According to The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 46% of high school students have engaged in sexual intercourse, 34% had sexual intercourse during the previous 3 months, and, of these 39% did not use a condom the last time they had sex. What is scary is 14% of high school students had sex with four or more people during their young life; remember, 39% of which did not use a condom. When taking a high school of 1,000 students, 460 of them have engaged in sexual intercourse; seven of which had sex with four or more people. The social network of these 460 students results in all 460 having sex with each other through various degrees of separation!
The focus of this blog post is how the church should deal with the underlying issue regarding teenage sex. First, adultery is the underlying issue, not age, or sex. Essentially, we are dealing with sin and therefore the inherent carnal nature. Now God explains an interesting and unpsychological means of handling teenage sex.
The church's role in teenage sex and all sin for that matter is simple, yet leaves us somewhat inadequate. "Read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and give the sense, and help them to understand the reading" (Nehemiah 8:8). God will do the rest because "the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart" (Hebrews 4:2 NKJV).
It is then when Godly sorrow will produce repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted..." (2 Corinthians 7:10 NKJV). For it is the goodness of God that leads to repentance (Romans 2:4), not protests, and a message of self-help (how to be a good little Christian). As it is, the following picture is how the church at large responds to such behavior.
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