TEN QUESTIONS ABOUT SEX Answered

1. Was sex the original sin that was committed by Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden? 

Answer:  Many people are under the impression that the forbidden fruit in the garden of Eden represented sexual relations. However, that is not what the Bible teaches. 
Consider: Even before Eve was created, God commanded Adam not to eat the fruit of "the tree of the knowledge of good and bad." (Genesis 2:15-18) Because Adam was alone, this prohibition could not have referred to sexual relations. In addition, God gave Adam and Eve and unambiguous command to "be fruitful and become many and fill the earth." (Genesis 1;28) Would a loving God instruct the first couple to "fill the earth"-which, of course, involved having sexual relations-and then sentence them to death for obeying his instructions? - 1 John 4:8. (DUH!) 
Furthermore, it was when Eve's husband was not with her that she "began taking of [the forbidden] fruit and eating it. Afterward she gave some also to her husband when with her and he began eating it." -Genesis 3:6.  
Finally, Adam and Eve were not censured when they had relations and brought forth children.  (Genesis 4:1, 2) Clearly, the fruit that Adam and Eve ate did not represent their having sexual relations but was literal fruit that grew on a tree.  (Note: No one knows what kind of fruit it was. ) 

Note: You see this is what happens when you listen to the wrong people and do read the Bible yourself.  If you want the correct knowledge, get it from the right source, God's Word in  the Bible.  Do not let people think for you. Why do you think that detectives look for evidence in a crime?  To get to the true source of the crime and the person who committed it.  You can't always take just any one's word on something, especially when it comes to God and his Words in the Bible. You go to the true source and to help to understand it; you go to the Jehovah's Witnesses, but it should be pretty plain, if you really want to know the truth. 

2. Does the Bible prohibit sexual pleasure?

Answer: The first book of the Bible reveals that it was God who created humans as both "male and female." God declared his creation "very good." (Genesis 1:27)  Later, God inspired  a Bible writer to give these instructions to husbands:  "Rejoice with the wife of your youth . . .Let her breasts intoxicate you at all times." (Proverbs 5:16, 19) Do those statements sound as if the Bible prohibits sexual pleasure? 

Note: What they are not being clear about here; is the fact that it only a prohibition if you are a married male and female couple. Anything else is forbidden by God. Read the Bible and you will see! 

The fact shows that  in addition to making reproduction possible, God created the sexual organs in a way that allows a married couple to express their love and affection for each other in a mutually pleasurable way. Such relations can fill the physical and emotional needs of a man and woman who are in a warm and intimate relationship.  Anything else is Satan doing his thing. 

3. Does the Bible approve of a man and a woman living together if they are not legally married? 

Answer: The Bible clearly states that "God will judge fornicators." (Hebrews 13:4) The Greek word for fornication, por-nei'a, broadly refers to the misuse of the sexual organs of those who are not married to each other. Therefore, it would be wrong in God's eyes for a couple to live together-even if they intend to get married later. 
Even it a couple are deeply in love, God still requires that they marry before  enjoying sex. It was God who created us with the capacity to love.  God's primary quality is love. Therefore, he has good reason for insisting that sex be enjoyed only by married couples, as the next article will explain.

Next time: Continue with Ten QUESTIONS ABOUT SEX Answered -4. Is Polygamy acceptable?  

From the Watchtower magazine, 2011