Is sex only important for beetles?

Question: Is sex only important for beetles, as you may have implied on the weekend (YAWA: our young adults' weekend away) by only mentioning it in that connection, or else what is its purpose?


Sorry for the absence.  Here's continuing our answers to questions.  


1. God created humans as relational, and sexual, beings.  Which is to say that our sexuality is an inherent part of our 'createdness', our physicality, our being, our identity.  It is part of who we are, so we shouldn't deny, suppress or marginalise that aspect of ourselves.

2. But sexuality is not the sum total of our identity, and should not be allowed to become a bigger part of us than it actually is.  So we don't obsess over it or give our physicality undue attention.  Crazy dieting and manic fitness fanaticism fall into the same error here.

3. Sex, or the intimacy of the sex act, for us (not beetles) occurs in the context of relationship.  That is to say, the way God designed it, the fullest and most intimate expression of our sexuality should mirror the fullest and most intimate expression of relationship - marriage between a woman and a man, out of which new life is created.  So a key purpose of sex is to partner, to fulfil, to consummate and strengthen the marriage relationship that is already there.  Or to put it another way, a marriage relationship without sex or with dysfunctional sex, is a bit like a car with three wheels.  It'll work, but not quite rightly.

4. Those themes of relationship, mutuality and creativity mirror who we really are - beings created in the image of God the Trinity who within himself expresses those three themes.  There is relationship, mutuality and creativity within and between the Father, Son and Spirit.  It's enough to make the mind spin!