It’s a sick world we live in
I was watching a South African tv program tonight and was utterly appalled at some of the things I was hearing. The segment I am refering to is called “Mating in Captivity“, and talks about marriage being the captivity here.
Well what really shocked me was that the author of the book was saying that each partner should deal with their own satisfaction and enjoyment of marital acts. She also says that most couples fantasise about adding a third party to the marriage bed. These couples should actually add this third party to the marriage bed.
Wow, this is totally unbiblical as far as my understanding goes.
The Marriage Charter
The first thing I want to talk about with my understanding of this is the marriage charter in Genesis 2:24. God created Adam and then from Adam He created Eve. Verse 24 says “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh”. What this means is that from the very beginning God created the template of a marriage as one man and one woman. Jesus reiterates this in Matthew 19:4-5 when He says “Have you not read that he created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh’” This also means that when a man joins a woman they form one flesh, or one perfect human being, each complementing the other.
Selfish - Self Absorbed - Self, Self, Self
One of the fundamental traits of a Christian, is his focus on others instead of himself. This is not a rule of Christianity as some people may believe, but is simply an evidence of Christianity. Christ exhibits humbleness and servanthood in John 13:5-20 when he washes the Disciples feet. Now this was usually a job reserved for the servants of the house hold. The israelites walked around with sandles so their feet were extremely dirty. In fact Peter did not want to let Jesus wash his feet, but Jesus responded by saying that Peter will not understand now, but will understand later; so Peter allows Jesus to wash his feet.
Jesus performed the lowest act of service for his desciples and we should be modelling our lives aroud Jesus as an example to us.
Well I am not sure whether I have gotten my point across about how bad this book is, but it is getting pretty late and I have nodded off twice already while typing. I will reread tommorrow and try and fix it if I need to or even write a part 2
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