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About College-Somethings
we are passionate about seeing college students and twenty-somethings ["college somethings"] encounter Jesus in such powerful ways that the result is set-apart lives given to spreading His message and His fame. through events, discussions, relationships and more, our aim is to equip this generation to live lives marked by truth, true identity, purpose, worship, and community.
we want to see a movement of college-something Jesus followers spread across every corner of the earth and shout to every people group that Jesus is alive, He is good, and He is Lord.
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In response to “Tom Brady” a few notes below… even if this post is nearly a year later…
Jesus actually did say that looking at a woman and imagining sexual stuff WAS adultery. So… you are totally right!
God is SO about the stuff that happens in our hearts, because behavior is so dang easy to fake.
A huuuuuuuge enabler of lust, if I think about it, is objectification — thinking about women (or men) as mere biology, as purely physical bodies… as bodies with a purpose entirely revolving around the person objectifying her (or him). When a woman becomes, essentially, a consumable item that revolves around satisfying the hunger of another, what that other is doing is natural — natural that is, to a mind that is un-renewed and mired in the famine of constant, desperate striving, the ultimate result of self-idolization.
Thank God for His power that rewires our broken minds — our broken minds which, with cruel irony, undermine our very selves and the people around us!! Thank God that it IS possible to see men and women (and ourselves!!) FIRST as unimaginably treasured, highly beloved, purpose-infused children to the Creator of the universe.
Pausing for a moment to consider how God probably thinks and feels about another person, even while everything inside of you is tempting you to jump to the simplest summation of them, can trigger a complete and total perspective flip… and some insight into truly loving on your part, dear Christian.
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Romans 6 – “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.”
“appetites devour us and become our bondage if we don’t apply discernment and discretion when indulging” So true.
New Girl below me – we sound ALOT alike! I am 25 too and have been slowly checking out RH Costa Mesa in search of a new church. If you would like to go together sometime feel free to let me know somehow haha guess I can share an email later…anyway I do agree you play you pay the consequences…I too have been engaged but God has shown me it was not the right thing to do even though I made choices with my partners I probably shouldnt have at the time. Ive come a long way in the past 4 or 5 years and couldnt be happier at where I am and directions I am going…everyone makes mistakes and lifestyles are different…beliefs are a part of people differently…I am still a Christian and its a huge part of me, but I wont lie sex is a huge thing too and after having been with my ex’s I’m sort of torn believing you should make sure you are compatiable in every single aspect before making a lifelong commitment and God’s belief on Sex…God loves me regardless if I show my love for a partner to that partner before I am married and he forgives me or shows me what its worth.
This doesnt relate completely to the sex thing but I will say one thing about it. I feel God made us to feel how we feel and as Adam and Eve did to have sex. I am a very devote Christian, but I have been engaged and in love and given myself to my partner and God has shown me it is ok but to be careful of the consequences…It doesnt not come without a price…you sin you pay…. Even so, Closeness is huge for me.
My real question is does anyone go to RH in costa mesa? Im looking for new friends and a new group or church to attend? Thanks! Im 25…
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I find that most people that wait for vaginal intercourse till marriage still engage in oral/anal sex. I also find that all men who do not have sex before marriage watch porn or think of women naked (have not met one that doesn’t). I was also told that all sins are equal in Gods eyes? Is there any difference in me than masturbating, having oral sex, vaginal sex, or watching porn? If I am going to sin, whether it be thinking immoral thoughts, oral sex, or porn, might as well be the good stuff being that there is no degree to sin, right? If it is concensual, it almost seems better than supporting the porn industry where people do this for their job, or thinking about a girl naked against her own will? The right answer I know is to remove yourself from all sin, but we are humans, and we sin, so can you please tell me how thinking of a women naked, is less of a sin than having sex?
