Chapter 19: Myth—Sexuality Doesn’t Matter

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In the simplest of explanations, without God, man thinks thoughts of

what he wants to do in his mind and thoughts of what he thinks will feel good in his heart. Ergo, “If I want to do it and it feels good, I can do it!”

However, President Abraham Lincoln said 2, “When I do good, I feel

good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.” The maxim holds true for all who walk with God, because they know what is good and what is bad. It would also hold true for those using only two primary thought sources that give deference to God by listening to the “internal” Law, which He has

written on our mind and heart. Paul taught that those who do listen to God’s soft inner voice are saved, because “Their conscience bears witness, and between themselves their thoughts accuse or else excuse them.” Indeed, those who obey God’s inner voice are saved no matter what Christianity has to say about salvation. What a wonderful feedback mechanism God has

given us. Good feelings set in when we do well. Bad feelings and remorse set in when we do badly or engage in sin. We get His feedback into our conscience as a soft inner voice regardless of whether we will listen to it.

A large body of sinners believes that “If it feels good, just do it!” And that is why they engage in acts of sexual immorality. In the three-thought model, it shows that God will actively engage our spirit telling us that even if it feels good physically, we are not to engage in evil. Remorse still sets in

after immoral sex in a two-thought source person. However, this remorse is often compartmentalized mentally [set aside in the mind] and then denied. That is how President Bill Clinton dealt with his sexual immorality and adulterous acts with Monica Lewinsky in the White House. Can you see the

contrast in the personal beliefs of these two presidents? Lincoln believed, “When I do good, I feel good.” Clinton, who was then sexually immoral, simplistically believed “If it feels good, just do it.” Clinton explained that, “I did it because I knew I could?” What about control? Are we animals?

Back in Genesis 4:7 God said to Cain, “If you do well, will you not be accepted?” It was another way of saying, “When you do good, you’ll feel good and when you do bad, you’ll feel bad.” This is part of the internal

ability to control sin that God built inside us. All any of us really has to do is listen to God’s soft inner voice of conscience. Cain did not seek God’s