobepreservedi
n
sancti
fi
cati
onandhonour.Healt
handl i
fear ededicatedtothealt
aroflowlylust
.Thehigherand
nobleabi
li
ti
esaresubduedtotheanimal propensity.Suchsinner
sdonotknowt he
consequencesofthei
racti
ons.
"

"I
fev eryonecanseehowmuchoft hepai ntheyarebr i
ngingintosinfulindulgence,theywillbe
surprised.Andatl eastsomepeopl ewillabandont hesi nf
ulpracti
cest hatbringaboutt hi
s
fearfulrevel
ati
on.Asar esultofsinfuli
ndulgence,manypeopl ewillbesomi serablethatthey
willwantt odieratherthanlive.Andmanypeopl edi etooear l
y.Theirli
vesar esacr i
fi
cedint he
i
nfamouswor kofexcessi veIofanimal lust
.Nev er
t hel
ess,theythinkthatt heyarenotgui l
tyof
anycr imebecauset heyaremar ri
ed.Menandwomen, onedayy ouwi l
l seewhatl ustisand
whati tistoindulgeinit.Thesamel ustofqualit
iesast hoseout si
det hemar ri
agerelati
onship
canbef oundinmar riagerelati
onships".(El
l
enG.Whi te-Rev i
ewandHer al
d, Sept
ember19,
1899) .

Oralsexisgai
ningpr ominencethesedays.Manyy oungandol derfolksareser
iousl
yengagi
ng
i
nitev er
yday.From amedi calperspect
ive,
oralsexisnotsafe.Oral sexput
syouatr i
skof
gett
ingsexual
lytransmittedi
nfecti
ons,cancer
s,E.coli
,Hepatit
isA, andallt
hefil
tht
hatcomes
fr
om thegenit
al area.Theseinf
ectionsmakesli
femi ser
ableandcuty ourl
if
eshort.

Ify
ouwantt oseet hei
mpactoft hesedi
seasesontheli
feofaper son,pleasev i
sitanyhospital
.
Youwi llseet hekindofmiserymanypeopl earegoi
ngthrougheachdayandni ghtinour
hospitals.Thebestwayt opr eventiti
stostayawayfr
om oralsexbei tfell
ati
o,cunnili
ngusor
ani
lingus.Youwi l
lbesacri
fi
ci nglif
eheal
thonthealt
aroflust
.Ther eisnosi ni
nsexual
i
ntercour sebetweenamar r
iedmanandawoman, buti
tsunnat uralmyt odoor alsexthat
'sthe
point.Thei nspir
edcounselandcommonsenseandmedi call
iteratureexhor t
sust oobserve
healthlawsi nallwhatwedo.

“Fort
hisreasonGodgav
ethem uptovi
lepassi
ons.Forev
ent
hei
rwomenexchangedt
he
natur
aluseforwhati
sagai
nstnat
ure.
”Romans1:26‬ ‭

Wit
hreferencetosex,
whatis_”nat
uraluse”
_?I
sther
enoli
mitorboundari
estowhatisnatur
al
andunnatural
?Romans1: 24Wherefor
eGodalsogavet
hem uptouncleannesst
hroughthe
l
ustsoftheirownhear
ts,
todishonourt
heirownbodi
esbet
weenthemselves."
Thecont
exti
sunnat
ural
for
msofsex

Galati
ans5:19says"Nowthewor ksoftheflesharemanifest
,whicharethese;Adult
ery
,
for
nicati
on,
*uncl
eanness*
,lasciv
iousness."Sowher edoesitsayoralsex?Hereonuncleanness
asitisunhy
gieni
ctodoso.Nat uralsexualexpressi
onsareinharmonywi t
hhealthlaws.

SoitseemsPaulwas"shy "tojustsayoralsex?Onthatargumentitseemst heBibl

ewr it
ers
werealsoshyt
osaysmoki ngorsnuffi
ngtobaccoisasinordr inki
ngcaf f
einatedbeverageswas
asin.Ther
earethi
ngsthatar enotmentionedintheBibl
et hataresinf
ul.Thereasont hatthey
ar
enotment i
oneddoesn'tmaket hem notsinful
.

Themout handt heanusarethetwoopposit

eendoft heal
imentar
ycanal
thatwer
enatur
all
y
creat
edfordigesti
on.Myquest i
ontoyoumydearf r
iendisthati
fweopenthemouthf
orsexual
penetr
ati
on,doest hatal
soopentheanusforthesame?

Onewi l
lneverbestarv
edbynotdoi ngoralsex.Thepenisandt hevagi
nadot hatverywell.
Temperancei sahealt
hlaw.Itistruethatconcerni
ngalcoholandwi newehav enumer ous
counsel
sint heBibl
ebutnotoft obaccoandcaf fei
natedbeverages.Wef i
ndcounsel onthati
n
theSpir
itofProphecyAwoman' sbodyissexuallyatt
ract
ivetoamanhenceweadv ocatefor
modestyinpublicandindecentorsexuallyatt
racti
veclot
hingformar r
iedcouplesonlyinthei
r
bedrooms.

Ift
heanusandt hemout
hcansubstitut
ethevagina,whati
sthereasonforprohi
bit
ionofsexual
acti
vit
ybetweentwomen-whyisittermedunnatural
?Honestl
yScriptur
eisnotexpli
citont
his
matterasIearl
i
ersai
d.I
tist
ruethatall
theScri
ptureswemayusewi l
lnotdi
rect
lyaddresst
he
questi
onathandbutbyi
nfer
ence.

Thereareunaccept
ablepracticesandthosearecl
ear.Atthesamet i
mealso,Godhasmadet he
experi
enceofsexuali
ntercoursepleasur
ableandthepleasurecent
reisbr
ain,notont
he
peri
pheral
swear ementioning.Soifthebrai
nisri
ght,ever
ythi
ngelseapersondoeswil
lber
ight.

Themouthmusteatbutnotallt
hingsmustbeeaten.Thehandmustt ouchbutnotall
thingsare
tobet
ouched.Theeyemustseebutnotallthi
ngsmustbeseen.Notev er
yholeonthehuman
bodyi
sforsexualpl
easur
e,andattherat
eofhumandecayi ft
henostril
sandearsandey es
weret
unnel
swhi chwerebi
gorpliabl
eenoughwewoul dbediscussi
ngmor ethanoralsexhere.

Iti
ssadt hatsomegi rl
swant i
ngtobemar ri
edatsomet i
meenj oyallthemar r
iagepr i
vi
leges
secretl
y,andmanycl ai
m whent heyaremarr i
edthattheyarev ir
ginsbecauset heirhymenar e
i
ntact.Sadlysomehav emast eredthedarkartofpreserv
ingt heirhymeni nt
act."Kune
vanorovesakuanuschet e,vamwemuhapwa, vamwemumhi nonemunzev evamwepakat i
pemat hi
ghsandbr easts.Vamwet heydooral sexandanal sex.Andav oi
dvaginal sexatall
costskuti v
aitepreservethevaginair
iint
act.Suchdarkartsar emast eredbyv i
ewi ng
pornography .Vamwev anoyamwiwamazamu.Al lthi
swillnotmakeoneav ir
ginthoughher
vaginami ghtbeintact.Surveysshowthatmanypeopl eincludingmanyy oungadul tsand
teenagerswhowantt opreser
vethei
r“t
echni
calorphy
sicalvi
rgi
nit
y”don’
tconsi
deroralsext
o
orotherpenetrati
onst
obesexbecauset heythi
nkoralisn'
tpenet
rat
ioni
nat r
adit
ional
sense
andt heactcan'tl
eadtoconcept
ion.

