Pastors and your intimate business
Has this pastor gone too far?
Sexperiment author and Fellowship Church pastor Ed Young, who is challenging married couples at his church to have sex for seven straight days, believes that sexual deprivation and not satisfying a spouse within the lovemaking department are sinful.
“I think one day we will be held accountable regarding how we satisfied our spouse’s sexually,” Young told The Christian Post in an interview Friday.
“I would, in fact, off of Romans 12:1 say that sex is even an act of worship because Romans 12 said we can present our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is a reasonable act of worship.”
Young teaches in his new bestselling book, Sexperiment: 7 Days to Lasting Intimacy with Your Spouse, that depriving a spouse of sexual intimacy is a sin.
Husbands or wives who constantly say “no” are not only putting a spirit of rejection on their marriage, they are interfering with their fellowship with God, he says.
14 Responses “Pastors and your intimate business”
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hey Lynn: dumbfounded…”sex is an act of worship”…dead…
He’s needs to put playboy down, repent, and then pick up the bible and actually read it so he can be released by the word of his demons.
Can we just get back to the Word! Its all about Jesus not us, not our sex life. Another reason the church is so weak today, no substance coming from the pulpit.
I’ve seen him preach with a bed on stage when he first really started this series. It was a while back. Sex is great, it was created by God, it is for our enjoyment and reproduction- but it’s personal. Good advice is always helpful, but sometimes too much advice is just that, too much.
I agree with you Albert but this should be a married couples class or seminar IMO. He talks about sex alot, whats the deal with that.
@ Helena…I guess every preacher needs a niche…since the bible is not always comfortable enough…he should make this, as you said, a retreat or a married couple’s class and not the sole focus of his preaching.
The niche should be the Word of God. No gimmicks or tricks necessary when the true Word is preached.
Christians and the church SHOULD discuss sex. Otherwise, people are left to gather their opinions about it from the world only. It was created by God. We should have HIS ideas about it, not what is gleaned from the unsaved.
Thin line between discussing what saith the Lord and telling people how often to have sexual relations.
Clearly has issues that he’s trying to build a ministry upon. SMH. There was time when saints didn’t fall for this kinda mess.
The pulpit is for the Word only. Married couples should consult each other and God to determine what is right and proper within their bedrooms. What works for couple A may not work for couple B. This is wrong (and crazy) on so many levels….
Thanks, Pam! You are on target here in my humble opinion.
I do believe MARRIED christians should talk about sex, but come on… There is a thin line between smart and insane…
The Word is the Word and when you put your own spin on it you are then being worldly.
From an elders perspective, my issue is not with this pastor speaking about sexual issues, but rather, his out right misinterpretation of the scripture to do so!
He takes a text from Romans 12 out of its CONTEXT, places it in a sexual CONTEXT, and has no problem doing so. Now that’s ASHAME!!!
He could have used 1 Cor.7:1 – 6 (GWT)
1 Now, concerning the things that you wrote about: It’s good for men not to get married.2 But in order to avoid sexual sins, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.3 Husbands and wives should satisfy each other’s [sexual] needs.4 A wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but his wife does.5 Don’t withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so for a set time to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should get back together so that Satan doesn’t use your lack of self-control to tempt you.6 What I have just said is not meant as a command but as a suggestion.
Grace & Peace – Elder B
@Elder B
Great reference. That is the problem with these kinds of people taking scripture out of context.