(note to my mom and grandpa. please don’t read this post. thank you). :)
remember it is the week of hot sex over at one of the blogs i contribute to, deadly viper. we’re having an honest and biblical discussion about seldomly addressed questions about sex.
yesterday, my friend mike blogged about gay fantasies and homoeroticism. today, it’s my turn with sex toys and videotape…
here is what i wrote…i am closing comments here so please leave your comments there today!
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We got a lot of questions about sex toys. Someone even asked if making a video tape of two married lovers was Biblically alright.
Before we got married, Chris and I went through several weeks of premarital counseling ? one or two weeks included what was okay in the marriage bed.
The key word in these questions isn?t vibrator or video, but BIBLICAL. And since these things weren?t really hanging around thousands of years ago, the Bible doesn?t literally state, ?thou shall not have edible underpants.?
So, what does the Bible say about the yays and nays of sex?
1. Fornication/Adultery – Sex outside marriage either physical or mental/emotional (1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, Matthew 5:28)
2. Homosexual acts – (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; Romans 1:27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)
3. Orgies – (obviously violates #1 and sometimes #2)
4. Prostitution – (Leviticus 19:29, Deuteronomy 23:17, Proverbs 7:4-27)
5. Lustful passions – (having someone or something you can?t have – Mark 7:21-22, Ephesians 4:19)
6. Sodomy – Contextually in the Bible, this is a homosexual act between men. It is not referred to as anal sex between a man and a woman.
7. Incest – (Leviticus 18:7-18; 20:11-21).
So, what does this mean??
We are free in Christ, and we are free in our marriages – as long as we don?t do something that the Bible forbids. Paul says that nothing is unclean in itself in Romans?and that everything (within God?s law) is permissible. This doesn?t exclude what happens in the bedroom.
So?if a guy and his gal are BOTH cool with using some toys to enhance their love life, it doesn?t violate any Biblical principles, then?rock and roll with it, sweetheart.
For a porn-free, Christian based ?Marital Resource? store (wink, wink)?go here – http://www.book22.com.
*Special thanks to Linda Dillow & Lorraine Pintus who covered this topic in their book, Intimate Issues.