Themout hisf
oreati
ngandt al
kingandki ssi
ngyourwifeexceptthegenit
als.Whenahuman
beingceasest
oapplytheint
ell
igencethatmakeshi mtobet heimageofGod, t
henweshallbe
i
nt roubl
e.Wewil
lseepeopledefendingallformsofsexuali
ntercour
sesint henameofit'
snot
prohibi
tedbyt
heBibl
eandasl ongit'sbetweentwomar ri
edpeoplei.eamanandawomanand
theyagreeoni
t.RememberAnani asandSapphi r
atheyagreedwr ongly
.Wewi l
lst
artt
ohear
thatsexonanyholei
nt hebodybei teyes,armpi
ts,
betweenf i
ngersandtoenails,
theear
sisfi
ne.

Usuallywheny ouseesomebodydet hr oningreasonandpassi onat

elydefendinggross
behav i
oursallunderthegarbofy oudon' tunderstandcont extet ci
nShonawesay" atsi
ki
rwa
madomasi ake"andbecomesangr y.Buty oucanki ssy ourwi feontheneckandear sandshe
fi
ndsi tsexual
lyarousingsoy ousayi t
'sev i
lastheear saref orhearingonly?Thati snota
problem.Thepr oblem isputt
ingthatmout hinthegenitals.Heal t
hlawsforbidsthat.TheBibl
e
sayski ssi
ngeachot herproperl
yisfine.E.coli,
tracesoff aecal matterdi
rt,semen,v agi
nal
dischargesasIment ionedear l
i
eronar eal lf
oundi nthegeni tals.

Godoncesai
difapersonhasadischar
gehe/
shemustnotcomeinHistemple.Howmuch
morei
fyouputthosedischar
gesi
nHisbodyt
empl
ebyeatingthem whendoi
ngoralsex!

Levi
ti
cus5:
3" Ori
fhetoucht
heuncl
eannessofman,
whatsoeveruncl
eannessi
tbethataman
shal
lbedef
il
edwithal
,andi
tbehi
dfrom hi
m;whenheknowethofit,
thenheshal
lbeguil
ty.
"

TheBi blesaysdon'teatanyuncl eanthingaccordingtoLevit

icus11andDeut eronomy14.Andif
youdoor al
sexy ouwillbepar t
akingofhumanf leshfrom thosedischarges.Onemi ghtsay
whataboutki ssi
ng,don'tyoupar t
akeofhumanf lesh?TheBiblefull
yknowingt hisall
owed
kissi
ng.Andbabi esdri
nkhumanmi l
k.Becausei t'
snormal.Byput t
ingthosedischargesfrom
thevaginaandpeni siny ourmout hyouar einpri
ncipleeat
inghumanf l
esh.Kissingisall
owedin
theBible.Paul ur
gedallbeliev
er stogreeteachot herwit
hhol ykisses.EvenJudaski ssed
Jesusasasi gnofbetrayal.Solomont alkedofki
ssinghisbeloved.

Al
soduri
ngnaturalsexbetweent
hepenisandv agi
na,nosemenorvaginaldi
schargeent
ers
i
ntoanyofthecouple'
smouth.Hencenohumanf l
eshiseat
en.Buti
noralsexallheal
thl
aws
ar
edestr
oyed.Nothinghasbeenover
str
etched.AndIhavenodesperat
ionatall
.

Thoughcont extmustbet akenintoconsider

ati
on,corr
ectesegessi
sisinharmonywithBibl
e
i
nt erpretat
ion.Forexampleapr eachercansayZacchaeusclimbedatreetoseeJesus.Thisis
theliteralmeaningoft hever
se.Het hencanputmeani ngint
oittoappl
ytoourmoder nti
meby
eiseget i
cal
lysaying'youcancli
mbt hetreesinyourli
febeitbusi
ness,workorschool
tosee
Jesus. 'Thoughit'
snotwhatt hev er
seorigi
nal
lysaysbutithasbeenextr
apolat
edandinferr
ed
cor r
ectly.
Wehavebeencreatedasintel
li
gentbei
ngsthathavecogni
ti
veandreasoni
ngabi
l
iti
es.Thi
s
meansthatweareabletorecei
veinfor
mati
on,underst
anditandmakesenseofi
t-reasoni
ng.
Wearenotcreat
uresofpre-pr
ogrammedinsti
nctsorrobot
s.Thisi
swhyGodsays,_”.
..
come
andl
etusreasontoget
her.”
_

Theappr
oachtoappl
i
cati
onoft
heWordofGodthati
nsi
stst
hatnoinfer
encecanbeappl
iedt
o
i
tisdogmat
icanddevoi
doft
heappl
i
cati
onoft
hehumancharacter
ist
icsofbei
ngint
heimage
ofGod.

Oneoft hef
undament
aldi
fferencesbetweenthephysicalat
tri
butesofmaleandfemaleis
genit
ali
a.WhenGodprohi
bitssexuali
ntercour
sebetweenpeopl eofthesamesex,i
sitnot
becausesexinv
olv
esthemat i
ngofgenitali
athatexi
stsinonegenderandnottheother?

Theargumentforor
alandanalsexisaj ust
if
icat
ionforhomosexualacti
vi
ty.Homosexual i
s
premi
sedont hevi
ewthatanypartofthebodycanbesubst i
tut
edforgenit
alsandusedf orsex-
_”
unnatur
aluse”_
.Commonsensef orbidsthatoralsexisbadyetoneusesallhisenergi
esof
mindtodefendit
.Whatmustbesaidofhi m!Ifcommonsensecan' tappealtoyourreason,wil
l
uncommonsensedo?

"Menandwomenpr ofessi nggodl i

nesspol lutethebodyt hroughthei ndulgenceoff allenl ust,
andt husl owert hemsel vest othel ev elofthebeast .Theyabuset heirabili
tytobepr eser vedin
sanct i
ficati
onandhonour .Healt handl ifear ededicatedt othealtaroflowl ylust
.Thehi gherand
nobleabi l
it
iesar esubduedt otheani mal propensity.Suchsi nner
sdonotknowt he
consequencesoft heiractions.I fev ery
onecanseehowmuchoft hepai ntheyarebr ingi nginto
sinf
ul indulgence, theywi llbesur pr i
sed.Andatl eastsomepeopl ewi l
labandont hesi nf ul
practicest hatbr i
ngaboutt hisfear ful r
ev el
ation.Asar esul
tofsinful i
ndulgence, manypeopl e
willbesomi serablethatt heywi ll wantt odier atherthanlive.Andmanypeopl ediet ooear l
y.
Theirlivesar esacr if
icedi nt heinf amouswor kofexcessi veindul
genceofani mal lust.
Nev ertheless,theyt hinkthatt heyar enotgui ltyofanycr imebecauset heyar emar ri
ed.Menand
women, onedayy ouwi llseewhatl ustisandwhati tistoindulgeinit.Thesamel ustofqual it
ies
asthoseout si
det hemar riagerel at i
onshi pcanbef oundi nmar ri
ager elati
onships".(EllenG.
Whit e-Rev iewandHer ald, September19, 1899) .

It
'samar v elt
hatmanyhav ethegut stodefendabnormalit
y.Isaiah5:20.Thoseamonguswho
defendor alsexregar
dlessoftheirposit
ionarenottobeimi t
ated.Wehav eourBiblesandSOP
asourr ul
eofaut hori
tyinallmatter
sofChr i
sti
anbehaviour.Ifcommonsensecan' tconvi
nceus
onthisissue, dowethinkuncommonsensewi ll
?Doanimalsengagei noralsex?Yesanddogs
especiall
y.Wecanci teversestoshowhowdogsar ev i
ewedi nScr i
pture.Dogsareunclean
animalsev enJesusreferr
edt otheSyrophoenici
anwomant hatdon'tgivethatwhichishol
yto
dogs.

