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"It's a good thing you brought it up. ..."

I’m not oblivious to sex’s overwhelming bombardment in this nation’s culture, society, and media. We are all sexual beings. Talking about sex is difficult, which is why it's a good thing you brought it up.

I think sex is now a worldly and sensationalistic aspect of life in this nation or culture. The philosophical perspective toward sex and love seem to harmonize okay within the context of religion. However, the statistics on sex from a sociological perspective is a hard pill to swallow, and doesn't digest well with God's plans -- there's a high rate of teen pregnancies, premarital sex, and others. In my eyes, sex is glamorized in this culture nowadays, and its original purpose demeaned due to a liberal pop culture.

Now, I’m going to preach. Hehe. I'm addressing the audience of The Word because this subject is so interesting. I feel like I should exercise my thoughts on this subject if I ever want to address the youth in our area as well.

Sex is sacred. Have we forgotten that? Are we oblivious of this? Are we not being taught this anymore?

You guys should also have an issue about relationships because this would put the topic of sex back into the context of love, since sex should really stem from love. Maybe you guys already have and I just did not read up on it.

Other possible thought-provoking topics that are related could be the following: “What Is Love?”  “Why Do We Confuse Sex With Love?”  Do we have sex to get love, or are we taking the time to understand what is real love in order to understand the true purpose of sex? How 'bout that? Heheh.

To me, and I’m sure in the eyes of God, sex is one of the ultimate expressions of love, not just the means of pro-creation, between a married couple. But in the world, sex has been exploited by the evil one to enslave, tempt, trap, and deviate people from God. 

We have to make a bold effort to educate the young, especially our young Christian bros and sis', that sex out of the context of God is a form of a false God, and is selfish (selfishness, greed, materialism are forms of false-Gods and idolatry). Does that make sense? If we can come to this realization, then I feel it will strengthen us to stand against Satan’s exploits with sex.

Hmm. What do you think? Hehe. ...

Carlo Juanola
YFC-University of California at Davis
Singles for Christ North California
Via e-mail

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There are this many people on planet Earth... and counting:

I just want to respond to what someone wrote: "but if you do decide to have sex... just be protected..."

Is YFC going to be faithful to God or faithful to the opinions of the world? I am really shocked and extremely disappointed in seeing this in a YFC website. Chastity is a virtue. How dare we spit on that beautiful virtue by saying, "At least I'm protected." Protected from what? No contraceptive can hold a tear back from Jesus when He sees one of His children abuse His gift of sexuality.

Yes, the temptation of lust is difficult to fight, but STARE at CHRIST CRUCIFIED. I dare anyone who is struggling with any temptation to stare at the crucifix. It's time that we respond to Jesus when He said, "IF ANY MAN WOULD COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS AND FOLLOW ME" (MT. 16:24).

PRAY! God wants to give us graces to fight lust! We are children of the Almighty Father; He will not abandon us!

Mel Puzon III
YFC-NorCal
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Jeneca Jara has responded to Mel Puzon's letter.

i think you have a right to your opinion...but sumtimes... i think people are just blind to the truth...it's not that i'm giving up on virginity....i'm still a vrigin... i'm not saying...go out and have sex...just make sure to use a condom.... what i'm trying to say is that try not to have sex til ur married... but i know that people out there are having sex... and there is no way for me or any of us to stop everyone in this world stop every single person... my comment was not only for YFC... but for EVERYONE... people need to open their eyes...no one is perfect... the world is not perfect... i did not in anyway say that i condone sex 'cuz i don't... i truly believe that sex... or the act of making love... is... strictly between u... and ur husband/wife... and most importantly, GOD.

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