Last Friday Sherri and I took our friends to Charlotte to visit the Billy Graham Library. As we walked from exhibit to exhibit we saw several short videos about Dr. Graham’s life. One was a series of video clips of him being interviewed by unbelieving talk show hosts. He was asked his view about premarital sex by one of them. Billy Graham said that the Bible says that sex before marriage is a sin. He went on to explain that God’s design for marriage is the union of one man and one woman, and that this is the only place where sex is permitted. This host was confused and made a joke about what Dr. Graham had told him. But Dr. Graham, in each of these interviews, graciously and boldly, shared his faith in God and proclaimed the truth of God’s Holy word.
I have heard Dr. Graham speak several times either in person or on television, and every time his messages were prefaced by the statement, “The Bible says…”. I never heard him preach anything but the sound principles found in the Bible. What an example he was for all Christians!
In a day where anything goes Christians must stand for the truths found in the Bible, all of it. We cannot pick and choose what fits the sinful desires of our heart. The Bible says that we are to abstain from all sexual impurity. “For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from all sexual immorality; that each of you know how to control his body in holiness and honor.” 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4.
The command to abstain from all sexual immorality is a strong phrase. In this passage the word immorality comes from the Greek word “pornonia”. Our word poronographic comes from this word. God is saying that when a person habitually uses his body for any kind of sexual behavior outside of his design for marriage their lives are a harbinger for pornography, the same as when someone fills their minds with all kinds of filthy smut.
This is God’s command. These are not Paul’s words, his ideas, or something that he concocted. God is clear throughout the Bible that any sexual behavior that takes place apart from the holy union of a man and a woman is grossly immoral. We must obey God’s commands, and like Dr. Graham, speak out against any kind of behavior which defiles God’s plan for marriage, and I might add, the sanctity of life. One way we can do this is on Election Day. Our votes can strongly speak against the evils which are destroying our nation, and every Christian should go to the polls and vote.
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