This week's news headlines read like Baby Mama Mania. Story after story detailed the complexities of the modern day relationship. First, there was the story of that woman famous for her families reality television show who broke off with her baby daddy amid claims that he just slept with her sister's best friend. This unfaithful basketball star had actually done a similar thing before. A previous girlfriend was pregnant with his first child when he began hooking up with the aforementioned reality television star!
Or, what about the New York headlines concerning a country music star's marriage to a local police officer. Apparently, at one point he was engaged to a professional soccer player but got another woman pregnant at the same time. Good luck with this guy honey!!
If you think this is just a celebrity problem, think again. A Christian, that I once knew, told me of the complications that the government must go through right here in Westchester County, New York, as it sorts through the fallout from these crazy hook-ups. The claims that "the child is not mine" must be investigated. There are children who must be cared for and raised despite the fact that their parents were irresponsible people who gave no thought to how this would happen.
How did we get to the point where we must face this new societal norm? What can we do to stem the tide of this insanity? The answer lies in spiritual truths that we have allowed to go largely by the wayside. Truths that honor the family and honor those commitments that we make. You need a license to drive a car and Christians ought to know that you need a license to have sex. A marriage license that is!
I was recently surprised to learn of the marriage of a Christian man after he had already got his girlfriend pregnant. I asked the father of this man if he was still attending church (thinking that he had fallen away from Jesus). The response was a photo sent via text of his almost 40 year old son in his car going to church. Smiling and happy, Michel* was well-dressed and from all outward appearances was the picture perfect Christian. How in the world does Michel feel comfortable sitting in church and then go ahead and do this?
Could this reflect upon his church? Is it a church full of people who are Christians in name only? Are they preaching sound doctrine? How do we separate what is the inevitable imperfections that will be present in all churches from the church in need of reform? The answer is in an unrepentant manner and the continuation of sin of those attending that church. Would it be hard to differentiate the moral character of the congregants of such a church from the previously mentioned television stars?
Many Christian parents fail to adequately teach their children the biblical view of sex and the family. This allows the schools and the popular dysfunctional culture to raise them instead. God commands that we must train a child in the way it should go. So, first and foremost we must be aware of this biblical mandate of teaching and must not relegate that to others. We are responsible to God for educating our children. We must also be good role-models of the very things that we are trying to teach them.
Support your Pastor and Elders when they speak about these difficult topics. Don't just read the Word of God, practice it. Consider anew if there is any sexual sin in your own life. Resolve to conquer it. As you contemplate God's design for your sexuality and the ensuing family responsibilities don't forget to ask God to help you attain it. It is impossible without Him.
* the name is changed for privacy.
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