Thoughthefoll
owingversesarenotmentioningoralsex,
theypoi
nttohowuncleandogsar e.
Canwet hencopyanactivit
ycommonl ydonebydogsofl i
cki
ngthevagi
nabeforesex!Because
theyar
ebr ut
ecreati
on.Wear ei
ntel
li
gentbeings.Butsomeani mal
sareint
ell
i
gentthanhumans
possessedbydemons.

Revel
ati
on22:15Forwi t
houtare*
dogs*
,andsor
cerer
s,andwhor
emonger
s,andmur
der
ers,
andidol
ater
s,andwhosoeverl
ovet
handmakethali
e.

Phi
l
ippi
ans3:
2*Bewar
eofdogs*
,bewar
eofev
ilwor
ker
s,bewar
eoft
heconci
sion.

Oralsexhasbeenobser v
edt hroughouttheani
mal ki
ngdom, from dolphinstopri
mat es.
Bonoboshav ebeenobser vedtot ransi
ti
onfrom asimpledemonst rati
onofaf f
ectiontonon-
penetrat
ivegenit
alsti
mul ation.Animalsperfor
m oralsexbylicki
ng, suckingornuzzli
ngthe
geni
talsoftheirpar
tner.Ani malsdoor alsexbhurur
u.Havey oueverbeenkumushaandher d
cows.Bul l
sli
ckcows.Mal edogsl ickfemaledogsbeforetheyengagei npenil
e-v
aginal
i
ntercourse.

Oralsexismout hli
ckingorkissi
ngorev enchewi ngoreat i
ngthegenital
s,i
t'
ssti
mulati
onoft he
geni
talsusingthemout h.Somesayi t'
scal l
edr omanci ngnotsex,t
owhi chwesayno.Ev enif
onereadsal it
tl
eofbiologyofanimals,itwillneverjustif
yoralsexi
nhumans.Letmesayi nour
mother'stongue"ungadyenekunanzv azvibudwazv ekuzasikanakusasema."Haveyour
vomiti
ngandnauseat ingcentresbeendest royed?Hi gherthanthehighesthumanthoughtis
God'
si dealforHischi
ldren.Godli
ness,godlikeness.

Cowsandgoatssni
fabitofur
inefrom t
hegeni
tal
soft hef
emalesandthi
sinmostcases
worksaser
oti
carousal
ortel
li
fit'
sinheat.Wecanweequatethesnif
fi
ngandli
cki
ngofthe
geni
tal
sofacowbyabul l
tocasualoral
sexaspract
icedbymankind.

Therearemanyposit
ionsonwhatissinandwhati snot,t
hatwe,Chr
ist
ians,
hav
etakent
hatare
support
edbyinfer
enceandnotadirectandli
ter
al“thussai
ththeLor
d”asmanyaredemandfor
sett
li
ngthequesti
onaboutor
alsex.Iwil
lcit
eaf ewexampl es:

Mast
urbat
ion-t
hisi
sregar
dedasi
nbutt
hewor
dmast
urbat
ioni
snowher
eint
heBi
ble.

Dri
nki
ngalcoholi
cbev eragesisnotexpresslyprohi
bit
edint
heBibl
e.Beingadrunkardisa
cer
tai
nbehaviourthatisassociatedwit
hirresponsi
bleuseofal
cohol
.Itisnotater
mt hat
meansdri
nkingalcoholicbeverages.

Further
mor e,i
fweapplyv er
seslikeHab2: 15thatcondemnst hosewhogiveot hersal
cohol,_”
..
.*andmakeshi m drunkenalso,thatthoumay estl
ookont hei
rnakedness!
”*_-thatisnota
prohibi
ti
onofdr i
nki
ngalcohol.*Sticki
ngtowhatt heversestat
esandnotmaki nganyi nf
erence
meanst hatthesini
sgi vi
ngsomeal coholwi
ththeintenti
onoflooki
ngattheper son’
s
nakedness.*

Smokingtobaccoisnotmenti
onedatal
lintheBi
bleasIearl
i
ersaid,
butChri
sti
anshav
etaken
theposi
ti
onthatiti
ssinonthebasi
sofinfer
enceandnotexpresspr
ohi
bit
ion.

I
fiti
snotcor
rectt
oanswert
hequest
ionconcer
ningor
alsexusi
ngi
nfer
encef
rom Scr
ipt
ure,
thentheChristi
anspositi
onsonmanypr i
ncipl
esmustbedi scardedandasi ti
sf rom thi
s
argumenttheyar eshaky.Theref
oret
heli
neofargumentagai nstt hei nf
erencet hator al
sexis
unnatur
aluseoft hebodyi sbasedondepart
urefrom soundprinciplesofi nterpretat
ionof
Scri
ptur
e.Wecanal sousecommonsenseoradv ancementsinmedi calsciencet oascertai
n
whatismor all
yrightorwrongandofdrawinginf
erencefrom Scripture.

Theconsequencesofor
alsex:

1.YougetSTI
sbutot
herdi
seasesl
i
keE.Col
i
,Hepat
it
isA,
dysent
eri
cdi
seases,
typhoi
d,chol
era
etc

2.Aper sonwit
hbodydischar
gesli
kesemenorv
agi
nal
flui
dswaspr
ohi
bit
edf
rom God'
s
presence,mustwetakethem or
all
ythen!

(Levit
icus15:2Speakuntothechil
drenofIsrael,andsayuntothem,Whenanymanhat ha
runningissueoutofhi
sflesh,
becauseofhisi ssueheisunclean.15:
3Andthi
sshallbehi
s
uncleannessinhisi
ssue:whetherhi
sfleshrunwi thhi
sissue,orhi
sfl
eshbestoppedfr
om hi
s
i
ssue, iti
shisuncl
eanness.

Levi
ti
cus15:16Andi fanyman' sseedofcopulat
iongooutfrom him,thenheshal lwashallhis
fl
eshinwater,andbeuncl eanuntilt
heeven.15:17Andev erygarment,andev er
yskin,whereon
i
stheseedofcopul ation,
shallbewashedwi thwater
,andbeuncl eanunt i
ltheeven.15:18The
womanal sowithwhom manshal lli
ewithseedofcopulat
ion,theyshallbothbathethemselves
i
nwat er
,andbeuncl eanunt i
ltheeven.15:19Andifawomanhav eani ssue,andherissuein
herf
leshbeblood,sheshal lbeputapartsevendays:andwhosoev ertouchethhershallbe
uncl
eanuntil
theeven. )

3.I
fyoueatsemenorvagi
nal
dischargesthat'
seat
inghumanf
lesh.Ani
mal
cel
l
sar
ethe
bui
ldi
ngbl
ocksoffl
esh.I
t'
saform ofcannibal
ism.

4It'
suncl
eanifyoutakethedischargesi
ntoy
ourmouth.Semeni
smeanttoentert
hevagi
na
undernat
ural
laws.Vaginaldi
schargesaremeantt
olubr
icat
edur
ingcoi
tusnott
obeli
ckedor
eaten

5.Awomanwhoper f
ormsoralsexonamancandev el
opastr
angelesi
onontheroofofher
mout
h,duet
o“ bluntt
rauma”duri
ngfel
l
ati
o.Thesucki
ngmot
ionassoci
atedwi
thfel
lat
iomay
pl
ayarol
ecausingbloodtopoolandcl
oti
nthisar
ea.

