. – Pastor John Piper, one of today’s best-known Reformed theologians, was asked if oral sex is a sin. The answer was given through the podcast of the American Christian leader.
Before responding to the listener, Piper made it clear that she would answer the question for married people only.considering that sex outside of marriage is wrong under all circumstances.
For married couples, he lists four points that could make oral sex wrong:
It would be wrong if it was forbidden in the Bible.
It would be wrong if it wasn’t natural.
It would be wrong if it harmed health.
It would be wrong if it was cruel.
By separating each of these four points, Piper made clear her position that it is okay for married couples to engage in oral sex.
“Number 1, I don’t think oral sex is explicitly prohibited in any biblical commandment. If the Bible forbids it, it must be based on some principle, not an explicit commandment,” he says.
Piper then moves on to the next question: “Number 2, is it an unnatural practice? This is complicated. The male and female genitalia are so clearly made with each other that there is a natural fit or beauty. What about oral sex? This can cause you to jump to the conclusion that it is not natural. But I am not so quick to jump to that conclusion because of what Proverbs and the Song of Solomon say about a wife’s breasts.”
Piper remembers Solomon talking about his wife’s breasts, citing caresses and comparing them to grapes. “Well…Although there is not much anatomical correlation between a man’s hands or lips and his wife’s breasts, it appears to be ‘natural’ in another sense, namely in the inherent pleasure and desire that God, in His Word, seems to recommend for our delight in marriage, “he continues.
in the question number 3, about causing damage to health. The pastor shows that unless the husband or wife has STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases), there is no harm in the practice. “So the couple needs to be very honest and careful, not take risks that lack love.”
With respect to number four, if oral sex is cruel, the theologian says: “Is it insensitive? I think this is the most sensitive point of the problem and the point that has the most impact. Will you pressure your spouse to have oral sex if you find it unpleasant? If you do that, you’re being insensitive. It is a sin to be insensitive. Ephesians 4:32″.
He also cites 1 Corinthians 7:4 which says, “The wife has no power over her own body, but the husband does; and similarly, the husband has no power over her own body, but the wife”, remembering that the context of this passage is about sex.
“So, in practice, what does this mean? Well, it means that both husband and wife can say to each other: ‘I would like to’. And they both have the right to say: ‘I wouldn’t like it.’ And in a good marriage, in a biblically beautiful marriage, one seeks to be more benign than the other. So these are the principles that I think should serve as criteria for the Christian couple on this topic of oral sex.
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