FIRST PERSON: The sexual revolution lied

By Michael A. Logsdon, Pastor, First Church, Easton, Md.

Proverbs 14:12 says "there is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death." Who would have ever thought that the consequences of lifestyle choices could be so dangerous and costly decades later? The sexual revolution of the 60’s offered the hope of unrestrained love and happiness but a recent MSNBC article reveals the truth behind those lies.

The sexual revolution offered that un-brid[al]ed love—that is sexuality contrary to God’s plan of abstinence until marriage—was the way to throw off the shackles of guilt. What has transpired is anything but happiness and joy. According to the Associated Press article, reported on MSNBC on Mar. 11, 2008, one in four sexually active teen girls studied had at least one STD (sexually transmitted disease). What is worse, nearly half of the sexually active black girls studied had at least one STD. In all, the study suggests that nearly three million of our American children are infected with a potentially life threatening STD. This flies in the face of recent optimism surrounding declining birth rates and what constitutes “safe sex.” Once more it is clear that true safe sex is nothing less than God’s plan for sexuality, or abstinence until marriage.

The STD identified is a virus that causes cervical cancer and infertility, and can even be transmitted through oral sex. God’s Word is clear, selfish freedom brings death and destruction while God’s freedom through Christ and His Word always offers the hope of eternal and abundant life. God does not work through smoke and mirrors, and empty promises. Parents of teens ought to use this as an opportunity to speak about the truth of God’s Word and the lies of the world.

Is there any doubt that God’s plan is best? As the election year comes to the forefront of the national center stage, it is paramount that God’s people actively speak about God’s truth juxtaposed against the lies being offered by this world regardless of the party affiliation. The MSNBC article reveals the bankruptcy of a world view that moves ignorantly to God’s Word. John Douglas and Kevin Fenton, both of the CDC (Center for Disease Control), suggest that the way to help these and future at-risk children is to sink millions of tax dollars into vaccinations for these STD’s. Why spend money on a disease that can be avoided through a simple choice? We are not talking about an airborne sickness or a hereditary trait. This is something that is contracted through having multiple sex partners.

Maybe the best thing we can do is to tell the truth that sex before marriage is costly to our nation and potentially life threatening to the individual who chooses this lifestyle. Based on this study, six children with a six-shooter and one bullet have better odds playing Russian roulette than do four children who choose to be sexually promiscuous. The anti-gun people, however, would not be screaming for a gun vaccine if three million children were at risk of a bullet entering their bodies. They would be calling for an end to gun possession. Let’s speak truthfully about ending the sexual revolution and the ensuing destruction brought by its lies.

Who would have thought that the sexual revolution could add to the growing national debt? God did because His Word declares that sin and life are not done in a vacuum. Maybe the solution is not a vaccine, but rather a heart transplant that includes the power to say no to sin and yes to righteousness? What is clear is that the bill for the sexual revolution is now coming due and it is costing us far more than tax dollars; it is costing one out of four lives from those young ladies who continue to believe the lies that were offered decades ago.

Living contrary to God’s law is an illusion if one believes it will bring satisfaction and contentment.

Declining birth rates due to contraception among teens or splitting semantic hairs over what really constitutes sexuality is not a sufficient safeguard against the destruction of sinful behavior.

God’s plan is still the best plan for our world some 2,000 years later. Ironically, the answer is verified in a study that certainly did not seek to confirm God’s Word; but then, the truth is truth and does not need to fear being rendered obsolete.