I came across a news article today online about a pornstar who contracted AIDS and so there was a lot of commotion as the people are trying to figure out who this actor laid with between now and the possible time they contracted the dreaded disease, to prevent any further infection of other actors and actresses, and other people in general.
It got me thinking! I know this probably seems a bit far fetched but bear with me and see where I'm trying to go with this.
We have problems in society dealing with STDs, AIDS and abortion. Abortion is a big one that even can determine the turn of events in an election.
Imagine this: if as people we abstained from pre-marital sex and only engaged in sex when married, and would be faithful to that partner in marriage, we wouldn't have to worry about these above 3 problems. Think about it! No premarital sex, no abortions and even the STDs would be greatly eliminated. And if people had sex with only one partner, their spouses, they wouldn't even have to worry about STDs because both came into the marriage having not been with anybody else and if they stay faithful, definitely don't have a need to worry about contracting AIDS or STDs. Abortions are usually illtimed unwanted pregnancies, which is usually not likely with married couples.
These 3 examples I've given can be looked at as symptoms. We address the symptoms and spend billions trying to deal with them, but if we go back to how God had intended for things to be, we would not worry about these things at all. Most know He is right but would rather have it any other way.
God says do not murder, and don't fornicate or adulterate as we see in the next few verses:
[13] Thou shalt not kill.
[14] Thou shalt not commit adultery.
[17] Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. Exodus 20:13,14 and 17.
[18] And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
[19] Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
[20] And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
[21] For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
[22] Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
[23] All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. Mark 7:18-23.
Murder would not have to be worried about in this case because no fornication or adultery, no abortion. No fornication, no abortion. Coveting someone else's spouse leads to adultery which in some cases also leads to murder as a result of an abortion of the unwanted pregnancy. No fornication or adultery, no STDs or AIDS to worry about. God's instructions to us are for our own good though most might not agree and if we took heed to them, we would avoid a lot of problems in society.
By abstinence until marriage, and faithfulness during marriage, a lot of debates and problems would be settled. God has a better way but as people we want our way. We are medicating the symptoms of STDs, AIDS and abortion by doing anything but ignoring the solution which is abstinence pre-marriage and faithfulness during marriage.
Medicating the symptoms is done when we do anything but address the problem. We debate day and night whether it's right to abort or not, push safe sex instead of teaching abstinence or faithfulness in marriage. Yes its better to engage in safe sex if one does not want to abstain or be faithful, but isn't it better to do as God instructed and abstain and be faithful? I think it's better than all the time and money spent on alternative solutions which just medicate the issues but don't get rid of them.
The healing is simple and it involves going to the root of the problem: abstinence before marriage and faithfulness in marriage, and doing this, the 3 symptoms are gone because the problem has been truly addressed. Anything short of abstinence or faithfulness is just medicating the symptoms.
In the previous post I talked about us as people ignoring the solutions outright sometimes because they force us to change our lifestyles or how we look at things. In this particular case, people don't want to stop having sex before marriage or being faithful during marriage. Ignoring the problem and trying to come up with all kinds of solutions does not make the problem go away because we are addressing the symptoms not the cause. Sometimes addressing the cause of the problem is strange or even might appear radical because it is not the norm. Abstinence before marriage and faithfulness during marriage are viewed as ideals but not practical which makes them radical because they are not the norm. They are also seen as being restrictive but we all see that God knew why he gave us these instructions and that they are for our good whether we agree or not.
So the real problem is that we are going agaisnt God's instruction and that is sin. The real problem is the sin problem, of fornication and adultery. These things are so normal and acceptable that using the word sin stings a bit but it is true. It is sin according to God and not doing these things, truly addresses the problems as a result of them in society.
Just something to think about. This might be offensive to some but it is the truth and you know it.
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