Mar 29, 2022 – Proverbs 5:15-17 – God’s design for sex is best
Daily Word
Proverbs 5:15-17 (New Living Translation) [A thought for thought translation]
15 Drink water from your own well — share your love only with your wife.
16 Why spill the water of your springs in the streets, having sex with just anyone?
17 You should reserve it for yourselves. Never share it with strangers.
Proverbs 5:15-17 (New American Standard Bible) [A word for word translation]
15 Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.
16 Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you.
Pastor’s Thoughts
The book of Proverbs and the Bible as a whole teaches sex is a gift from God ONLY when enjoyed in the context of God’s design for marriage.
I know this is not the popular take these days. And I know that many churches are afraid to talk about sex, but the Bible is not shy about discussing it. It certainly is not shy about giving examples of blessings that occur when people have sex inside of God’s parameters. And it is not shy about giving examples of the cursing’s that come from having sex outside of God’s parameters.
God invented sex. Therefore, as the inventor, He knows how it best works. God says it works best when we keep our minds pure from sexual images. He says that it works best that when we are married that we be faithful to our one spouse. That there is never an excuse to cheat on our spouse. And that blessings come from faithfulness.
Our spouse or future spouse deserves our submission to God and self-control when it comes to being tempted in any sexual way.
If you do any sexual act outside of God’s design then you are first being unfaithful to God. God has a lot to say about those who are unfaithful to Him.
If you have any unconfessed sexual sin or any unconfessed sin for that matter you can own what you have done, ask God’s forgiveness, and be restored in your relationship with Him right now.
Have a blessed Tuesday everyone. I pray that you will remain faithful to the Lord and His design for sex inside of marriage.
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