Our understanding of sexuality reflects a deep sense in all of us that we need to be made full. Sensing that we're incomplete, unholy, lonely, and cut off from something that was once part of a whole, we feel a deep disconnection within us. And part of what Jesus is showing us in his teaching and ministry is that this disconnection isn't ultimately sexual, it's spiritual.
Anytime we think sex is going to be the thing that truly fulfills us truly satisfies us, we've made the common mistake. We've mistaken the model for the real thing, because ultimately the frustration, the yearning, the incompleteness we feel isn't for a sexual partner, but is for our creator.
When Jesus walked this earth, he didn't just call himself the Christ; he called himself the bridegroom. By calling himself the bridegroom, Jesus is saying, “I have come to seal the deal. I've come to put some rings on fingers. I've come to make you mine. And to bring you into that marriage relationship with me”. And so, Jesus is showing that he is the only one who can fulfill the deepest needs in our hearts.
It is important for us to remember that the most fully human and complete man who ever walked this earth was Jesus Christ. He was never married. He was never romantically involved. He never had sex. And so, the moment we think any one of those things is essential to being a complete human being we're saying that Jesus was not fully human. If we have Jesus, we ultimately lack nothing, because he is the one who ultimately satisfies us.
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