Oralsexisani mali
sm.Itori
ginatesfrom thebruti
shcreation.Soaft
eroralsexcanwej usttel
l
them towash?Heal thlawsar esti
llappl
icabl
e.Theywer enotnailedtothecross.Onlytheyhave
changedi nthemannerofappl icat
ion.Forexampl eduri
ngMoses' t
imeonewentwi t
hahoet o
buryhis/herfaecalmatter
.Nowwehav etoil
ets.Thatdi
schar gei
suncleantobepl acedinthe
GITAr eweuncl eanfor7days?Thatwasat ype.7isanumberofcompl et
eness.I
tmeantt obe
compl et
elyimpure.Thoughthecer emonyhasbeenf ulf
il
ledbyChr i
st'
sdeathyettheprinci
pleof
hygieneiseternal
.That'swhywehav eabookcal ledChri
st i
anTemper anceandBibleHy gi
ene.
Thedischargesar
euncleanthat
'swhyinMosest i
met heysatint hesand.Thesedayswehave
sani
tarypadsandtampons.Ceremonialuncl
eanl
inesswasnott hesameasunhy gieni
c
uncl
eanil
iness?DoyouthinkGodwaswr ongwhenHesai difyouattendafuneral
theny ouwi
l
l
beunclean?Theceremoniall
awshavebeenf ul
fi
ll
edChrist.Butthehealt
hlawsexists.

*
Unnat
ural
Use*

TheRoman1passaget hati
squotedbelowstatesthatt
hereisunnat
uraluseofsexandsuch
unnatural
usei
sev i
l.I
swhatisunnatur
al usel
imit
edt othewordsoft
hetextorwecandr aw
i
nferenceandunderst
andingfr
om thet
ext .Myqueryisi
nsist
enceonthatwecannotdraw
i
nferenceandunderst
andingfr
om thet
extbey ondtheli
mitsofonl
ywhatisexpressedi
nt he
l
ettersandwords.

“Forthisr easonGodgav ethem upt o*vi

lepassi ons* .Forev ent hei
r* womenexchangedt he
natural usef orwhati sagai nstnat ure.Li
kewi sealsot hemen, leav i
ngt henat uraluseoft he
woman, burnedint heirlustf oroneanot her,menwi t
hmencommi t
tingwhati sshamef ul*,and
recei
v i
ngi nt hemsel vest hepenal tyoftheirerrorwhi chwasdue.Andev enas* theydidnotl i
ke
toretainGodi ntheirknowl edge, Godgav et hem ov ertoadebasedmi nd,todot hoset hings
whichar enotf i
tt
ing*; being* fi
ll
edwi thallunrighteousness, sexual i
mmor ali
ty*,wickedness,
covetousness, mal i
ciousness; f
ullofenvy, mur der,stri
fe,deceit,evil
-mi ndedness; theyar e
whisper ers,backbiters,hater sofGod, vi
olent,proud, boasters, i
nvent orsofev ilt
hings,
disobedi enttopar ents,undi scerning,untr
ust wor t
hy ,
unl ovi
ng, unforgiving, unmer ciful
;who,
knowi ngt her i
ghteousj udgmentofGod, t
hatt hosewhopr acticesucht hingsar edeser vi
ngof
death, notonl ydot hesamebutal soapprov eoft hosewhopr acticet hem. ”Romans1: 26-32‬

Witht heunder st
andi ngt hatthereis“ natural
”and“ unnat ur
al”useofsubst ancesandourbodi es,
weabst ainfrom theuseofnar cotics,andot hersi milarsubst ances,weabst ai
nf r
om
mast urbation,evenwhensuchsubst ancesandpr acticesarenotment ionedi ntheBi bleatall
.Is
abstainingf r
om mast urbati
onst r
et chingScripturebey onditsintendedmeani ngori tisa
pri
nciplet hatisbasedoni nferenceandunder standingt hatit“unnatural”useofone’ sbodyand
thegiftofsex?Por nogr aphy,from whi chthepopul ari
tyofor alsexst ems, rapeandot hersi
milar
abusesar e“unnatural”.“Unnatural”isabr oadt erm.I nRomans1, theScr i
pturetell
sust hat
ther
ei s“ unnatur
al ”useoft hegi f
tofsexandal sogi vesexampl esofsuch“ unnatural”act.There
i
snoi ndicati
onthatt hel i
stofexampl esi sexhaust iv
e.

Mast urbati
oni snottheonly“
unnatural
”sexualact,
theterm“unnat
ural
”inthi
ssamecont exti
s
broadlyencompassi ng.Ihaveusedmast ur
bati
onasat ypical
example.Weuset heSpir
itof
Prophecyast hemostr el
i
ableint
erpret
eroftheBibl
e.Thedicti
onar
yandmedi calsci
enti
fi
c
researchlit
eraturearehandytool
st ounder
standtheBibleonl
yonpor t
ionswhichdoesn't
contradicttheBibleandE.G.Whi t
ewr i
ti
ngs.

It
'sunnatural
andsat
anictoaddon.Ihav
eexplainedt
oyoualr
eady.Romans1isexplai
ningthe
unnaturalf
ormsofsex.Romans1:32Whoknowi ngthej
udgmentofGod,thatt
heywhich
commi tsuchthi
ngsarewort
hyofdeath,
notonlydothesame,buthavepl
easur
einthem that
dothem.Romans1: 26Fort hiscauseGodgav et hem upunt ov i
leaffect i
ons:forevent heir
womendi dchanget henat ur aluseintot hatwhi chi sagainstnat ure:1: 27Andl ikewisealsot he
men, leav i
ngthenat uraluseoft hewoman, burnedi ntheirlustonet owar danother ;
menwi th
menwor ki
ngt hatwhi chisunseeml y,andr eceivingi nthemsel vest hatrecompenceoft hei
rer r
or
whichwasmeet .1:28Andev enast heydi dnotl iketor etai
nGodi nt heirknowledge, Godgav e
them ov ertoar eprobat emi nd,todot hoset hi
ngswhi char enotconv enient;1:29Bei ngf i
l
led
withallunr i
ghteousness, fornicati
on, wickedness, covetousness, mal ici
ousness; ful
l ofenvy,
mur der,debate, deceit,
mal i
gni t
y;whisper ers,1:30Backbi ters,
hat ersofGod, despiteful
,proud,
boasters, i
nventorsofev i
lthings,disobedi enttopar ents,1: 31Wi thoutunder standing,
covenant breakers,withoutnat uralaffection,impl acable,unmer ciful:

"Demor alizingPr acti

cesi nMar r
iage.I nthisageofourwor ldt hemar r
iagev owsar eof ten
disr
egar ded.Godnev erdesi gnedt hatmar ri
ageshoul dcov erthemul t
itudeofsi nst hatare
practiced.Sensual i
tyandbasepr act i
cesi namar riager elat i
onar eeducatingthemi ndand
mor al t
ast efordemor ali
zi
ngpr acticesout si
det hemar riager elati
on.Godi spur ifyingapeopl e
tohav ecl eanhandsandpur ehear tst ost andbef oreHi mi nt hejudgment .Thest andar dmust
beel evated, theimagi nati
onpur i
fied; theinfatuationcl uster i
ngar ounddebasi ngpr acticesmust
begi venup, andt hesoul uplif
tedt opur ethought s, holypr actices.All
whowi l
l standt hetestand
tri
aljustbef or eus,willbepar taker soft hedi vi
nenat ure,hav ingescaped, notpar t
icipatedi n,
the
corruptionst hatar einthewor ldthr oughl ust.Sour ceofSpi r
itualPower.Thewor ksofSat anare
nothal fdiscer ned,becausepur it
yandhol inessdonotmar kthel i
feandchar act eroft hosewho
clai
mt obemi ni
stersofChr ist.Strengt henedwi thal lmight ,accordingtoHi sgl oriouspower ,we
arethusf or ti
fiedagainstt hetempt ationsofSat an.Chr istandHi spurityandHi smat chless
charmsshoul dbet hesoul ’scont empl at
ion.

