Does it really stop there?
Submitted by Comfort on October 19 2000 10:26:39
In reply to A favorite Bible quote submitted by Once a boy on October 18 2000 18:49:50
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Is it really all noble? I guess my thoughts may be different from yours - you see, I have struggled with sexual thoughts for boys - which are, of course, sin. I can't make the claim that I only had the boy's best interests in mind when seeking relationships - most of my desire was to feed my own emotions, and to maybe get physically close. That was a misguided desire, and I believe what the Bible describes as "inordinate affections" - affections that were misplaced, affections that were not borne out of a desire God placed within me, but affections I developed myslef trying to filfill my own unmet needs. They were what the Bible described as "being enticed by my own evil desire." James 1:13-14: "When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed." I cannot say that God then was the source of my affection for romantic intimacy with boys, because that is sin, and God is not the source of that - it was my own, evil desire - and promoting them will cause me to be dragged away by them and enticed into further evil. Comfort |
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