Sexuality Pt. 1.2

This a continuation of a previous post on why God created sex. That post can be found here.

We've already discussed that a reason God created sex was so that we could take part in the 'creator characteristic' that God has placed within us. Now, the relationship in which sex and babies should take place.

2. Trinity-like Relationship
In Genesis 2:15-24, we see the creation story from a different perspective. Here, Adam is in the garden alone; Eve has yet to be created. God brings all the creatures on earth to Adam so that he can find one suitable to be his companion. As they come, none is found. God then causes Adam to fall asleep and he forms Eve out of Adam's rib. They are created to compliment each other and be in relationship together. This relationship is meant to be a picture of what God experiences within the Trinity (God has given us the same 'relater characteristic').

The Trinity (God the Father, God the Son, & God the Holy Spirit) is difficult to understand and even more difficult to explain. There are many ways to try to describe a unified God present in three parts. All of those ways always seemed a bit lacking to me. I've recently discovered what I believe to be one of the best descriptions of the relationship within the Trinity, written by Glenn Stanton (found here...read it, it's well worth your time).

Sex is meant to be experienced within that kind of a relationship. Marriage is how we experience that kind of relationship between two people here on earth. When you make the commitment to build that kind of relationship first, adding sex completes the bonding.

BUT, sex is only meant to be experienced in a relationship that is intimate, permanent, committed, exclusive, self-giving, and complementary (the exact characteristics you find within the Trinity). When you take sex out of a marriage between a man and woman, you lose those ingredients.

If you have sex with multiple people and for one night only, you lack the intimacy, permanency, commitment, exclusivity, and selflessness that it's meant for.

If you have sex with a boyfriend/girlfriend, fiance, or even have an affair, you're still missing the permanency, commitment, and exclusivity.

If you have sex with someone of the same gender, even though you might be legally married in certain states, you are missing the complimentary nature of the relationship.

The bottom line is that we were created to be in a relationship similar to what God experiences in the Trinity. We aren't forced to be in a relationship like that, but it is a God-given desire that exists deep within us. Sex will never meet that desire. Only when we build that relationship first, through marriage, are we able to add sex to set the whole thing ablaze. Sex works physically outside of marriage, but it will never work emotionally and relationally like it was created to. Outside of marriage, it's a recipe for the exact opposite of what is present in a 'Trinity-like' relationship: broken hearts, neglected emotions, and crushed souls.