Ther eisspir
it
ualpowerforall
,whicht heymayhav ei ft
heywi l
l,
thatt
heymayr esi
sttemptati
on,
thatdut ymaybedoneandt hesoul holdfastit
sintegri
ty.Thosewhofeelthei
rneedofbeing
strengthenedbymi ghtbyGod’sSpiritint
hei nnerman, wil
lnotloset
hei
rintegr
it
y.Earnest
prayerandwat chi
ngt her
euntowil
l carrythem thr
ought emptati
ons.Wemustbeuni tedtoChrist
byl i
vingfai
th.

Excessi
veSexual Indul
gence.Themar ri
agecov enantcov
erssinsofthedar kesthue.Menand
womenpr ofessinggodlinessdebaset hei
rownbodi esthroughtheindulgenceofthecorrupt
passi
ons,andt huslowert hemselvesbeneaththebr ut
ecreati
on.Theyabuset hepowerst hat
Godhasgi v
ent hem tobepr eser
vedinsancti
ficati
onandhonour .Healt
handl if
earesacrif
iced
uponthealtarofbasepassi on.Thehigher,noblerpowersarebroughtintosubjecti
ontothe
ani
mal pr
opensi ti
es.Thosewhot hussinarenotacquaintedwiththeresultofthei
rcourse.

Couldallseetheamountofsuff
eri
ngthatt
heybr i
nguponthemselv
esbyt hei
rownsi nf
ul
i
ndulgence,theywoul
dbealarmed;andsome, atl
east
,wouldshunthecourseofsinthatbr
ings
suchdreadedwages.Somi ser
ableanexi
stenceisent
ail
eduponalargeclassthatdeathwould
bepreferabletoli
fe;
andmanydodi
eprematurel
y,t
heirl
iv
essacri
fi
cedi
ntheingl
ori
ousworkof
excessi
vei ndul
genceoft
heani
malpassi
ons.Yetbecausetheyar
emarr
ied,
theythi
nkthey
commi tnosi n.

Menandwomen, youwill
onedayl
earnwhati
slust
,andtheresul
tofit
sgr
ati
fi
cat
ion.Passi
onof
j
ustasbaseaquali
tymaybefoundinthemar
ri
agerelat
ionasoutsi
deofi
t.
—TheRev i
ewand
Her
ald,
September19,1899

TheWi fe’sDi gni

tyandSel f
-Respect .Manypr of
essedChr isti
answhopassedbef or emeseemed
desti
tuteofmor alrestr
aint
.Theywer emor eanimal t
handi vine.Infact , t
heywer eaboutal l
animal.Menoft histypedegr adet hewifewhom t heyhav epr omi sedt onour ishandcher ish.She
i
smadeani nstr
umentt omi nistertothegrati
fi
cationofl ow, lustful
pr opensi ties.Andv er
ymany
womensubmi tt
obecomesl av estolustf
ulpassion; t
heydonotpossesst heirbodi esin
sancti
ficationandhonor .Thewi fedoesnotr et
aint hedignityandsel f-respectwhi chshe
possessedpr evi
oust omar r
iage.Thi sholyinst
it
utionshoul dhav epr eser vedandi ncreasedher
womanl yr espectandhol ydigni t
y;butherchaste,dignif
ied, godlikewomanhoodhasbeen
consumedupont heal t
arofbasepassi on;i
thasbeensacr if
icedt opl easeherhusband.She
soonlosesr espectforthehusband, whodoesnotr egardt hel awstowhi chthebr utecreation
yi
eldobedi ence.Themar ri
edl i
febecomesagal li
ngy oke; forlovedi esout ,andf requent l
y
dist
rust,jealousy,andhatetakei t
splace.

Mi strustBet weenHusbandandWi f
e.Nomancant rulyl ovehiswifewhenshewi l
lpat
ientl
y
submi tt obecomehi sslave,andmi nist
ert ohisdeprav edpassi ons.I
nherpassi vesubmi ssion,
shel osest hev al
uesheoncepossessedi nhiseyes.Heseesherdr aggeddownf r
om everythi
ng
elev ating,toal owl evel;
andsoonhesuspect sthatshewi l
lastamelysubmi ttobedegr adedby
anot herasbyhi mself.Hedoubt sherconst ancyandpur i
ty,ti
resofher,
andseeksnewobj ects
toar ouseandi ntensi
fyhishelli
shpassions.Thel awofGodi snotregarded..
..Thewi f
ealso
becomesj ealousofthehusband, andsuspect sthatifoppor t
unit
yshouldof f
er ,
hewoul djustas
readi lypayhi saddr essestoanot herast oher.Sheseest hatheisnotcont r
olledbyconscience
ort hef earofGod; allthesesanctifi
edbar r
ier
sar ebrokendownbyl ustf
ul passions;al
lthatis
godl ikei nthehusbandi smadet heser vantoflow, brutishlust..
..

Destruct
iveNatureofSexual Excess.Whent hewifey i
eldsherbodyandmi ndt othecontrolof
herhusband,beingpassi v
et ohi
swi l
linallthings,sacri
fici
ngherconsci ence, herdigni
ty,and
evenheridenti
ty,shelosestheoppor t
uni t
yofexer ti
ngthatmi ghtyinfl
uencef orgoodwhi chshe
shouldpossess,toelevateherhusband.Shecoul dsof t
enhi sst ernnature,andhersanct ifyi
ng
i
nfluencecoul
dbeexer tedinamannert orefineandpur ify
, l
eadinghimt ost riveearnestl
yto
governhispassions,andbemor espir
ituall
ymi nded,thattheymi ghtbepar takerstogetherof
thedivi
nenature,havingescapedt hecorruptionthatisint hewor ldthroughl ust.

Thepowerofinfl
uencecanbegreatt
oleadthemindt
ohighandnoblethemes,abov
et helow,
sensual
indul
gencesforwhi
chtheheartunr
enewedbygr
acenatur
all
yseeks.I
fthewifefeels
thati
nordert
opleaseherhusbandshemustcomedownt ohi
sstandar
d,whenanimal passi
on
i
st heprinci
palbasisofhislove,andcont r
olshisacti
ons, shedi spl
easesGod;forshef ai
l
st o
exertasanctify
inginfl
uenceuponherhusband.I fshefeelst hatshemustsubmi ttohisanimal
passionswithoutawor dofr emonstrance,shedoesnotunder standherdutytohim nortoher
God.Sexual excesswillef
fectual
lydestroyalov ef
ordev oti
onal exerci
ses,wi
llt
akefrom the
brainthesubstanceneededt onourishthesy stem,andwi llmostef f
ectual
l
yexhaustt hevit
ali
ty.
Nowomanshoul daidherhusbandi nthiswor kofself
-destructi
on.Shewi l
lnotdoitifsheis
enli
ghtened,andhast ruel
ov eforhi
m. ..
.

LetGod-feari
ngmenandwomenawaket otheirduty.Manypr ofessedChristi
ansaresuff
ering
withparaly
sisofnerveandbr ai
nbecauseoft heiri
ntemper anceinthisdi
recti
on.Rott
ennessis
i
nt hebonesandmar rowofmanywhoar eregardedasgoodmen, whopr ayandweepandwho
standinhighplaces,butwhosepollutedcarcasseswillneverpassthepor t
alsoftheheavenly
ci
ty.Oh,thatIcouldmakeal lunder
standtheirobli
gati
ont oGodt opreservethementaland
physicalor
ganism inthebestcondit
iontorenderperfectservicetothei
rMaker .
..
.

