It's no secret that virginity is no longer prized in America and the rest of Western civilization. In fact, if you say that you are waiting until marriage, you are either seen as:
A) A religious nutcase.
B) An exotic animal to be killed, skinned, and worn as a sexual "fur coat" by some player/cougar-in-training who wants to stroke their ego and impress their perverted friends.
This is especially true if you are a guy, since the stereotypical male is portrayed as sex-crazed zealot who is willing to lie, cheat, and steal in the name of their patron goddess, "Vajayjay Sanctus."
Why has our society become obsessed with forbidden sex?
1) Contrary to what many churches believe, sex is fun. In fact, God designed it as the ultimate coed adventure between a married man and woman.
Proverbs 5:18-19 "May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love." (NIV)
Since sex is fun, it's only natural that we, as humans, are interested in it.
2) Contrary to what our society believes, the entire human race (including myself) is evil. Even though being mistreated or misinformed may aggravate the problem, we don't need that to happen for us to become bad. We are evil because we enjoy it. It makes us happy.
Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" (KJV)
In other words, we are obsessed with forbidden sex because, to the human heart, evil + fun = "freaking sweet"! However, there is one crucial fact that society doesn't want you to know and which the church simply expects you to figure out if they just mention it in passing.
YOU CAN ONLY BE A VIRGIN ONCE!
Your virginity is like your life. You only get one, and the world is full of people who want you to waste it in the pursuit of something completely pointless or take it away from you. In light of this, isn't your virginity worth protecting? Isn't your virginity worth saving for your husband/wife, the one who truly deserves it?
I believe it is. More importantly, so does Christ.
Matthew 19:4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?" (NIV)
Jesus has made it very clear: "becoming one flesh" (i.e. sex) is only meant for the marital relationship. Since sex was Christ's idea, we better figure out how He designed it so that we can enjoy it to the fullest extent possible. To figure out how to use this powerful tool for Christ's glory, keep your eye on this blog for more "Virgin Fight Club" posts.
