When I first started this blog for my journalism class, I included a post about my experience as a virgin (it’s the same post as the second one on here). Pretty quickly after I posted the blog, I got a comment from a guy who calls himself Mr. Atheist. I wanted to share his post and my response, so you can better understand why I do what I do.
Mr. Atheist:
You discuss everything that sucks about not having sex (no pun intended), but why aren’t you? You never say. Didn’t Jesus forgive adultery?
Jessica:
Hmm, Mr. Atheist. You have a very good point. I should have addressed that.
Well, to answer your second question, yes. Jesus forgives adultery. I mean, have you heard the story of the woman who was about to get stoned to death because of her adultery (see John 8:1-11)? Jesus acts kindly and graciously to her, saying “neither do I condemn you.” He forgave the woman. He forgives us. He forgives adultery.
But, to answer your first question, I’m not having sex because of what Jesus says next to the woman. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
The Bible teaches us that adultery and fornication (sex before marriage) is sin. The Bible also teaches us about grace. We can all be forgiven for our sins. However, grace was not designed so that we could continue in our disobedience and use the “get out of jail free card.” We have to act in love and obedience to God and his word as a way of saying thank you for allowing us to be forgiven in the first place.
I also want to say that any time we choose God’s way to live out our daily lives, we are choosing what is truly best for us. Following God’s plan for sex will give me a better sex life than any that I could have created for myself. It will be beautiful, joyous, holy and untainted by past pains and memories. I praise God that He loves us enough to create such a perfect plan for us. 
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