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physical matter. In His divine wisdom,
God knew that His supreme PURJ>OSE
required that man be made.
fif$.1,
on the
materiallevel- a physical being! Being
physical, we were made with the five
pbysicaJ SEI<SES.
lt
was God's PUI\POSE that human$,
unlike animals, angels, or any .other liv–
ing
bein~.
enjoy the
blessin~
of MAR–
RIAGE and F.UOLY relationships- actual
God-p!Jlne
relationships. lbe marriage
relationship, as explained, had to be a
LOVE relationship. But human, fteshly
man
is not
bom
with
spiritual loW!.
Man's eomprebension ofMJNl> - bis ex–
pression of LOVE - is conftned, natu–
rally, to the P.bysicartevel, througb the
senses. Unconverted man ean express
only
physlca/lovc,
and, in marriage, it is
expressed through sex..
Man is gi11en a CHOICE. So he has fuU
ability
10
tum pbys;cat sex love in the
10
stating that 'fuUy one quartcr of the
Bible is prophccy.' and wbile tbis esti–
mare appears lo be a generaüzation, it is
stiU approximately correct
AJ
tabulafed
below,
o~t
of tbe Old Testament' s
23,210 verses, 6,641 eontain predictive
material, or
28~
pereent. Out of the
New
Teswnent's 7,914 verse$, 1,711
eo¡ttain predieúve material. or 211'>.
per-
-~enol't"Bfble's31,124~et
ses,
8.3Si
contain predictive material,
or 27 percent of the whole"
(The
Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy,
pp. 12-13).
Fortbc Practica! Man
You may be
a
nc>-nonsense, praellcal
man wbo needs tangible help in finding
a job or worldrig out a problem. For the
moment you may not be interested in
reading poetry, philosophy, or even
Yeligion. WeU, tbe Bible is for you
too!
The
book
of Proverbs has plenty of
adviee for the
job
bunter. Don't be a
quitter (Prov. 24: 10). Seek balaneed ad–
viee (23:4-12; 26:12-16). Be diligent in
your searcb (27 :23-24;
24:30-34).
Seek
wise
counsel (Prov. 11:14; 19:20). Prov–
erbs propounds a success formula, nor
only for the job seelcer, but also for the
buflnessman. the farmer, the schotar,
tbe theologian or the bousewife.
lt
con–
taios hundreds of practica!, down-10·
eanh gems of wisdom tbat
can
be read
one at
a
time, whenever one
has
the
ebance.
Get
Your Feet
Wet
Once you get into it, the Bibte is the
most fascinating
book
extant on this
eartb today!
lt's all
a matter of getting
your feet wet The water's not so cold
afler you've beco in a few minutes.
Cbronologies and thee's and thou's may
tum you off at
first,
but the solution is to
speed read chroootogieal tables and ob–
tain
a
modero translation (like the
Re–
vised Standard Vtrsion.
or perhaps the
New English Biblt
if you IU<e more of
a
free-Howing translation).
But whatever ttanslation you eboose,
you owe it to yourself to jump in and
find out wbat tbe Bible has for
you!-
O
WEEK ENDINO SEPTEMBER 20.
1915
wrong direction
of LUST. God equipped
him witb MINO. He has capabitity
10
diseem and to
CHOOSB,
and what be
sows he shall reap!
Tbougb God made man- a pbysical
being. it was
still
bis design 10 make
possible our greatest HAPPINESS.
· Of aU tbe truly ENJOYAStE cltperi–
enees reeeived tbrougb the 6ve seJlSC$,
perhaps the most intense and supremely
gratifying - the very pinnacle of sheer
exbilaration - is tbat reeeived in the sex
act ofexpressing
LO~
for the one wbo is
dearest of all people on eartb, and lo
whom one has been joined in blessed
and boly wedloelc by Ooo HIMsELP!
1 remember wbeo 1 was a young un–
ma.rried man, sorne or us young mcn
had
a
good argument for resisting fomi–
eation.
IF.
we reasoned,
a
man migbt
experience
a
momentary sensual thrill
out of an aet of fomication,
how much
$Ttater
would be the satisfaetion of wait–
tng to sbare that act with the one sweet–
est. dearest, loveliest wife in aU the
world -
giving
LOVE - not reeeiving
LUST - with cleart eonscienee. With a
barlor or a girl loose and immoral
eoougb
10
perrnit fomication, it eould
not be real
LO~.
Besides, it involved a
guilty ·consclenee, and it cpuld involve
prcmarital pregnaney or venereal dis–
ease.
