The Rise of so-called “christian” Erotica is the Beginning of the Great Apostasy and those who Embrace it are Tragically Deluded, Unstable and Ignorant
We live in treacherous times and dark
days, and such times are made more obvious by the rise of so-called “christian”
erotica. As shocking as this may sound, it is becoming increasingly normalised
and justified, all by the use of Scripture among professing Christians. Those
who oppose “christian” erotica, which is really just a euphemism for pornography,
on Scriptural grounds, are not only accused by professing Christians who
support “christian” erotica as legalistic, pharisaic, righteous, narrow-minded,
or holier-than-thou, but perverted, exhibiting a false sense of godliness and
oppressive.
The rise of “christian” erotica is far
more dangerous and of far greater significance than the obvious reason that erotica
is perverse and that Scriptures are being twisted to justify such perversion. It
is a symptom of a greater problem which is not merely the idolatry of sex, or
even the utter lack of the fear of God. It is the perversion of the Christian faith
itself through the worship of one’s own self, manifesting in the idolatry of
seeking one’s own pleasure, being a “lover of pleasure rather than a lover of
God” which the Holy Scriptures condemns.[1] It
is the Christian faith being perverted into self-worship, falsely justified by
perverse interpretations of Scripture. Such perversion of faith, justified by
the use of Scripture itself is apostasy. The Great Apostasy as prophesised in 2
Thessalonians 2:3 has begun.
‘Christian’ erotica is not simply a means of
providing so-called “entertainment” to people as mainstream erotica does,
especially to nymphomaniac married Christian women who are bored with their
daily lives. It is far more perverse than that. It is a subtle means of
spreading their false and utterly depraved theology of sex and sexuality.
Though many of these wicked heretics are silly nymphomaniac women and horndog
men have an extremely low mentality, they know a great deal when it comes to the
Scriptures on sex, even to the extent of being able to use sophistry to develop
a false theology on sex and sexuality to justify their carnal desires. However,
by their false knowledge of what the Scriptures teach on sex, they show
themselves to be all the more asinine, as evident by their crass views on what
the Scripture teaches on this topic.
The sea of “Christian” erotica being
embraced and produced by professing Christians is being justified on the basis
that erotica strengthens marriages, helps or motivates people to perform their
spousal conjugal duties, and there is nothing in the Word of God which
expressly says that erotica is sinful. While such reasons may seem asinine, “christian”
erotica is far more subtle than that in how it deceives. It appears to be very
clean and pure on the surface because of its constant disavowal of sexual
relations outside of marriage, unlike mainstream erotica and pornography, which
proponents of “christian” erotica love to criticise. But “christian” erotica is
anything but clean and pure. It is precisely the false appearance of the purity
of “christian” erotica that deceives even many genuine Christians, because it
is so deceitful and seductive, owing to its seemingly liberating and mature
approach to sexuality, which many professing Christians are all too keen to
appear to secular society.
The key tactic of the deception of “Christian” erotica is that it uses
marriage as basis to justify lasciviousness. This deception tactic has proven
to be very effective which makes “christian” erotica appear so clean and pure,
because it purports that marriage is the only forum for sexual relations. Many
“unstable and ignorant people” as described in 2 Peter 3:16-17 and in
particular “silly women” who the Scriptures describe as “laden
with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning,
and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” foolishly assume
that this means that “christian” erotica must be clean.
Therein lies the deception. That sexual relations are only permissible
within marriage according to Scripture is only half of the truth. This truth does
not automatically mean that all such relations in marriage are pure, as many
professing Christians are sadly deceived into thinking. Marriage does not
justify sexual perversion within marriage, such as masturbation, pornography,
oral sex, and anal sex, which is nothing more than the homosexual act practiced
by married men and women on each other, justified under their beloved idol of
marriage by such so-called ‘Christians’. Neither does marriage justify sexual
relations done for the main or sole purpose of pleasure, which not only has no
Scriptural basis, but is against the spirit of the teaching of the Word of God
which condemns the love of pleasure.[2]
The idea that sex may be done for the main or sole purpose of pleasure, as long
as it is within marriage, is of the spirit of lasciviousness, which the
Scriptures condemn.[3]
Proponents of “christian” erotica are
so perverse in their thinking, in believing that they can twist Scripture to
justify their lusts. Yet, they are double-minded enough to even dare think that
they are so holy and righteous, and love to criticise mainstream erotica and
pornography for being primarily composed of adultery and fornication, showing
their remarkably arrogant hypocrisy. It teaches that God made sex for pleasure,
not for the unity of the spouses as indicated by the Holy Scriptures which says
“Therefore shall a man
leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall
be one flesh”.[4] It
does not say that a man “shall cleave unto his wife to indulge themselves and
enjoy each others’ bodies”, or that a man “shall cleave unto his wife to have
great fun”. Rather it says man “shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be
one flesh”.
