Impart a Biblical View of Human Sexuality

Driving home: So there is no such thing as innocuous, neutered personhood. A person who says, well, I don't want to be thought of as a man or a woman, just a person, is trying to conceive of himself or herself, and wants others to con…

Martin quotes someone saying the chimpanzee is more removed from man than man is from a worm, to illustrate the radical difference between human and animal existence, especially concerning sexuality.

but are of a totally, radically different kind from all of the other creatures. The chimpanzee. "... from man than you and I are removed from a worm."

4:25 - 4:44 Read in full sermon

The point: Never be more fastidious than God in reading and expounding any facet of God's word, including sexual issues, in the presence of God's people.

Martin imagines children asking their parents about the meaning of 'Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast' after hearing the law read, to show that parents in ancient Israel had to explain explicit sexual matters.

Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother, and all the people shall say, Amen. And little kids would go home to their tents with their daddies and mummies and say, When the elders read, The book of the law, mummy, what did it mean when it said, Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast? Mum and dad would have to explain to their children in due course, appropriate to their level of understanding and inquiry, the law of God that forbade the sithiality.

13:14 - 13:47 Read in full sermon

The point: Never be more fastidious than God in reading and expounding any facet of God's word, including sexual issues, in the presence of God's people.

Joseph's resistance to sexual temptation with Potiphar's wife is given as an example for illustrating purity.

He said that past history validates it when preaching through 1 Thessalonians and we came to chapter 4 verses 1 to 8 dealing with fornication, we didn't skip over it. When we come to 1 Corinthians chapter 6 and 7 in our consecutive reading, we don't mumble in our beards and mustaches and slip over it. No, we're prepared to let God's word speak. And when we want to illustrate the resistance to sexual temptation, we take the example, Joseph with Potiphar's wife.

14:32 - 15:08 Read in full sermon

The point: Never be more fastidious than God in reading and expounding any facet of God's word, including sexual issues, in the presence of God's people.

David's sin with Bathsheba is used as an example of the tragedy of adultery.

When we want to show the tragedy of adultery, we take 2 Samuel 11 and show David's horrible sin with Bathsheba. When we want to show the wickedness of rape and of incest, we show from the passage where Amnon lusts after his half-sister Tamar until he conquers her and then he despises and hates her. And we are unashamed to say this is the word of God. However, however, the great, the great burden of this responsibility does not rest upon the church, nor does it rest upon the school if we are in a collected school situation, whether public or private, Christian or non-Christian.

15:08 - 15:50 Read in full sermon

The point: Never be more fastidious than God in reading and expounding any facet of God's word, including sexual issues, in the presence of God's people.

The story of Amnon and Tamar is used as an example of the wickedness of rape and incest.

When we want to show the tragedy of adultery, we take 2 Samuel 11 and show David's horrible sin with Bathsheba. When we want to show the wickedness of rape and of incest, we show from the passage where Amnon lusts after his half-sister Tamar until he conquers her and then he despises and hates her. And we are unashamed to say this is the word of God. However, however, the great, the great burden of this responsibility does not rest upon the church, nor does it rest upon the school if we are in a collected school situation, whether public or private, Christian or non-Christian.

15:08 - 15:50 Read in full sermon

The point: Do not ogle at lustful ads on TV; immediately turn them off or away.

Martin uses the analogy of a daughter asking about cake baking to illustrate that parents should be as comfortable and unembarrassed discussing sexuality as they are discussing everyday tasks.

You have no reason to be embarrassed if you're putting the flour in at this point and the eggs at this point and the baking soda at that point. You don't get flustered and embarrassed. Why? You accept your role and function.

26:54 - 27:03 Read in full sermon

The point: Make sure that in the indirect, absorbed educational dimension, you do indeed impart a biblical view of sexuality.

Martin shares personal memories of his mother's pregnancies and discreet nursing of his siblings, highlighting how these experiences provided a natural, wholesome education about reproduction and the purpose of a woman's body.

Make sure that you yourself have a biblical understanding and have accepted from the heart of your own sexuality and seek to manifest that in appropriate ways before your children. And though they were of a Victorian, prudish generation in many ways, I'm so thankful God gave my mother and dad good sense about the practical sex education that comes when you're second oldest of a family of ten. I saw my mother's tummy get big many times. I was second oldest.

28:07 - 28:37 Read in full sermon

The point: Let your instruction be generally occasional, triggered by circumstances rather than fixed ages or patterns.

Martin recounts his nephew's innocent question to his pregnant mother, 'Mommy, who turned your head all the way around the wrong way?', as an example of an occasional, natural trigger for sexual education.

And he said to her, mommy, he says, your head got turned all the way around the wrong way. His little mind, nothing should be that big, but the backside. He said, mommy, who turned your head all the way around the wrong way? He was serious.

34:18 - 34:33 Read in full sermon

The point: Mothers, sit down and explain the mystery and wonder of menstruation to your daughters before their first period.

Martin shares the story of someone who was so shocked and ashamed by her first period that she burned her pajamas, illustrating the tragedy of inadequate parental instruction.

Well, what a tragedy for any girl to have her first period, not to have had a mother sit down and explain to her the mystery and the wonder. I know someone in close relationship to me that when her first period came, she was so shocked and ashamed, she went and burned her pajamas. What a grievous thing, especially in a Christian home.

35:45 - 36:09 Read in full sermon

The point: Ensure that explicit instruction is technically or biologically accurate, using proper anatomical names for private parts.

The use of 'bathroom' as a euphemism for a toilet is used to illustrate that euphemisms are part of social decorum and not necessarily prudery.

Of social decorum. If someone visits the church. And has to relieve himself or herself biologically. They don't talk in biological terms.

40:38 - 40:49 Read in full sermon

Driving home: I have mercy. If your kids. Subjected to that. Because you wouldn't get over your own hang-ups. Or you wouldn't establish intimacy with your kids. That makes it natural for you to tell them.

Martin vividly recounts his shock and anger at age 12 when he learned about conception from another child on the street, emphasizing the lasting negative impact of parents failing to provide this information.

That's 42 years, right? No, 46 years. 46 years. I could take you to the spot in Stanford, Connecticut.

42:29 - 42:38 Read in full sermon

The point: Guard against any lusting, ensuring that your relationship to your spouse is noble and precious, so your children see a godly example.

Martin shares a personal story of his father warning him about homosexual advances before he went to summer camp, highlighting the importance of a father's direct, courageous instruction and consistent example.

I thank God I can say that of my father. And I thank God my father. When I was going away at age 14. To a summer camp.

43:31 - 43:38 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin emphasizes the need for good communication with children and accurate parental knowledge. He also recommends using available tools like books and tapes, while warning…

Margaret Clarkson's book 'Susie's Babies' is recommended as a primer on human sexuality, based on a teacher answering children's questions about a hamster's reproduction.

A godly, biblically sound and theologically sound. Woman who taught Christian school for years. Her book Susie's Babies is an account of what she did with her fourth grade class. When she had their little hamster Susie bred and for 10 minutes a day.

47:05 - 47:21 Read in full sermon