by David J.
Stewart | April 2016
1st Corinthians 7:1-2,
“Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a
man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to
avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every
woman have her own husband.”
There's not enough preaching in churches
today about chastity between the opposite sex. For about a year I had
attended a local Independent Baptist Church in 2013-2014. At a church picnic
with a bonfire one Sunday afternoon at the church (what they call a
“Watchcare” meeting), I saw an unmarried female staff member walk over and
start hanging on a married man. These are regular church members. The
married man's wife was present, and she approves of this brother/sister kind
of paling around between her husband and the single woman. My first thought
was, “Why is this single Christian woman, and staff member, hanging on this
married man?” I immediately thought, “This would not make a good wife,
because she is touching married men already.”
To make matters worse, that same female staff member went to the
married couple's home to spend Thanksgiving Day. They're dangerously close
to committing adultery. Call me what you want friend, but I know impropriety
when I see it! “Impropriety” is defined as: Lacking justification or
authorization for close or warm friendship. An unmarried woman is not
authorized nor justified to put her hands on a married man. IT IS
WICKEDNESS!!! I'm talking about a staff member working for an Independent
Baptist Church!!! The man and his wife have been in the church for many
years. The Holy Bible teaches in 1st Corinthians 7:1-2 that unmarried
couples ought not touch each other!!! Get mad at God, because He said it.
When I attended their church, I refrained from even shaking hands with the
teenage girls, to show propriety toward the younger opposite sex. Only if an
adult woman extended her hand in the presence of other adults at church, I
very carefully and gently, and quickly, shook her hand (so as not to be
rude). Sadly, few
Christians respect chastity, propriety and virtue anymore. We need a revival
of not touching the opposite sex in our churches!!! Letting somebody touch
you once says, “You have my permission to touch me twice!” It is a dangerous
thing to touch the opposite sex to whom you are not married. Although men
are often to blame, many times it is a foolish woman who makes first contact
with a married man by hugging him. If you hug or even brag, ladies, on a
another married man, you have a permanent place in his heart. The Holy Bible
says in 1st Corinthians 7:1-2 to FIND YOUR OWN HUSBAND!!! But you're not
going to find a godly man if he sees you hugging on other married men!!! It
is a very unwise, and a spiritually dangerous thing, for any Christian
woman, married or unmarried, to hug a married man.
The Independent Baptist Church that I briefly
attended for one year, allows female staff members to wear
pants. I saw one of their pastor's wives recently in hot shorts. I'm still
trying to forget. A few months back I saw her in sexy white tights, and I'm
still trying to get her thighs out of my mind!!! It's her fault, not mine!
I'm a man, and I'm trying to think right, but she isn't helping. It sure is hard being a
Christian man these days, when everywhere you go women are clothed like a
harlot. I'd expect that type of immoral values from the ungodly world. You'd think if there was one place in the world where you could feel
safe from sexual temptation, it would be around Independent Baptist Church
staff members.
You can thank worldly Bible colleges like Bob Jones University and Moody
Bible Institute for their part in adding to the problem, who permit female
students and staff members to wear PANTS. Folks, any child knows that pants
are a man's clothing!
You may think I'm a jerk, but I'm God's kind of
jerk! John the Baptist preached against Herod's adultery and it cost John
his life! I'm willing to die for my Biblical convictions, are you? Herod's
brother's adulterous wife was so angry at the truth, that she had John
beheaded! Immodest clothing produces lustful desires in the opposite sex
(and nowadays both sexes)!!! You can't expect healthy men to stop being
males! I'll preach against women wearing pants, and men wearing dresses,
until I go to Heaven!!! And I'll also preach against single women touching
married men. If a woman thinks it is ok to touch married men before she is
married, don't expect her to remain faithful to her marriage vows if you
marry her. What you see is what you get!!!
I'm not trying to be mean or unkind, just
truthful. I get so frustrated when I see professed Christian women dressed
in revealing sexy attire. Why oh why don't Christian women want to dress
like ladies? The wicked world will tease, laugh and make fun of you for
dressing like a lady, but not a godly man. A godly man will tremendously
respect you, and want to marry you if you're single and he is also. Are
there any Christian ladies left in the world today? We've got enough
home wrecking whores in America, it's high-time for some godly ladies to
exemplify the holiness of God in our churches. Nobody's perfect, I
understand, and I'm the biggest sinner I know (because I know me better than
anyone else), but right is right and wrong is wrong, and I'm going to preach
the truth, even if it steps all over my toes too (and it often does).
I wrote this article to preach one main truth,
and that is . . . IF YOU'RE NOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER, KEEP YOUR
FILTHY PAWS TO YOURSELF!!! You have no right to hug and caress another man
who is NOT your husband. You have no right to even remove a piece of lint
from his shoulder!!! And you men have no right to let a woman to whom you're
not married hug or hold onto you!!! Proverbs 6:29, “So he that goeth in
to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not
be innocent.” We've got a lot of guilty men in our churches
today.
The same man that I am speaking about is close
to committing adultery with the female staff member (if they haven't
already). At the picnic, I was simply speaking to the man's wife at the food
table, as she was standing across the fold-up table from me. Her jealous
husband (the man whom I am speaking about) immediately rushed over to be
present as I spoke with her. I can respect that, not a problem. I said
nothing, but understood his jealousy. That's how a good husband behaves!
Albeit, he hypocritically lets the female staff member hug and hang onto the
right side of his body, and I saw the whole thing. They didn't think I
noticed. They didn't care if anyone noticed. My opinion of that female staff
member was formed that moment... a bad apple! They have the horrible mindset
that they are good friends, like brother and sister, and the man's wife
approves, so they foolishly think that makes it right to hug each other and
buddy around like pals. IT IS WICKEDNESS!!! That single female staff member
had no right to hug and hang onto that married man.
And shame on his professed Christian wife for
allowing such improprieties. Why don't they have blindfolded knee-feeling
parties at their house while they're at it! That's where male and female
guests wear blindfolds, and touch each others knees, but no one knows who is
touching them, or who they are touching. This is what the Devil's crowd
does. You say, that is wicked! Yeah, and no less a wicked thing than a
female church staff member hugging and hanging onto a married man. You say,
boy you're really upset over this! If you're not, you're not right with God.
GET RIGHT WITH GOD!!! I don't have a dirty mind, I have a man's mind. I'm
not a homosexual. I see immoral, unethical and impropriatous things that
ought not be IN OUR CHURCHES TODAY!!! Who is on the Lord's side?