It is clear from the Word of God that
lasciviousness is sin and that erotica is lasciviousness. Yet so many
professing Christians, in particular, professing married Christians embrace it,
in thinking that they have the ‘right’ to embrace lasciviousness, just because
they are married and have the ‘marital privilege’. Such is their perverted
reasoning. The entire theology of ‘christian’ erotica is that as long as one is
married, one can do whatever one wants with one’s spouse sexually, as long as
no one is hurt. Such is the sexual liberalism of the evangelicals, which has an
utterly hypocritical false guise of holiness. They love to criticise the liberals
for their wickedness in relation to matters of sexuality. But owing to their
own lasciviousness which they justify by their own heretical carnal theology on
such matters, they have no right to rebuke such liberals.
The demonic idea that one can do what
one likes sexually with one’s spouse, as long as one is married is of the
spirit of rebellion and lawlessness, as manifest in the idea of doing as one
chooses, as long as no one is hurt. It is not only based on minimalist
morality, that as long as one does not fornicate or commit adultery, one has
not sinned. It is based on the demonic lies that pornography and masturbation
are justified by marriage, as long as there is consent between from one’s
spouse. This is all based on the twisted interpretation of Hebrews 13:4 which
says “Marriage is
honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God
will judge”.
Hebrews 13:4 is interpreted by these evangelicals
to mean that because “marriage is honourable in all and the bed undefiled”,
married couples can engage in whatever sexual activities they like within
marriage, and can indulge in sexual pleasure as they choose. As long as one is
married, one can engage in sexual relations with one’s spouse for the main or
sole purpose of pleasure, since there is nothing which says explicitly in the
Scriptures that one cannot engage in sexual relations within marriage for
pleasure. As long as one’s sexual relations do not amount to fornication or
adultery, one has not sinned and cannot have sinned. Such an interpretation
completely dismisses the multiple verses in the Scriptures which condemn the
love of pleasure, and lasciviousness.[5] These
are the verses that no one even cares to think, mention let alone discuss, in
relation to the issue of sexuality, because of their vile, carnal,
pleasure-seeking mindset. They do not even have the wisdom to understand such
passages because of their evil and wicked mindset.
What Hebrews 13:4 means is that marriage
is an institution to be honoured, and because adultery and whoremongering
violate the sanctity of the institution of marriage, God will judge such
people. It specifies adultery and whoremongering, rather than other sexual sins
such as homosexuality or bestiality, because these two sexual sins specifically
violate the marriage covenant. It is not that such sins are no lesser sins that
adultery and
whoremongering.
Homosexuality and bestiality do not have the
capacity to unite a man and woman by rendering them “one flesh”, and cannot be
said to violate the marriage covenant. They are unnatural altogether. These
sins are sexual deviancies that are totally against nature itself, and not only
do not, but cannot pertain to marriage which is why Hebrews 13:4 does not even
mention such sins. This indicates that Hebrews 13:4 is a warning about defiling
or dishonouring the institution of marriage by sexual immorality. The
underlying assumption is that marriage can and does become defiled and dishonoured
by sexual immorality, namely fornication and adultery. This shows that this
verse is far from saying that any sexual acts within marriage is good, or as
long as sexual relations are done within marriage, there can be no sinful
motives for such relations, such as indulging sex for the main or sole purpose
of pleasure.
The idea that sex for the main or sole
purpose of pleasure, as long as it is within marriage leads to the idea that
there is nothing wrong with masturbation. Therefore, it is no surprise that
“christian” erotica not only condones masturbation, but fully promotes and
endorses it. Masturbation is an obvious sin because it a total violation of the
natural sexual act, and amounts to self-gratification. Masturbation is
unequivocally a sin, and the very thought of it should disgust one from the
core of one’s very being. “Christian” erotica, however, endorses it, by subtly
teaching that whether it is right or wrong is a “matter of one’s heart”, or
that it is justified as a form of sexual release so that a person will not fall
into fornication or adultery.
To say that whether masturbation is right or
wrong is a “matter of one’s heart” is a cunning way of redefining masturbation,
and avoiding the question as to whether it is sin altogether. Do not be
deceived, the very act of masturbation is itself sin precisely because it is
unnatural and a form of self-gratification. Whether self-gratification is right
or wrong is beyond question. Masturbation is any event is self-gratification, which
is the opposite of self-control, one of the fruits of the Spirit.[6]
Endorsement of masturbation is totally
consistent with the central tenet of ‘christian’ erotica that indulgence in sex
for the main or sole purpose of pleasure is permissible or even good, as long
as it is within marriage. The problem is that engaging in sexual relations for
the main or sole purpose of pleasure is
glorified masturbation. It does not make a difference whether such an act was
done within marriage or outside marriage, as doing so for the purpose of
pleasure is itself the violation of
the purpose of sex which is unity between the spouses.[7]
The only difference between sex done
within marriage purely for pleasure, and that outside of marriage done purely
for pleasure is that the former attempts to use the Moral Law of God and
circumvent the loopholes to justify one’s actions, while the latter does not
even bother about the Law of God.
The former tries to use marriage as a canopy
to justify one’s lust, while the latter does not even bother with the Law of
God. Both are wicked because both are acts of self-gratification and
self-indulgence. Both are acts of glorified masturbation done with another
person. The only difference between the person who masturbates oneself, whether
he or she is single or married, and the person who engages in sexual relations
within marriage for the main or sole purpose of pleasure, is that the former
practices self-masturbation, while the latter practices glorified mutual masturbation
with another.
