HUNDREDS OF GENERATIONS have existed before ours.
In Romans Chapter 1, St. Paul tells us about one of them as we can see in our anchor scripture for today. They professed themselves to be wise but turned out to be big fools. And what did they do in their “wisdom”? They modified, altered and reordered with their small and finite minds, some of the things that The Omnipotent God had perfectly put in place in the Beginning. In short, they “revised” the world. Funny, isn’t it?
Some of the things they “invented” in their “wisdom” include Idolatry or Idol worship(Romans 1:23-25), Sodomy and Lesbianism(Romans 1: 26-27); which were brand new in the world at that time. And as with many worldly fashions, they must have become instantly popular and gotten embraced by many as “modern life”.
In their foolish “wisdom” they felt that sexual intimacy in marriage as ordained by God wasn’t good enough and so they devised Sodomy, Lesbianism, etc. But with time it boomeranged bringing forth strange diseases in their bodies(Romans 1:27). A modern day example of this is the outbreak of HIV/AIDS amongst Homosexuals in 1980s. This is what happens when men reject God’s Order and set up their own.
Spouses, we are not to modify or re-create any aspect of Marriage. When we do, there’ll be problem later. There may not be divorce or even separation but the union won’t be what God designed it to be.
Therefore to enjoy a strong, healthy and thriving Marriage, stick to the original form of marriage God established in the Beginning.
“Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.”(Proverbs 22:28). If important human landmarks are sacred and should not be tampered with, how much more the things God has in His divine wisdom put in place?
(1) MARRIAGE COMES FIRST: PRIORITIZE IT JUST AS GOD DID
The concepts of organized religion or government were all well-known to God but He saw it as more fitting that Marriage should be the first institution on Earth. Why? Because it caters directly to human life (Genesis 2: 18).
Therefore, it’s important that you accord your Marriage the first place God has assigned it in life. Give it first place attention.
(2) THE PLACE OF SEXUAL INTIMACY IN MARRIAGE.
We wouldn’t be teaching Sexual Intimacy in Marriage as seriously as we do if God had not made it part of Marriage. But
He made Sexual intimacy part of Marriage. And not just a part of it but A CORE AND MOST BASIC PART of it.
Here are some proofs:
(A) When God blessed the first couple, the first blessing He bestowed on them was completely sex based: “BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY…”. This pronouncement depended on sexual intimacy to become a reality. Not just sexual intimacy but so much sexual intimacy by so many couples! And today humanity is multiplied. If Adam and Eve and the generations of their era had focused more on transforming the Earth and having dominion over the beasts and neglected having spirited sexual intimacy, they would have altered God’s divine Order for the Earth.
Even though the Earth is greatly populated today, we mustn’t displace Sexual intimacy from it’s front seat in the “Marriage Limousine”. Why? Because it has so many other functions and serves many other purposes beyond populating the planet. It’s a secret sustainer, nourisher and renewer of Spouses.
(B) In Genesis 2: 24 is the divine declaration of what a man should do once he separated from his parents. He’s to CLEAVE to his wife. Do you know that this CLEAVING is sexual intercourse? It’s sexual intercourse because it’s by sexual intercourse that Marriages are consummated. Without sexual intimacy, no cleaving and no Marriage. And after the consummation of marriage, sexual intimacy must remain “the staple diet” of the couple. So, sexual intimacy by divine will, occupies the first place in marriage.
Don’t be like the men who professed to be wise and altered God’s divine order and became fools and reprobates(Romans 1:24,28).
Even in real life, we can easily see the first place position of sexual intimacy from newly married couples.
After arriving their home from the wedding reception party 🍷🍿🎂🥂, what do they do next? Sit down and write WhatsApp Messages of Appreciation to important guests that graced the wedding? No! Get sheets of paper out and make a list of the gift items🎁🎁🎁 received and the names of the gracious givers? No! The next thing on their minds is something we all know but try so hard to pretend not to remember. And what is it? They think of bathing 🛁🛀, stripping and making love💕🛌. It’s so important to both of them none begs the other for it. Neither are they ashamed to strip for each other. And they’re not doing it because they desire pregnancy. No! Both Bride and Groom want it because they know it’s a matrimonial basic. They desire it because it’s enjoyable and they both want that enjoyment. In all generations, there’s no Marriage without sexual intimacy. This is our nature as constructed by God Himself.
And that’s how it is with all newly married couples in all parts of the world: from Moscow to New Delhi and from Madrid to Perth.
And what does that tell you? It’s that: Sexual intimacy occupies the front seat in marriage. So, why all the hypocrisy some Spouses put up trying to show that they don’t like Sex and that it’s not important to them?
Exactly who are they trying to impress? Definitely not God because he never sent them to practice sex-suppressed Marriages.
(2) GOD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MODIFY MARRIAGE BUT DIDN’T.
After the Flood of Noah, God had the opportunity to modify Marriage or to scrape it altogether but didn’t. He still wanted it. He wanted it be exactly as He instituted it in Eden. Please, read:
“And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.”
Can you see that God pronounced on Noah and his sons the same blessings He pronounced on Adam and Eve? The same blessing that prioritizes sexual intimacy in marriage?
So when you see any efforts to promote sexless marriages or a devaluation of Sex in marriage, no matter their religious coloration or undertones, know that it’s the devil that’s at work and not God.
(3) PRIORITIZE SEXUAL INTIMACY BECAUSE IT’S YOUR GOD-GIVEN DEFENCE AGAINST SEXUAL IMMORALITY!
In your battle with the enemies of your soul, it may come as a surprise to you to hear that beyond the armour of God listed in Ephesians 6:13-18, there’s still another armour of protection. This armour is to protect you against sexual immorality. And what’s this armour? It’s sexual intimacy with your Spouse! Hear what St Paul said about it:
“Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman her own husband”(1 Corinthians 7: 2).
So, the weapon for the avoidance of immorality is sexual intimacy with your Spouse.
God further commands that after the important spiritual activity of Fasting and Prayer, Spouses return to sexual intimacy again because there’s an enemy, Satan, who’s seeking to bring them down into Sin (1 Corinthians 7: 5).
As we can see from all above, God intentionally and deliberately assigned first place position to Marriage in life and first position to sexual intimacy in Marriage for several important reasons including the protection of your soul as you run the heavenly race.
“Dearly Beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.”(1 Peter 2:11). One of the ways of abstaining from the fleshly lusts that ferociously make wars against the Soul, most especially sexual immorality, is to have a strong and stable sex life with your Spouse in your Marriage. Don’t for any reason joke with this teaching.
🔥🔥🔥 FAITH DECREE:
🔥LET THE INNER EYES OF ALL SPOUSES THAT MAKE LIGHT OF MARRIAGE AND SEXUAL INTIMACY IN MARRIAGE BE OPENED!!!
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🍷🍗 TAKE-HOME LESSON: SEE TO IT THAT YOU DON’T PRACTICE A MODIFIED, ABRIDGED OR REVISED FORM OF MARRIAGE.
LIVE YOUR MARRIED LIFE ACCORDING TO GOD’S WORD AND YOUR UNION WILL BE AN ORIGINAL MARRIAGE; JUST LIKE THE ONE GOD INSTITUTED LONG AGO IN EDEN!
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