Sexual Misconduct

Luke 8:17 For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.


This verse has been so true.  How many times have we seen dark hidden scandals come to light in recent years.  Somehow, they all seem to revolve around sex in some way.  If there seems to be one gotcha thing, sex seems to be the one temptation that befuddles many and brings the mighty down low.


There are two high profile cases in the news right now.  We have Denny Hastert who seemed to be one of the only squeeky clean politicians who we find out has been secretly paying to keep quiet homosexual encounters with former underage students when he was a high school wrestling coach.  Then we have the Duggars who has a child who while still a child molested his younger siblings.  Locally we had a high school swim coach having a lesbian affair with a student, and a custodian who was accused of assaulting an underage girl.  Even a local youth pastor was caught with child porn in his computer.  It seems to be everywhere.  Go look on any sex offender list and you will be shocked how many are right in your neighborhood. 


It is not really new though, but over the last years has really had some spotlight cases.  Tonight, as an oddity, and could seem almost intentional by the DJ, the radio station right after news about Hastert played the molester Michael Jacksons PYT (pretty young thing) which now really has a sick connotation knowing what we know now about the Jackster.  Recently we found out about sex island where underage girls were trafficked for the pleasure of the rich and famous.  We had the assistant to one of the most famous football coaches ever, Joe Paterno, who was found to have been molesting boys right on the campus of Penn State and everyone seemed to have a blind eye to it.  We of course know about the Catholic Church and its scandals with homosexual pedophiles.
 

Seems to me it was a part of the "sexual revolution".  I remember watching a late 60s movie starring William Holden who played an old rich widow who took up with an underage teen hippie.  In the end of the movie, he decides that love is love and it is OK and beautiful as he knowingly commits statutory rape.  You had Buddy Holly who married his 13 year old cousin.  Songs on the radio about "Sweet 16" and "Young Girl" as well as others skirted the idea of sexual relations between adults and underage girls.  It's always been a wink and a nod as girls as young as 12 are allowed backstage to have sex with rock stars.



2 Tim 3:13 tells us about these things when it says. "But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived."  That has been pretty much all I have seen since the first Catholic pedophile story broke and all of these evil deeds began to be brought to light over the years.  Our morality is degenerating to where folks thing they can get away with and even in cases celebrate their perversions.  Groups like NAMBLA are now seeking normalcy on par with what the homosexuals have done in their war on sexual morals. 


Many of these predators are imposters who pose themselves as persons of good report who can be trusted, and in the end do untold damage not just to themselves but to entire organizations, groups, religions, and the like.  They are doing the Devils work in making a mockery of the word of God and His standards by posing as an angel of light and doing dark and dirty deeds behind closed doors in the secrecy of darkness. 


Each time one of these cases arises, I can hear the anger and hurt in the responses of folks who have been victims of these activities.  They lash out, seeking to avenge their pain on others.  The cycle of hurt and heartache can last into future generations.  There is only one cure for this.  Jesus Christ. 


It saddens me to think how many folks will reject the one who can heal all of their pain from being victimized by these predators because they posed themselves as representatives of Jesus to be able to get that access.  I've seen this especially with the Duggar case where folks are lashing out against Christianity and acting with hatred towards God, not understanding that what happened was against what God says and wants.


Psalms 34:18 says, The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.  God wants to heal your wounds.  If you have been hurt by abuse in any way, God knows and He cares.  He wants and desires for you to turn to Him.  He can wash that pain away.  He can teach you to forgive.  He can replace the pain with love and tear down those protective walls and set you free from your anguish.  Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.  Whosoever the Lord sets free is free indeed.