The "L" Thing
 The
May 2007 issue of the CSM Newsletter was titled “When
God Gets Enough”, and was based on Genesis chapter
15. This issue will also refer to that very important
chapter, but will focus upon something a little different.
Specifically, the sin of sexually deviant behavior among
girls and women.
News events of the last ten years have
propelled the issue of sexual deviance to the forefront
of modern western entertainment. The actions of entertainers
are no longer censored by anyone including contract
holders, producers and especially consumers. It has
become a no-holes-barred world with gutter-level conduct
being the most sought-after news stories with society
reveling with each turn of events. These events are
highlighted in most every news source in western civilization
not for the purpose of reporting and critical examination,
but for the purpose of sensationalism and profit. Smut
sells, you see.
In the last decade it has become obvious
to anyone with even a slight exposure to music, movies
and tabloids that raunchiness is in vogue with the elite,
and such raunchiness is being emulated by those millions
of admiring and sub-elite fans. They not only see nothing
wrong with such conduct, but excuse it with ridiculous
euphemisms such as, “That is the way it is in
the world of high-class entertainment.” High class?!
The fact that the Amorites practiced
a number of sexual deviances is something to be considered,
because God judged them. And, since there are no longer
any Amorites around we can say He judged them pretty
harshly. And for what did God destroy them? Child sacrifice,
homosexuality, lesbianism, etc. Most readers will see
where this is going and will think it all applies to
modern western culture except the child sacrifice thing.
Abortion-on-demand smashes that argument. But, that
is a subject for another time.
Though all the sins of the Amorites
can probably be found in modern western culture, what
needs to be strongly addressed is lesbianism because
it has now become in vogue in the form of “recreational
lesbianism”. Basically defined lesbianism is female
homosexuality, but is not commonly referred to as such.
The etymology of the word is not important. What is
important, though, is it is growing in both instance
and acceptance right under our noses, and most Christians
do not have a clue. Let’s take a look.
Though lesbianism and bisexualism are
both sin and will bring down the wrath of God, yet there
is a difference. And it is that difference that is leading
to recreational lesbianism. For reasons that will be
seen below, some girls and women are “experimenting”
with lesbian relationships, not to become life-long
lesbians, but because such dalliances are now considered
to be stylish and sophisticated. Some even talk about
eventually getting married (to a man!) and having a
family, but in the time-being they want to fool around
with girl-sex because of the perceived aura and mystique.
What, we might ask, is fueling this
kind of thing? Forty years ago lesbianism was as taboo
as male homosexuality. What has happened to soften up
western attitudes and paint such deviance with a façade
of acceptance? I think the culprit is what old-fashioned
preachers have been warning us about for decades, and
that is the lowering of moral standards not only by
our culture but especially by Christians. That is a
fact. Just look around at the way some Christian girls
and women dress even at church assemblies. If short
dresses and plunging neck lines that leave nothing to
the imagination are flaunted in worship services what
do you think is going on elsewhere?
I must ask a question. Some of you
dads out there — are you aware of what some of
your daughters are wearing at summer church camps? If
you are then some of you should be ashamed. Stop trying
to be your daughter’s friend and be her dad! She
has many friends who will condone just about anything
she wants to reveal, and she does not need more of that.
She needs a godly dad who does not really care if she
gets mad at him as a teenager over a wardrobe issue.
While doing the research for this article
I read an account at www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2003/sepoct/13.16.html
(cited 17 August 2007) titled, “The Lure of Lesbianism”.
The title is somewhat misleading because the article
does not actually address the “lure”, but
is a story about a woman who went through this deviancy.
Very sobering!
Other articles out there, however,
relate how recreational lesbianism can be dressed up
to be seen as alluring and offer methods as to how it
can be entered into. And this is where parents, Christian
girls and young women need to listen up! The way a girl
dresses is one of the most critical things about maintaining
her modesty and Christian standards. We have been hearing
this for years and you are reading it again because
it is the truth, and few pay any attention. These articles
indicate recreational lesbianism often begins when undue
thoughts and curiosity are formulated simply by the
exposure of skin. Especially when alcohol is added to
the mix. And you thought it was only the boys you had
to worry about! If your daughter is hanging with girls
whose world-view is secular you need to understand she
might indeed be the target of not just a lifestyle lesbian,
but even a peer who might encourage her to “try
it recreationally”.
