Sex: A Divine Gift or a Devil’s Joke? Honoring God’s Sacred Design

 

Introduction:

• Many today treat sex and the human body as something trivial, vulgar, or shameful.
• Social media, entertainment, and even casual conversations often mock or distort what God designed as holy.
• But Scripture reveals that sex and our bodies are part of God’s divine plan—meant to be honored, not insulted.

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1. God’s Sacred Design for Sex and the Human Body

• Genesis 1:27-28 – "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply...'"
• Sex was God’s idea—created for procreation, intimacy, and unity within marriage.
• Genesis 2:24-25 – "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."
• God designed sex to be pure, unashamed, and exclusive to marriage.

The Body as God’s Temple

• 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – "Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s."
• Our bodies (including sexuality) are not ours to mock or misuse—they belong to God.

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2. The Devil’s Distortion: Turning Sacred into Shameful

• Satan seeks to pervert what God calls good:
• John 8:44 – "He [the devil] was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him... for he is a liar and the father of it."
• The devil twists sex into lust, pornography, jokes, and immorality to mock God’s design.
• Ephesians 5:3-4 – "But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks."
• Dirty jokes, crude humor, and casual attitudes toward sex grieve the Holy Spirit.

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3. How Should Christians Respond?

A. Honor Sex as God Does

• Hebrews 13:4 – "Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge."
• Sex within marriage is holy; outside of it, it becomes sin.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 – "For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God."

B. Reject the World’s Mockery

• Romans 12:2 – "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
• Don’t laugh at crude jokes or engage in dishonoring talk about sex.
• Ephesians 5:11-12 – "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret."

C. Restore Reverence for God’s Design

• Teach the next generation the sacredness of sex (Proverbs 5:18-19).
• Use social media to spread truth, not vulgarity (Colossians 4:6).

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Conclusion:

• Sex is not a joke—it’s a divine gift from God, meant to be protected and honored.
• The world will mock it, but Christians must uphold its holiness.
• 1 Peter 2:9 – "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light."
• Let’s honor God in our bodies, our words, and our actions.

Call to Action: 

Will you honor God’s design or follow the world’s mockery?

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer." (Psalm 19:14 NKJV)