(Remember, conditions and alti–
tudes of teen-agers were quite dilferent
then - some
60
years ago.)
Best-
rorus
'"' Even"in eamality, we reali%ed
ir
was
better - Bl!TTER FOR us - to
walt
for
marriage.
Tbe perverted betiever in today's
"new morality" could argue: "Why not
eojoy
both?"
But be misses the whole
point lbe supremo enjoyment and hap–
piness of marital LOV!
sprin~
from the
very
exclusiveness
of the true marriage
relationship - saered to just the two -
unsbared with any óther. Fomication
prior to marriage robs tbe marriage of
something very preeious and eminenlly
worth tl\e premarital self-denial.
God made us so that we may reaUy
ENJOY tbe taSte of delicious food, the
sound of beautiful musie, the sight of a
beautiful landscape or Hower garoen,
tbe fragranee of lovely roses. Tbe RJGHT
exercise of our senses is
RJGHT~God
in–
tended
this pleasure and enjoymenl.
God is LOVB. and God expressed
His
love roward us by malcing these deligbts
possible. Yet, probably the most in–
tensely delightful of au physical joys
Ood's !ove has made possible
b
that of
sexual LOVE berween husband and wife.
lt was intended to endear eaeh to tbe
otber, biod them closer 10 eacb otber.
lt
was Goo wbo created these five
senses and set them in sucb dynamic
actioo with their various stimuli. And
God beheld everytbing that He bad
made and pronounced it VERY oooo!
God waots us to ENJOY living! Ood
made us so we can find true happiness,
bere and now - we can simply
radiate
bappiness and joy! His
~AW
is
the guide
to the RJGHT
t¡SE
of these powers wbieh
can produce joyous
blessin~
or terri1Jie
curses.
And He gaW! us the CHOICE!
God gave
US
the blessed NARRIAGE
relationsbip and the
God-plane
FAMll.Y
relationship!
Love is Ood's WAY. But natural man
can express it only
pllysically.
So, since
humans can express naturally only a
human and physical love, we come to
the answer of tbe question posed in this
instaUment:
ThJ¡
CREATOk, .,.. HIS WISDOM, KNEW
THAT
SBX
WAS
NECESSARY TO PRESI!RVB
THE
MARR!AGE ANO
FAMU.Y
llELATION·
SHIP,
tN
UAL.LOV&!
God knew what He was doing!
Ooo's answer to those uohappy early
religious "fatbers"
in
their "ehaste se·
verity"
is:
"Woe unto
biJn
that striveth
witb bis Maker! . .. SbaU the clay say to
him tbat fasbioneth it, What makest
thou?"
(lsa.
45:9.)
And again: "Sure1y your tuming of
things upside down sball be esteemed as
the pouer's clay: for shall the work say
of
biJn
that made it, He made me not?
or shaU the thing framed say
10
biJn
tbal
framed it, He bad no understanding?"
(lsaiab
29: 16.)
SEX
was
created. in God's loving
wis–
dom, 10 make possible these sacred
Ood-plane institutions of marriage,
home, and family!
Sex was created
10
stimulate pure
r<>–
mantic atttaction and love between a
young man and
a
young woman prop-
erly mated for marriage; ro inspire them
with desire
10
share their lives, tbeir
problems, tbeir tria.ls and troubles, their.
bopes and suc:eesses TOGETHE:k; to enjoy
tbe planning a nd building together of a
ha{lPY HOME; and lO reara bappy FAM•
ILY.
God designed sEX
10
prodU« pure,
righteous, clean, holy and ricb
BLESS–
tNGSI He made
il
lO be the loving BOND
wbich not only would inspire
a
properly
mared couple to
roan}'.
but
which
would
PRESEIWE that marriage in love. Sex
should be the eoergi.z.ing magnetto dniw
a husband and
a
wife closer and
closér
together with inereasing LOVE - to beal
over those liule irritaliOllS;' disturbances,
or
misunderstandin~
wbich do oceur.
Yet. tbis ver¡ bond which sbould bind
the marriage ugbtly togetber is also the
eord wbich, misused and perverted,
sev–
ers
more marriages Iban all other causes
eombined. M/sused, it
can
bring nigbt–
marish divorees,
wreelt
bomes and 1ives.
leave cbildren without paseou, and
spawo juvenile delinquents!
Let's
save sex for MAARIAGE. Let's
tum to the WAY of aU tbe blissful joys
and
blessin~
God made possible and
intended.!
o
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