Abortion
With the acceptance of abortion in our world, one of the lines most often used by supporters of this practice is that “women should have control over their bodies.” It seems brutish to argue against such a statement, to say that they do not. 1st Corinthians teaches quite clearly on this subject however. The husband has power over the wife’s body. Of course the reverse is also true, the husband’s body belongs to the wife.
1 Corinthians 7:4, “The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.”
1 Corinthians 6:19-20, “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”
So then why are there so many Christians who are joining up with the political left on this and other subjects? (Young believers especially are susceptible to this casual attitude towards God’s standards).
Liberal Christians have their conscience seared as with a hot iron, thus they are incapable of distinguishing right from wrong (1 Timothy 4:2). Their only goal is to please the world and fit in. They are more worried about offending man than offending God. The lack of respect for the scriptures and what they actually mean, twisting them in such a way that comforts the modern mind in our sin. Denying that the biblical miracles took place. To me, there is no clearer example than appointing an LGBT clergy person, (this is the abomination of desolation spoken of in Daniel for that church or denomination).
Rather than support unrestricted abortion, we should support funding orphanages to receive such children if the mother is unprepared to take care of the child. That may not be a perfect solution, but it is better than killing the next generation of infants off. We have become so casual with setting our own man-made standards of comfort in place of God’s. Prepare to see the church open wide to accept much greater darkness than it already has, unbelievable as this may seem; we have only seen the beginning.
Consent
1 Corinthians 7:3-5 "Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control."
The world teaches consent as if both sexual partners need to be desiring the act in order for it to take place. This is actually the opposite of what the Bible teaches. The above verse is clear. Consent is required in order to abstain from sex, not for sex to take place. If one partner desires sex, the other partner needs to provide it without question. The time consent needs to be asked for is when one partner wants to engage in a period of prayer and fasting. Then they ask whether their partner will consent to being sexually deprived during this period. Both partners have to consent to the abstention in order for it to be authorized. If one partner desires sex, then the other partner has to give it. This is part of the marriage vows. Vowing never to cheat with another person but to be completely dependant on the spouse to provide for sexual needs. So if the spouse will not fulfill their duty, then they are breaking their vows and should not complain if they are cheated upon. Of course that does not make the cheating right, it is still a sin. But the cheated on spouse has no right to complain about the issue in this case because they broke their vows and were not taking care of their partners needs, motivating that person to go outside the marriage for fulfillment. Consent of both partners is required for any sexual abstinence within a marriage. If only one partner agrees, then sex still needs to take place.
Proverbs 5:18-19 "Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice with the wife of your youth.
As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be enraptured with her love."