God Ordained Marital Intimacy vs. Worldly Sex
God-Ordained Marital Intimacy
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Worldly Sex
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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 |
After about the first 5 of the worldly side i stopped reading. I read and loved the married side. Thanks for posting!
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DeleteI feel like I've read this before. What's the source?
ReplyDeleteNot sure. It was in a package of stuff my Bishop gave me.
DeleteHere's the original source, I think.
ReplyDeletehttp://ce.byu.edu/cw/fuf/archives/2001/WatsonWendy.pdf
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