I know this might seem absolutely ridiculous
to some of you — it did to me, also. That is,
until the of-late lesbian-related activities connected
with the likes of Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Paris Hilton,
Britney Spears, Drew Barrymore, et. al., caused me to
question what was really happening in what was supposed
to be the strictly heterosexual female crowd. The antics
of some of these young women might just surprise most
people. And to think, even some Christian moms have
tried to inspire their daughters to imitate these and
other such raunchy and morally bankrupt women.
The pressure of satanically-inspired
conformity to sexual deviancy is like a large lake being
restrained by a dam. Just one minor leak will quickly
develop into an ever-growing flow that erodes and soon
collapses the dam allowing the total destruction of
everything it its path. This is happening even as you
read this.
It seems clear to me that nothing is
more degrading than the sin of perversion, and to see
the fairer sex willingly lending itself to such degradation
is a difficult subject to address. But somebody better
address it, distasteful or not. That might be a problem
with what is coming out of some of our pulpits —
we only want to warn against “other” sins
that are easier to talk about and which do not cause
such discomfort. I think it is time to forget about
what is uncomfortable and put the truth out there on
the lower shelf where both parents and teens will be
forced to see it and deal with it.
Teen years for kids are tough, both
for boys and girls. Acceptance by peers is so important
and very, very few teens are mature enough to understand
that high-school is just a very short chapter in their
lives, and that friendships forged in those years very
seldom have significance in adulthood. Kids need constant
reinforcement about who they are, their God-given value
and a parent’s unconditional love. They also need
to understand that unconditional love is not the same
as unconditional approval of a secular world-view and
lifestyle. And they need to be taught the biblical truth
regarding human sexuality. Both at home and in Sunday
School classes we have been remiss in teaching them
the biblical standard of human sexuality; that God invented
it, that it is an important and vital part of a marriage,
that it is meant to be enjoyed and that it is to be
between one man and one woman. This all seems so trite
and corny, but in light of what is going on it must
now be put back on the “to do” list of raising
kids.
There is so much of what I call the
“soft stuff” being preached from many pulpits
each Sunday that current issues facing Christian families
are being ignored. This is not good. In fact, it is
very detrimental to the spiritual health of a family
and church. We often teach our boys and young men about
the sin of homosexuality, but seldom if ever are our
girls and young women pointed to God’s view of
the lesbian form of perversion. And please do not tell
the preacher it is not his job because parents are doing
the teaching in the privacy of their homes. For the
most part that is not true, for these things are simply
not being addressed in most Christian homes. Like it
or not homosexuality and lesbianism are issues, and
ignoring them won’t make them go away. Silence,
you see, is not a part of our spiritual offense.
Some years ago I heard a preacher on
radio addressing the issue of homosexuality. He addressed
it in the context of the “law of diminishing returns”.
In a previous career I used that illustration hundreds
of times to show why alcohol and/or marijuana are often
entry drugs for heavier chemicals like speed, heroin,
acid, etc. That is, a user eventually wants a bigger
and better high, and yesterday’s beer or weed
is not going to do it. So they go for one of the big
ones, usually offered by a friend with experience and
who is thus an “expert”.
This preacher said homosexuality can
work in a similar fashion. And, I suppose, so can lesbianism.
That is, when a girl has “done it all” while
pursuing reckless pre-marital heterosexual activities
she might feel empty and unfulfilled. (Actually, that
is exactly the way all sin leaves a person…) She
will then search for something with a greater thrill
and she might be told by a secular friend nothing is
more “over the top” than a lesbian experience.
Basically, when a person has “done it all”
outside God’s blessing of a marriage and is thus
unfulfilled there is only one other thing left to try.
Especially when a friend with experience in recreational
lesbianism, an expert, recommends a try at it. You get
it.
That God would have spared Sodom if
there had been just 10 righteous people in it (Genesis
18) is not only a precedent regarding God judging sexual
deviance, but is also a possible indication there were
no righteous people among the Amorites. None of us can
say God will use the same standard-of-ten for our country.
So, who is to know when “the iniquity of the Americans”
will be complete? Nobody. But, this I do know: God takes
sexual deviance very seriously and He is not one to
be trifled with. Recreational or not. DLM |