"
Iti
scar
ryi
ngt
hatwhi
chi
slawf
ult
oexcesst
hatmakesi
tagr
iev
oussi
n."
—Test
imoni
esf
ort
he
Chur
ch4:
505.

Thoseprofessi
ngt obeChrist
ians.
..shoulddulyconsi
derther
esul
tofever
ypri
vi
legeoft
he
marri
agerelati
on,and*sancti
fi
edprinci
ple*shouldbethebasi
sofever
yacti
on.
—Testi
monies
fort
heChur ch2:380

Vit
al I
mpor t
anceofaGoodExampl e.Theani mal passions, cherishedandi ndul ged, becomev er
y
str
ongi nthisage, andunt oldev il
sint hemar riagel i
fearet hesur eresults.Inthepl aceoft he
mindbei ngdev el
opedandhav ingt hecont roll
i
ngpower ,theani mal propensi t
iesr uleov erthe
hi
gherandnobl erpower sunt il theyar ebroughti ntosubj ect i
ont otheani mal pr opensi ti
es.What
i
st heresult
?Women’ sdelicat eor gansar ewor noutandbecomedi seased;chi ldbear i
ngisno
mor esafe;sexual pri
vil
egesar eabused.Menar ecorruptingt heirownbodi es; andt hewi fehas
becomeabedser vanttothei rinor dinate,basel usts,unti
l thereisnof earofGodbef oretheir
eyes..
..Nothingbutt hetruthofGodcanei thermakemansav inglywiseorkeephi m so.Ifthere
i
sani mmor t
al l
if
et obeobt ained, ifapur eandhol ychar actermustbedev el
opedi nor derto
gainentrancet othepr esenceoft heLor dGodandt hesoci etyofheav enl
yangel s,thenwhydo
notteachers,phy si
cians,andpr eachersactt hisi ntheirexampl ebyt heirteachi ng?Whyar et hey
notmor ezeal ousfortheMast er ?Whydot heynothav ebur ninglovef orsoul sf orwhom Chr ist
di
ed?

Ifmani stobecomei mmor tal

, hi
smindmustbei nharmonywi thGod’smi nd.Thetruedisci
ple
i
nt heschool ofChr
ist,
whosemi ndisinhar
monywi ththemi ndofGod, wil
l benotonl
y
constantl
ylearni
ng,butteachingaswellaslear
ning,constantl
yref
lect
inglight,
teachi
ngupwar d
andawayf rom thecommon, prevai
l
ingerr
orsofthisperverseandadulter
ousgener at
ion..
..

AChri
sti
anistobeconstantl
ywatchi
ngthePatter
n, andimi
tat
ingthehol
yexampleofJesus.
Thenari
ghtspi
ri
twil
lbeinfusedi
ntotheli
feandchar act
erofother
s.I
fGodwer edai
l
ysoughtin
ear
nest
,humblepray
erforli
ghtandforgui
dance,therewouldbeasuredetect
ingint
he
i
ndivi
dual
courseofact
ion;
unholypract
icesandmanyunhol
ypl
answoul
dber
epr
essed,
and
Jesuswouldbemadetheruleofl
if
e.—Ms14, 1888.

Indul
genceWeakenst heMor alPowers.Sai
dPaul
,“Wit
hmymi ndser
veIthelawofGod. ”
Becloudthismindthroughindulgenceofani
malappet
it
eandpassi
ons,andthemoralpower s
areweakened,sothatthesacredandcommonar eplaceduponakevel
.—Mind,Char
acter,and
Personal
ity1:
229.

[The1977annual council
oft
heSev enth-dayAdventi
stChur chvot
edt hat“
grosssexual
perversi
ons,incl
udinghomosexualpracti
ces,arerecognizedasami suseofsexualpowersand
aviolati
onoft hedivi
neint
ent
ioninmar ri
age.Assucht heyar ej
ustcausefordiv
orce.
”—General
Acti
ons, p.10.

Reasonsforwhichaper sonmaybedisf
ell
owshippedfr
om theSevent
h-dayAdvent
istChur
ch
i
nclude“homosexualpracti
ceandot
herperver
sions.
”—Sev
enth-dayAdvent
istChur
chManual
(r
evised1986)
,p.162.]

These"grosssexualperver
sions"perversionsincl
udeunnatur
alsexualpr
act
icesli
keoral
sex,
l
esbiani
sm, best
ial
it
y,rape,adul
tery
,fornicati
on,paedophi
li
cbehaviour
,masturbat
ion,
pornogr
aphyt onamebutaf ew.

Oralsexisevi
landunnatural
.Thatwemustnothesi tatetosay.IfyouareGodf eari
ng,thenwhy
can'
ty oust
udyHisWor dandunder st
andforyoursel
fhowy ououghttoconducty our
self?By
i
nferenceshowthatit'
sstupi
dtodoor alsex.Butbecausey oul
ov eyourindul
gencey ouwill
fi
ghttoothandnail
todefendit.Thereisnothi
ngdignif
iedindoingoralsexit'
sgrossper v
ersi
on.
Wemustnotseepor nogr
aphyf ort
hat'
sinfr
adignit
atum.

Wedon'tfoll
owt headviseofsexologist
s,wef ol
lowt hecounselsoftheunerr
ingWor dofGod.
All
ourproblemsar ecausedbyrejecti
ngt heSpir
itofPr ophecyandwear esowi seenought o
l
ist
entoot her
s'studi
es.Theyarecausedbyst i
ckingt odarl
ingsinsandrej
ecti
onofr eproof
.
Healt
hlawsar esetasidealli
nthenameofsexual perver
sions.Andyoucallt
hatenjoying.
That'
sgross.I
fsay i
ngor al
sexisev i
li
sbei ngunreasonablet henIwantt
obet hatunreasonable
for
ever!

Al lt
hatisdonebyman, wit
houtChri
stisinenmi tywit
hGod, forspiri
tualt
hingsarespirit
uall
y
discerned.Ourbi
blicalrefer
encetothisdiscoursehasbeenpr emisedatt hebookofRomans
chapter1.Oralsexi staughtbythewor l
dasdepi ctedinpornographicmat er
ial
s.Iti
sani malist
ic.
Therear emanythingst hatpredi
sposesmant obeadul t
eroussuchaseat i
ngflesh,
wat ching
porn,evilt
houghts.Por nogr
aphyespeciall
yteachesonet odoper vertedsexoneofwhi chi soral
sex.Homosexual it
yi snotoralsexbuttheyshar ethesamedenomi natorwhichisbeing
unnatural.

Iti
struethepr
imaril
ytheversesofRomanschapt
er1i
sspeaki
ngofpeoplewhoknownotGod
andthere’
sadiff
erencebetweenpeopl
ewhoknownotGodandt hosef
oundiner
rorwhot
hen
seetheli
ghtandrepentbutareforthepastusedoftheSpiri
t.Somewhohav eaccept
edto
practi
cethi
sactarepeoplewehav eknownt ostandforGod.Andforthi
sreasonwecansay
becausetheactisgoodbecauseit'
srubberstampedbyt hosewhom wehav ehi
ghrefsand
esteem.Theonlytr
uediscipl
esofGodar ethosewhobyGod' senabl
inggraceobeyHisl
aw.