Oral sex is another perverse act which
proponents of “christian” erotica endorse. They love to use the Song of Solomon
2:3-5 to justify oral sex, where it says:
As
the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I
sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my
taste.
He
brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Stay
me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
This is a tragic misinterpretation and misapplication of the Song
of Solomon. The Song of Solomon is poetic and symbolic, not of sexual acts, but
rather, expressions of love that are experienced in the heart, mind, soul and
spirit that only manifest in passionate sexual relations. Despite what some
churches have taught, it is not an erotic book. If it is an erotic book, it
would amount to pornography, and there is no way that the Scriptures could ever
contain written pornography. The idea that the Song of Solomon is erotica is
utterly heretical, and an absolutely tragic misunderstanding of its true
meaning. More importantly, the Song of Solomon is ultimately about the
relationship between Jesus and His Bride, the true Church, not two earthly
lovers. It merely uses the expressions of love between two earthly lovers to
demonstrate how the relationship between Jesus and His Church should be.
The purpose of the Song of Solomon is not to incite sexual desires
in people to drive people who are not yet married to marriage, as some
evangelical theologians say, with the motive of pushing their cultic and
idolatrous agenda of ‘marriage and family’. This argument subtly seeks to
encourage people who are not yet married to allow their sexual desires to be
stirred up, to place them in a position where they lack self-control and will
be placed in a position where they will have to marry because of their lack of
self-control. It is a cunning way of attempting to deny the God-given liberty
as to whether one should marry or not.
It also implies that those with sexual desires must marry on that very basis. If they
do not marry, even where they are unable to do so owing to circumstance, they
sin by virtue of being single. People
who are unable to marry by reason of circumstance and have sexual desires face
a dilemma which this false teaching does absolutely nothing to help. They are
left in spiritual bondage as a result. In teaching that people must marry simply
on the basis that they have sexual desires, one disavows self-control, which is
not only the viable option, but extremely liberating for such people. It gives
a person the liberty to marry or not marry, without being in bondage to sexual
desires.
Proponents of “christian” erotica can and is used to lead people
into bondage to sexual desires, which is used to force them to marry, by
telling them that they must marry if
they have even the slightest sexual desires. This takes away the God-given
liberty for people to marry or not marry, and is the result of the dangerous
cocktail of “christian” erotica and the teaching that marriage is mandatory
where a person has even the slightest of sexual desires. “Christian” erotica
forces people to marry by stirring up their sexual desires to the point in
which they lack self-control, placing them into a precarious position where
they are at risk of fornication if they do not. For those who cannot marry
owing to their circumstances, this brings nothing but sexual bondage, leading
to sexual frustration, anxiety, discouragement and even causing some to lose
faith when they lose hope of marrying and having a family.
The rise of so-called ‘christian’
erotica is not merely evidence of sexual immorality among professing Christians
and their attempts justify their indulgence in sexual lusts, thereby perverting
the entire purpose of marriage. Neither is it even ultimately evidence of idolatry
and the utter lack of the fear of God in much of the professing Church today,
although that certainly is true. It is evidence that much of the professing
Church are trying to serve both God and the world, the temporal things of this
life. They want both God and the world, and are pursuing both, which is the
height of double-mindedness.
Such people who think that ‘Christian’
erotica is justified, just because it overcomes the loopholes of the Scriptures
in not explicitly stating that seeking sex for the main or sole purpose of
pleasure, that unnatural sexual acts are wrong, or marrying just to satisfy
one’s sexual desires, are deceived. They demonstrate that they are living for
their own carnal desires and do not love God, all while claiming to obey God.
However, their ‘obedience’ to God by supposedly
avoiding fornication before marriage and adultery once married is nothing but
minimal morality. Their avoidance of fornication and adultery are merely
outward acts of obedience to the Law of God, but inwardly, their hearts are
full of nothing but lust, fornication and adultery. They avoid fornication and
adultery neither out of fear or love for God, but to merely do what is lawful
in accordance to the letter of the Law, but not the spirit of the Law. Their
hatred of the spirit of the Law is evidenced by their support of any sexual practice
that is not explicitly prohibited by the letter of the Law. They walk by the
flesh, not the spirit. They are carnally-minded, not spiritually-minded. As the
Scriptures says:
For
they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that
are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
For
to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Because
the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God,
neither indeed can be.
So
then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
But
ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God
dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
(Romans 8:5-9)
Such professing Christians do not and cannot please God by their
carnal mindset in relation to matters of sex and sexuality. They are those who
live in accordance to their own desires, and are easily deceived by teaching
that appeals to their own desires. They love to have their ears tickled by
false teachers. Such people are those who have no fear of God, and seek to
serve both God and the world, for the benefits that each gives. They will be
those who apostatise during the Great Apostasy if they do not repent of their
carnality. Such people are those who seek Jesus not because they truly love Jesus, but for what they can get from Him.
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