God Ordained Marital Intimacy vs. Worldly Sex

God-Ordained Marital Intimacy	Worldly Sex
Helps put off the natural man	Accommodates the "natural man"
Under the influence of the Spirit	Under the influence of the world and the adversary
Involved Spirit-enhanced passions	Involves carnal, sensual, devilish passions
Loving	Lustful
Soulful union is the goal	Sexual union is the goal
Eternal	Erotic
Involves a husband and a wife	Involves all permutations and combinations of men, women, and even children
Sanctioned following legal and lawful marriage	Okay anytime
Blessed by the Lord	Very politically correct
Sanctifying	Sinful
Fun and exciting, joyful, delightful, comforting, loving, calming and sustaining	Fun and exciting momentarily, demoralizing and depressing later
Generates love	Kills love
Enlightens and enlivens spirits	Darkens spirits
Prayer, fasting, scripture reading and gratitude are often involved	Alcohol and drugs are often involved
Strengthens relationships	Ruins relationships
Honors men and women	Degrades men and women
The body is the great prize of mortal life	The body is a play thing
The greater the union of lives, the greater the intimate experience	No union of lives, only bodies
Embedded in truths	Filled with lies
Brings forth loving desires that fulfill	Stirs up lustful desires that are never satisfied
A grand and glorious experience that will continue eternally for covenant-keeping couples	A total obsession: men and women wish they could have sex forever
Unites the bodies and the spirits of a husband and wife	Involves any two bodies
Involves anything that bring spouses' spirits life and invites the Spirit	Involves any and all forms of sexual gratification
Exquisite care taken that activities don't offend the Spirit	It if "turns you on," go for it!
Involves pure and natural passions	Involves impure and unnatural passions
Spouses feel more like a couple, more lived, more appreciated, and more cared for following	Individuals feel used, abused, more lonely after
Supports, heals and hallows lives	Ravages and eventually ruins lives
Personal revelation encouraged	Experimentation encourages
Is partaken of	Is participated in
Private and sacred	Seen and discussed everywhere
Brings you wisdom, light and love	Dulls your senses and sensibilities
A process	A product
Unites spouses and is built on unity	Separates individuals
Invites other loving, caring and supportive behaviors outside the bedroom	Not related to what happens outside the bedroom
Sacred language used	Foul language used
Rejoiced in	Joked about
Keeps commandments and covenants	Breaks commandments and covenants
Increases the ability to keep and honor all commandments and covenants	Increases the likelihood of breaking other commandments and covenants
Is commanded and commended by the Lord	Is rejected by the Lord
Is the foundation of endless worlds	Supports an entire commercial industry