Sex is good! Sex is great! Sex is amazing! But only in the context of marriage.

What a way to start the post.. ahaha. been listening to the pure sex series from ARPC. it's interesting.. really.. that understanding whatever we do is because of what God has done. we don't live life the way we want it.. we live life the way God had intended for.. to be in perfect relationship with Him.. understanding that there's no pleasing God when u indulge in ur sinful nature.

so how can a taboo societal subject be good? how can it be gd when discussion abt it in the past was frowned upon? it's good 'cos it's God-created. God created man and woman, the idea of companionship. He told them to "be fruitful and multiply" right from the start in Genesis. there is an idea of one-ness relationally, physically, sexually and spiritually. it's the exchange of faithfulness between 2 persons for life. so why is it bad? the simplest "pastor" answer is: Man is sinful.

we've taken sex.. exploited it.. made it dirty through our worldly visions.. rape; adultery; incest; prostitution; homosexuality.. all in all, sexual immorality. explains why Bush is still president of US. the evangelical americans will not see their country embrace similar sex marriage. amazing isn't it? God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

what hit me most when i was listening to one of them was when the pastor told us not to justify our sins. the gay bishop.. same-sex marriage and claiming it's a union under God. God did not save us to let us indulge in sin. "nature and nurture" is smth ppl inevitably argue abt.. that it can be genetic even.

1 Cor 6:9-11 - And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

we have been saved. we're cleansed from our sins, made holy and made right in His eye. we shld not be turning back to desires of the flesh. not just homosexuality. but pre-marital sex.. even cyber sex. there is no way u can justify ur sin. only God justifies. let us, as Christians, continue to help one another!

i got a shock though.. at one part where the speaker said, "Don't stay single for the fear of committment. Don't stay single for the fear of failure (major panicking on my part now!).. when it compromises your sexual life"

what relief.. ahahaha. truly, in 1 Cor 6:9, Paul writes: But if (the unmarried and widows) cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

i guess i was greatly encouraged by Pastor Chia when he said that singleness and marriage are both gifts from God that does not affect our acceptance.. but ultimately, it's how we use the gifts given to us. the gift of singleness? ultimately, i feel it's the ability to accept that you are single and live a godly life still.

(ouch! just scratched my wound!) it's not easy.. really.. living a godly life in this depraved world... it's really for us to be prepared to be that minority.. to turn away from the depravity, popularity and majority. we're not abnormal. we're just living lives as God's people, because we've been set free from sinful nature! my brothers and sisters in Christ, i write this as an encouragement. sure, i'm not as fluent as Paul.. nor do i possess that understanding that my dear gospel workers have.. but don't fret if you feel like you're an outcast when you don't follow the ways of the world. 'cos we're the one of the 2 races in God's eyes.. we're the race that believes in Him so rejoice for we have salvation!

to my dear "freshies".. you guys are no longer freshies! come the end of next sem, you guys are yr twos already! then, the freshies will come in and let us continually perservere in the word of God.. faithfully proclaimed the true gospel, simply and plainly, to them, aites?

to my dearest campus ministry, let us continually grow in our understanding of the word. i love you guys sooooo much and i thank God for you all! really.. at the same time, thanks for making fun day 04/05 T1 and fun day 04/05 T2 a success with your encouraging participation!