I'm gonna take this one really far off the beat and path......reading thru all of these stories in Genesis has made me take a look at sexual depravity in society a little bit differently. I find myself thinking that society is sinking further and further down this path of sexual immorality.....and I still think that is true. But, there are so many stories in here that speak that same language, that its shocking. The way these stories read, it doesn't seem like its a very big deal that Potiphers wife is trying to seduce Joseph. It says, Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, 7 and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!”
This sounds as if it was almost expected. Like, how could she resist him. He was well built and handsome.
It seems that people that are really important in the history of Christianity, were also dealing with this sexual craziness. Sleeping with their daughter-in-law, sleeping with their wives hand-maid, getting drunk and sleeping with their daughters.....are you remembering all of these? Its nuts.
Here's where I try to bring this back around to the application part of it. If one of my friends got caught sleeping with someone elses wife; it would be a HUGE scandal.....and earth shattering event. The kind of news that makes you feel sick to your stomach when you first hear of it. But, why don't I react the same way when someone goes 10 miles an hour over the speed limit, or spreads a bit of juicy gossip, or makes fun of the guy with the funny shaped nose? I don't know. Both cases are the same in God's eyes. They are both turning you back on him, and the way he wants us to act. I know my point to all of this is bit nutty. But, I want to try to look at every situation in terms of how God sees it, and not to put my own scale of "bad behaviour" on life.
enough rambling
have a good week
Matthew 7:3
ReplyDelete3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
There is definitely a human moral scale applied to sins especially sex sins, but I think you are on the money that all sin leads to the same place without God's grace.
As I read your post I just was thinking about how powerful sex is now in society and obviously was back in the bible times too its everywhere in Genesis. I was trying to think why it is this way, maybe its because God made something that is so great that the devil has keyed in on it because he knows its a place where he can use it to get a foot in the door for his purpose to get at our souls due to its lure for humans--he uses a great thing God made against him because of the free choices we are allowed.
I can even speak personally, not that I would every remotely consider cheating on Gina quite the opposite I am so attracted that if I'm not getting the love my body desires I can be irrational in my thoughts of how she feels towards me. I can really tie myself up in knots and then my behavior towards her gets an edge to it and my actions can be cutting and back biting and the root cause is sex and the devil using it against me. I don't like it, but if I'm honest its true the devil uses it against me to get into my head. I have to keep that in mind that he is looking for weakness in me to strike.
we went a couple different ways today, what I typed makes me feel pretty weak but its truth.
knut
I love that line......."what I typed makes me feel pretty weak".......I am right there with ya. My bad behavior toward Kim is almost ALWAYS attributed in one way or another to sex. Its really sad. You did a great job of taking my mass generalization, and making it personal. Thanks for making me feel like CRAP!....hahahha.
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its good to be back! just trying to be real, why do this stuff if I'm not willing to put it out there and try to get better or at least have you be my accountability partner
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