Tuesday, December 17, 2013

I Love Songs About Sex

Well good Tuesday morning guys! I literally have been on Christmas break for about 20 minutes as I am writing this. Well I have finally kept to my promise and am doing a weekly post. I just came up with this idea a couple days ago when I was listening to Switchfoot and Lecrae. You are probably wondering how does sex have ANYTHING to do with Christian music? Well it does! Read on and I will tell you.

Premarital sex just keeps rising rates. I was in the class of 2013 and out of all of the 2013 graduates from High School in America, there were only 23% that were virgins. I'm glad to say I was part of 23%. I think it is just sad that God created sex for marriage and less than a quarter of my fellow graduates in June have never had sex. (I got the 23% from mtvU if you're wondering.) I don't even wanna know how much of the 77% are pregnant. It makes me sick to even think about this. Well, let me tell you how all of this relates to Christian music.

I have noticed that more and more "Christian" artists are singing about sex. But, they are singing AGAINST it. Well, they aren't against it. They are just against it before you get married. One of my favorite Switchfoot songs is called "Easier Than Love." In the song, they sing about how sex has become so public. Sex is the world's next "drug" is what they are relating to. They call it a monster. In the song, they are also talking about having a girlfriend and she is "easier than love" because people really only "fall in love" to have sex these days. It is such a monster anymore. Its getting almost frightening.

Lemme take a little break to tell you all that I'm not trying to degrade anyone that has had sex, God will forgive you. That doesn't mean go on and keep doing with with your boyfriend/girlfriend, cuz that just ticks God off. He gives you mercy and then you throw it away by doing exactly what He forgave you for two days ago. Sex is the new drug, it is addicting because it feels so good (from what I have heard). It's just like smoking a cigarette. It's not illegal, unless you are under 18. Except smoking isn't really a sin. But you get diseases from both, so that is where I'm getting at. If you have sex (no matter if it is with a condom or not) you are at high risk to get really bad diseases that will stick with you for the rest of your life and their is no cure. Okay, time to get back on track

Jon Foreman (of Switchfoot and Fiction Family) has written a few songs about how sex has become a monster and so publicized. I mean, you can see girls posting on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram with a picture of her and her pregnancy test with a caption that might look something like: "OMG YES! I'M GONNA BE A MOMMY. #BabyInMyTummy #ImGonnaAMommy." It is scary. Because of MTV, girls are trying to become pregnant to be on TV (16 and Pregnant). That where Jon gets at with his songwriting. He is just as scared as any Christian should be for this country. Along with Lecrae. His song "Hallelujah" talks about his old life and how he used to sleep with a different woman every night. But now, he uses his talent of rapping to sing how God has saved his life. Which is amazing because it is hard to comeback from a life of hell.

In conclusion, sex is not bad. Sex is a very beautiful thing created by God for marriage. Not saying you can't be forgiven if you have. God is the most forgiving being I know. He is the Holy Spirit. He has seen worse hell than you and your partner naked on a bed. Trust me. As long as you don't keep going back, He will forgive you. They say it only takes 3 weeks to stop an addiction. If that doesn't help, then it is time to call your relationship over. God loves everyone who reads this :) And so do I :)

Until Next Time,
Alex


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