Furthermore, shouldn’t a relationship be connected at all depths from spiritually, mentally, physically, financially, ect, ect……..? Some people have a greater sex drive than others. How am I suppose to find this out before marriage with out sex? What if my wife wants to have sex 2 times a day 7 days a week and I only want to 3 times a week? Wouldn’t this cause a small problem in our relationship and couldn’t this have been resolved before marriage by having sex and by finding someone more compatible who connects better sexually along with everything else spiritually, emotionally, intellucually, ect? I completely understand sex is not the base for all marriages, but at the same time neither is faith, money, education, values, goals, family, ect. There are a million people out there that I could be happy with, but unlike sins being equal, happiness is not. I have best friends and friends. I don’t want my wife to be just my wife, I want her to be in maybe the top 10% of what I could get out there compatibly speaking. Also does the Bible say anything about married people having sex to often and it becoming recreational, or does it just say if you love the person and are treating them with respect and not as an object you can have sex 24/7 as long as you are contributing to society: working, family, religion, ect?
After making a mistake how many times does it take before we come to the realization it’s not what we shuold do. We are giving to someone else what belongs to our husband or wife.
Simply put,our body is the temple of the HOlLY GHOSt and if we continue to think about it that way we will respect our body.Sin is what seperates us from God and when we are living in sin it’s very difficult to go to Him,so what do we do? We try to live with one foot in the world and the other ? Since we are convicted then we stay away from God. so Let us respect our bodies and protect them. God knew what He was doing when He designed us. We won’t have to worry about stds or all the thingsthat come with sex outside of marriage. God made it to be a beautiful thing, not a sport.God bless
To Jenny: I understand how you might not have “a real world argument about the dangers” of sex. However, we must keep in mind: Satan’s goal is to warp every good thing God has made. Such a statement of complacency is exactly where He wants all of us. Let us trust the Lord, his word and the “real word”, not the world; the truth of the Bible and the confirmation God gives us in our hearts and lives that sex outside of marriage is wrong. Let us have such a fear of God and a desire to obey Him that our hearts want to do this for Him. This sin can cause millions of unseen issues in our heart, even though it may appear harmless to the world. Satan rejoices that everyone thinks it’s no big deal. I pray that we all have that conviction and do not take it sex so lightly. We need to keep in mind our treasure in Heaven and naturally, God will bless us if we honor Him in that way.
Ashley, that’s exactly how I feel and unfortunately all my past experiences have come down to the point that I won’t have sex till marriage. It’s really sad to think that relationships are cultured around the physicalities when it should be around God. I feel like my whole life is based around this one concept because I’ve been hurt so many times, but I have faith.
To me non-spiritual wise it’s a trust issue. If i’m willing to wait till marriage it’s proof of self-control and she’ll never have to worry if I might slip up since if i’m willing to wait with someone I love why would I cheat with someone I don’t love.
In the society we live in today, the mere idea of instant satisfaction I see is a big struggle with a lot of us. From wanting the latest I-phone, the trendy clothes on the market, to yearning for our “special” someone to come into our lives, and to sex. I believe the cure all to these things is to basically be content with what you have and to give your all to God and realize that he does have a plan for each and every one of us. Easier said than done don’t get me wrong, and trust me we all struggle with this. But through our relationship with God, having fellow brothers and sisters in our lives, an amazing RH family, and a Life Group if you are in one, we too can defeat this challenge we all face every day.
I feel like I see people having a greater problem in waiting to have sex until they get married while they’re in a relationship (whether its because its difficult to wait while in the relationship or whether its because they don’t believe in marriage or think its a big deal at all)…
In those instances, its difficult for me to deny such act or steer people away from doing that since as they argue “I’m not just having a one night stand, but sleeping with someone I care about and who cares about me.” Other than going to the Bible and stating God’s intention and guidelines of sex, I don’t really have a “real world” argument about the dangers of such thing…
“A painful road lead[ing] to numbness”, what an interesting statement. I don’t think it always starts off this way though. Sometimes, a few experiences with people can lead you to start thinking that’s all it is. You start to feel like everything can really be reduced down to sexuality, because it’s happened to you so often.