Oralsexorandsexpost ur
esarenotdefinedcontextual
lyinthepassagebutbyinf
erencethey
are.I
tismenwhohav esoughtsexual
teachingsfrom animals.BeingAdam’sof
fspri
ngmeans
mani scapableofgenerat
ingcomplet
elynewi deaswhicharegoodandev i
l
.Theantedil
uvi
an
worldtest
if
iestothis,
andmanhasbeengi v
enthedomi nionhehasov ercr
eati
on.There’
s
nothi
ngnewundert hesun.Unfort
unatel
yt hi
sment alpr
owessgi venmanhasbeenabusedt o
servethedevi
l.

Or alsexisanev ilandit'sawor l
dlydispositi
ontoincli
net oit
.Thesendi ngofeachot hernudes,
whet herbymar ri
edcoupl esorsingles, i
ssexualconfusi
onandst upi
dt osaythel east.Oralsex
i
sanabomi nat
ionbefor eGod.Thoughwehav enotseeni tcit
edamongt hethingsGodhat es
andwhi chareanabomi nationbeforeHi m,justastherearemanyt hi
ngsnotment ionedint he
Biblebutwhi chareevillikemast urbation,t
obaccosmoki nget c.I
tistr
uet hatoral sexmakesa
persondul l
.Theirmor al andintel
lectualcapacit
yisbenumbedf orthesimplereasont hatit
'
san
addiction.I
trequir
esint emper ancetor eachthelevelofsatisf
actionwhicharei nsatiabl
ehence
mor eandmor esexual act i
vit
y.Thisleadstoexcessivelossofzi ncthroughthesemen.

Indeedoralsexisprost
it
utingthebody.Thesymmetryofhumansiswhatdemonstr
atethe
sexualusageofbodyparts.Justasyoucan'teatwi
thyourvagi
naorpeni
sorsmell
withyour
l
egs.Therearedegreesofcruel
ty,andperf
ormingor
alsexoneachotheri
saworsethingtodo.

I
nHebrews7:10weseethatchildr
eninheri
tthet endencies,
incli
nati
ons,her
edi
tar
ydisposit
ions
f
rom t
heirpar
ent
sbecauset heyinthei
rparentsloins.Theev i
l
swedowemakeourchi l
dren
i
nher
itt
hem.Oralsexmakespeopl eofthedevilandanabomi nati
onbeforeGod.Peopl
elose
f
earofGodandyoursoulbecomesahabi tati
onofdev i
ls.

Thereisnoexpr essbibli
caltextnorinspirati
ondeclar
ingor alsexv i
leaswesai dfrom the
beginning.Suchconclusi
onsar emadededuct i
vel
yandbyi nference.Iti
sonl ythi
sagreement
thatall
owsf oranhonestdi scourse.Andt herearemanyt hingsnotment ionedintheBiblewhi
ch
areev i
landitisbydeduct i
onandi nferencethatwearriveatsuchconcl usions.Whynotonor al
sexjustbecausef ort
hequest ionofr efer
encet owhereitissoex pr
essl
ywr itt
enorreferr
edwil
l
notfindananswer ?Justbecausei ti
snotwr itt
en,i
snott osayi tisri
ght?Thenmustwesmoke
tobaccoorcannabi sf
ort hereasont hattheyarenotment ionedi ntheBible?

Mostoft hecatchystatementsher eenli

stedaredrawnf r
om Christ
ianwr i
ti
ngs.Theyhavenot
beenimposedonawr ongsubjectandnotusedt ofur
theranendwi thoutscri
ptur
alfoundati
on.
Accordi
ngt otherulesofbibli
calinter
pretat
ionwemustconsi derthecontext.Andthesame
Bibler
ulesall
owst heinter
pretat
ionoft hetextaboveit
'sori
ginal
meani ngalso.Romans1: 26-
27
i
st hepinnacl
eofthecont extinrelati
ontotheissueathand.
Thepassagecannev erbemor eclearer.Whathasbeenexchangedar esexualactsand
rel
ati
onswhi chareunnatur
al.Unnat
ur alsexualact
sare: pornogr
aphy,homosexuali
ty,
l
esbianism,best
ial
it
y,paedophil
ebehav iour,i
ncest
,or
al sex,tonamebutaf ew.Furt
her
defi
nit
ionisprovi
dedandi npart
icul
ar,thatiti
sunnatural sexwhichi
stheerror
.

Thev er
sesabovethesespeakofunbel
i
eversandprof
essedbeli
ever
swhoar eli
vingout
sideof
thel
awsofnature.Natur
all
awsaredefi
nit
edinver
se20.Eveninvi
tesfai
ntl
ydepictst
ous
corr
ectsex
uali
ty.

Prover
bs5:19givesapict
ur eofananimal adoe/deer.AndSolomongi v
esref
erencet
oacl ean
animal
.Songs2:17;4:
5;7:3.Lessonsaretobedrawnf r
om that.Thesamemaynotbedr awn
fr
om dogsfortheyareuncleananimals.TheBibl
egi v
esnumer ousexamplesoftheevi
lnature
ofsuchananimal i
ncontr
ast i
ngittoevil
people.

Songs2:
3say
s,

“Astheappl
etr
eeamongthetreesofthewood,
soismybelovedamongthesons.Isatdown
underhi
sshadowwi
thgreatdeli
ght
,andhisf
rui
twassweettomytast
e.”

Thepictur
epaint
edherebymanyisexactl
ywhati
swr ong.Thi sisawrongconstr
ucti
on.
Context
uall
y,i
tsal
sofal
setosaythetast
ingofaf
ruitintheshadowoft hetr
eegivesusa
pi
ctureofwhatisbei
ngtestedi
.et
hetest
ingmeanslit
eral sex.ThebookofSongsinnoway
doesitsett
let
hematteroforal
sexasiti
swrongl
yinterpretedofSongs4:3;
4:13;8:
2.

Itonlycomesf r
om theRomandungeonofdecr et
altosaythisisaclearreferencetocunnil
i
ngus
andt osayagar denort
reei sgi
venasalover
’sbodyandthef r
uit
saresev erall
yreferr
edtoas
thesex ual
organ.Iti
str
uet hatpomegr
anateswhentheyareripetheycrackal ilt
hereby
showi ngsomer eddi
shpink.Tosaythi
sisassoci
atedwit
ht hefemalegenet ali
aistopshelf
heresy .

Chri
stcannev erusesuchcr udelanguagewhi chiseroti
ct odepictHi mselfandHischurch.To
suggestother
wi seistobegr ossl
yher eti
c.Ther ei
snor eferencetoor alsexintheBibl
eatall.
Secul
arhistor
yhasi tthatsexualperversionslikemasturbation,oralsex,paedophi
li
cbehav i
our,
etcwerepracti
sedi nEgypt.ThebookLev it
icusspeakofsexual perversi
ons.Thatbookholds
whatisdetest
abl etoGod.Asapopl ecomi ngf rom i
tspresumedhi st
or i
calpr
acti
cearenot
cauti
onedaboutt hesesexual per
versions.Theseper ver
sionsnotbei ngment i
oneddoesnot
condonethem.

Tot rueChri
sti
ansocieti
es,thi
spracti
cesoundsunaccept abl
eandfrom acommonsense
perspecti
veit'
sri
ght
lysot houghitsnotenought osustai
naconvict
ion.Therearenobibli
cal
textsthatcondemnorcondonemanyev i
lpractisesl
iket
otemism f
orexampl ebutt
hesi l
ence
doesn'tmakesuchpr acti
sesright
.Iam notapr ophetnei
therdoIwanttobe, andt
herefor
eI
can'tsayIhadawor dfrom theLord.Iam speakingfr
om aninfor
medper specti
veofbeinga
servantofGodandaf r
iendtoman.
Hav i
ngsaidt
huswecannotsayi
t'
sanopi niont
osaythefol
l
owi ngpr act
icesarewr ong:
tobaccosmoking,
cannabi
ssmoking,i
ntakeofcaf
fei
nat
edbever ages,mast ur
bation,or
alsex
etc.Andri
ghtl
ysotheycanbeel
evatedtotheposi
ti
onofdoctr
ineandcanbepr esent
edasa
“Thussait
htheLord"
.

