Many college students are sexually active. This percentage ranges from campus to campus, but is generally high all over. Even Christian campuses have a generally high percentage of students who are sexually active. At Washington Adventist University, whether people chose to see it or not, students on the campus are sexually active. Sex is not wrong and in all aspects is a natural thing to do. But the church believes that sex was meant to be between a man and his wife. If Christians know this and believe this, why are they still having sex?
What is sex? Some defined sex as penetration between a man and a woman. Others say that sex is anything involving your sexual organs. Though the definitions sound the same, they are very different. The first explanation would not include oral sex while the second one considers it sex. A group of college students was asked if oral is a form of sex. Some agreed and others disagreed on oral sex.
"I think oral is considered sex because it involes using someones sexual organs. Whether or not there was penitration, the body slightly still reacts like it would during sex," said one of the students who opposed oral sex.
A Senior who believed oral to be ok said, "Oral shouldn't be considered sex. If you do it or have it you don't lose your virginity, so your still a virgin."
The two opinions of these two students represents the opinions of many other students at WAU. They are personal perspectives and do not clearly defined what is considered sex. There is no clear definition of sex in the world today. To everyman his own. And the Bible does not specifically speak of the right or wrong of oral sex. However it does say in 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 "It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable." So one must ask themselves does this look holy and honorable in the eyes of God. Each man must decide for himself his morals and belifs when it comes to oral sex.
Regardless of anyones views on oral sex, a high percentage of students are participating in "real" sex. College students on all campuses, christian or non-christian, are being pressured into having sex. They have sex to please their boyfriends or girlfriends and to fit into their soicail groups. Sex before marrige has become part of an American norm. It is common on TV, in the movies and in magazines. Students are filling their minds with nonsense from society and adjusting their beliefs from which they were raised to fit in. Dr. Anthony Donovans, a young adult sabbath school teacher, sees this in youth today. He believes that, "As a campus and a church we need to recognise the issue and deal with this a Christian family. As Christians when we see something that is not right from what the bible teaches us we should fight to change it."
Donovans referred me to a bible verse in Hebrews 13:4. It says, “Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.”
Christians follow the Bible. If students take time out to read it they will clearly see how God views sex. It is up to them to determine what sex is and what to do about it.
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