Good Sex!

I recently had the opportunity to teach a 2-part class on sexual abstinence in 4 schools here in Guatemala. My friend Luis Castillo, who teaches regularly on morals and values in these schools translated the classes into Spanish and added some of his own teaching as well.

I began by telling the students that God invented sex. In fact, the first command that we know of to the first man and woman was to go have sex! Genesis 1:27-28 "...male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth..." But I was quick to add that sex is a gift specifically for marriage.

I talked about the emotional risks of opening that gift before marriage and the difference between love and infatuation. But, even better, we were able to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with so many students! And many of them indicated a desire to ask the Lord for a new, pure heart!

During the Q&A times that we were able to have in some of the classes the students were asked to write out anonymous questions. Some of them are listed below:

Is it good to have sex as a minor?
How can you love without God in your heart?
I’ve already had sex with my partner. Can I enter the Kingdom of God?
If we have relations several times with one person before marriage and one marries that person, is that also a sin?
Is it bad to masturbate?
Is it adultery if two people use contraceptives and have sex?
What is love?

You can tell by the questions that there is a huge need for teaching in this area! Please pray that the idea of sexual purity will be reinforced in the lives of the students we spoke to. Sex is too good to let the devil mess with it. God only creates good things, so we can give God the credit for good sex!

--Mark