Every
thi
ngdonet oexcess( i
ntemperance)isunholy.Thatdoesnotmakesexdonenat ural
l
y
wrongandsi nful
.Inanyev entthestandarddependsont heBibleandt heSpi r
itofPr ophecy.And
onlyasancti
fiedconsciencecancor rectl
yknowwhatt heLordr equi
res.Isy ourconsci ence
cl
earwithGod?Doesy ourwi f
eorhusbandacceptor alsexaspleasure?Ifyes, youcanbe
harmedbysuchpr ef
erence.Infradi
gnitat
um.oralsexbef or
emar ri
agei sabsol utel
yasi n.I
tis
i
mmor al.I
tisinnosenseabi bli
call
yacceptabl
ealternati
vetosexualintercoursef orunmar ri
ed
andmar ri
edcouples.Unlessot her
wisepr ov
en,Isubmi tt
hatoralsexiswr ong.

b)*
Sexposi
ti
ons*

Haveyoueverwonder edwhatcanChri
sti
ansdodur
ingsex?You’
renottheonl
yone.Many
coupl
esaskisitwrongf ormeandmyspousetodoanysexposit
ionbesidesmissi
onar
y?
WouldGodfinditacceptabl
eyouask?

Christi
ansexlif
eisamazing!Sex( wit
hinmar r
iage)isablessi
ngfrom Godandmar r
iedcouples
arefreet odoanysexpositi
ont heywant,whethery ouwanttodomissionar
yorsomet hi
ngelse.
Sexwi thinmarri
ageisGod’sgifttoussoy ou’
refreetodowhat ev
erbetween(t
hetwoofy ou
only).Wear enottohavethreesomesandsexwi thmulti
plepeopl
enorareweallowedt obr
ing
pornogr aphyi
nthebedroom.1Thessal oni
ans4: 2-4.

TheBibledoesnotpr ovidea“howt o”manual onsexual act

ivi
tybet
weenahusbandandwi f
e,
butitdoespr ovideusv ari
ouspr i
nci
ples.TheBi blei
salsosi
lentonthi
sissue.Andasar uleasin
al
l Chri
sti
anbehav i
our,theacceptablesexpositionsmustabidebythepri
nciplesofmodesty,
sancti
fi
edr eason, decorum,digni
ty.SeePhil
ipians4:8.ThebookTestimoniesonAdul t
ery
,
SexualBehav iourandDi vor
cehasgr eatpri
nciplesconcerni
ngpurit
yinmarriage.Let
's
prayer
full
ystudyi t.

IfyoufearGodandhav eaGodf eari

ngpastorwhowi l
lcounselyouwheny ouareaboutt owed,
hewi l
lhel
py ouduringthecounseli
ngsessionsonthemanyi ntri
caci
esofmar ri
agelife.Ont hi
s
i
ssuenonecanbeaconsci encef oranyone.I
fyoufearGodandobeyt heBibl
eandt heSpi r
itof
Prophecy,Chri
stwilll
eadyouconcer ni
nghowy ououghttoconducty oursexuali
ntercourse.We
arenoteachot her
'sconsci
ence.Butwemustnotusepor nographicmateri
alstodeterminehow
wedooursex .Neverwatchpornography.Runfrom i
tli
keleprosy.

TheBibl
eclearl
yref
erst
oatleastonesexpositi
onandmay beanotherone.Thefir
stoneis
wherehusbandsandwivesl
aydownt oget
herwhenhav i
ngsexuali
ntercourse.2Samuel12:
24
st
atesthatDavi
dandBathshebalai
ddownt ogetherf
orsexual
int
ercourse.
Genesis39:
10isaboutPharaohs’
wif
eattemptedseduct
ionofJoseph.Thev
erset
ell
sust
hat
Pharaoh’
swifewasbeggingJosephtoengageinsexual
acti
vi
tywithher.

Noti
cet hatScr
ipturereferstothe“mar ri
agebed”inapositi
vemanneri nHebrews13:4,except
whensi noccurs.Thisimpliesthatsexualacti
vi
tyont hebedbetweenahusbandandwi f
eis
approvedbyGod.Thi sst at
ementshoul dnotbet akentoimplythatsexual
acti
vit
ythatdoesnot
occuront hebedisnotper mi t
ted.Butitdoesimplythatavari
etyofsexualact
ivi
tyandsex
posit
ionsispermissibl
eont hemar r
iagebed.

ThebookofSongofSol omonr ev
eal
sthatGodappr ovesofsexualacti
v i
tybet
weenahusband
andwife.Iti
sapositi
vestatementofwhatispermissibl
e.ConsequentlySongofSol
omon7:10-
11revealsthatGodapprovesofsexualact
ivi
tythatoccur
sinotherplacesthanathomeonthe
marri
agebed.Thi sr
evealsthatGodhasaposi t
ivevi
ewofsuchact i
vitybetweenahusbandand
awife.

Youmustnotbeaf r
aidtotal
kwithyourspouseabouty oursexualpref
erencesandanyt
hing
regar
dingmar r
iageandthebedroom.Thishowev ermustbegui dedbyani nfor
medconscience
bytheBibleandtheSpiri
tofProphecy.Haverespectf
oroneanot her.Don'
tforcesomeonetodo
somethingtheydon’twanttodojustbecauseyouaremar ri
edtot hem.

TheBi blesay sthat“Marri

ageshoul dbehonour edbyall,andthemar ri
agebedkeptpur e,for
Godwi l
ljudgetheadul t
ererandallthesexual l
yi mmoral"(Hebrews13:4).Scriptur
egives
guideli
nesonwhatahusbandandwi feareal l
owedt odosexual l
y.Theprinci
pl esi
ncl
ude
reverencef orGod,dignit
y,modest y,decorum, temperance,si
mpl i
cit
yetc.Husbandsandwi ves
areinstructed,“
Donotdepr i
veeachot herexceptbymut ualconsentandf orat ime(1
Corinthi
ans7: 5a).Thisverseperhapsl aysdownt hepri
ncipl
eforsexual r
elat
ionsinmar r
iage.
What everisdone, i
tshouldbemut uall
yagr eeduponbasedespeci al
lyinthefearofGod.Noone
shouldbeencour agedorcoer cedtodosomet hingheorshei suncomf or
tabl
ewi t
horthi
nksi s
wrong.

Ther eareasomet hi
ngs, though, thatarenev erall
owablesexuall
yforamar r
iedcouple.The
practiceof“ swapping,”or" swinging/swi ngers,"or“br
inginginanextra”(threesomes,
foursomes, etc.
)isblatantadul t
ery( Galati
ans5: 19;Ephesians5:3;Colossians3: 5;1
Thessal onians4:3).Adulteryissinev enifyourspouseal l
ows,approves,orev enpart
ici
patesin
i
t.Por nogr aphyappealst ot he“l
ustoft hef leshandt helustoftheeyes”( 1John2: 16)andi s
thereforecondemnedbyGodaswel l
.Ahusbandandwi feshoul
dnev erbringpor nographyint
o
thei
rsexual union.Hencet heuseofpor nogr aphiccontentofwhateverfor mt olearnhowt odo
sexort ol earnnewsexski llsorjustfort hepl easureofitisagai
nstbibli
cal pri
ncipl
es.

Mur
andawaShet
heSer
vantoft
heLor
dMi
nist
ri
es.