Sex & The True Christan

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Someday we all must stand alone before God and what will be our answer? Everyone must give an account for there actions. I must know and so do you.

The class I teach, Tabernacle of the Soul, is about the soul and how the inner things of the soul are patterned after the Tabernacle. Through this research of the Tabernacle, I discovered so many facets, patterned and principals that are applicable to our sexual behavior.

The bible teaches us that we are of body, mind and soul; “And let me live whole and holy, soul and body, so I can always walk with my head held high.” MSB (Ps 119:73)  and that your body is; “...the temple...” 1 Cor 6:19 I must live according to what scripture teaches and not what I think is the better way.

Your body is your Tabernacle, even your exterior, which is both body and Tabernacle. 

The same way that the Tabernacle is the house of God and the soul is where He dwells within us, the body is the outward Tabernacle, they both must be kept holy and sanctified.  This is the pattern to guide ourselves when it comes to sex. Just as it is imperative that we all know about the soul, the body must be under the same subjection, unto God. Therefore, as the soul is the Tabernacle of God the body must be as well. Following this simple pattern, the Tabernacle of the Body demands the same holiness as the Tabernacle of the soul. In the same manner that God clothed Adam and Eve with skins, the Tabernacle was covered with skins. Using the same principals, as the Holies of Holy is the most sacred part of the Tabernacle, in our bodies there are sacred and holy places as well. When we expose or defile those sacred part of our body, your Tabernacle becomes defiled. When there is an unveiling of your "Holy Place", other than within the holiness of matrimony, we fall out of alinement with God, we lose His favor and blessing in our relationship. 

The body as in the Tabernacle of the Holy Spirit and is to be kept a holy place before God. He will not dwell in unclean vessels. Jeremiah’s cried to the Lord because of the defilement of the HOUSE (The body) of God; “We are disgraced...and shame covers our faces because foreigners have entered the holy places of the Lord’s house.” A foreigner in this context is someone outside of marriage. Anyone not married into a family is considered a foreigner. Your covenant, covering keeps your body from exposer and makes your body holy before God. The most intimate part of your body is your Holies of Holy, and is to be a sacred place consecrated onto God.

Where are the guide lines? Just as the Holies of Holy is in the Tabernacle, you can find the guide lines. Where do you draw the line? Using the same principals of the Tabernacle. Nothing is to enter beyond the veil that is not ordained by God in holy matrimony. This is a defilement before the Altar of God. Your body is your Tabernacle and your most intimate place is your Holies of Holy.

Sex & Christianity - Continued

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As a Christian I must have true scripture reference that will be applicable in any part of my live including sex. Not from the opinions of people, but what is scripturally acceptable, no matter how godly the source or advice may come, it must aline with scripture. With all respect to Leaders, Elders and Pastors, my Christian walk must be based on scripture principals. I must know FOR MY SELF, what is right in the eyes of God. I can’t go before Him, on my final day of life and say; “Thats what John Doe told me to do” I must know by conviction, to be able to stand before Him and be accountable for my actions.

      Throughout many relationships, I felt the Holy Spirit telling me; “something was wrong”. The way I thought was right, was destroying wonderful relationships. I continued yielding to the Holy Spirit and searching scriptures for guide lines.

      What are the boundaries and how do we stay within the limitations of scriptures and the perfect will of God? All through bible collage and as CO-Pastor of a large church downtown, I was guiding myself by the opinions of people and religion, however good or bad I had no basis to go by. For example; At one particular bible school I went to, the girls were forbidden to show there elbows or there knees. It was one of there sexual boundaries. You could not date or touch a student of the opposite sex. A mustache was considered ungodly and sexual and deemed forbidden. Are these truths from scriptures? They do not exist in the Bible. They are formulated by there own personal childhood or experiences, when mother said; “Sex is evil and is bad”. 

       Where do we draw the line? Where do we go for true godly advice and instruction? Some people have many rules that are based on there past childhood experiences or religious upbringing. Where do we go to obtain unadulterated, unvarnished pure guide lines, so that our actions within relationships will be acceptable unto God and glorify Him?

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