Basically, Jason used Scripture, very well I might add, to show that Jesus wasn’t condemning all sexual desires here. He was trying to show that to interpret this verse as showing all sexual impulses are sin is a misinterpretation.The biggest problem with the way these verses are usually explained is that it misplaces the focus away from the will, from the commitment of the heart, towards a condemnation of the natural desires human beings are created having. Young men in many churches are effectively told that there is something inherently sinful in their sexual impulses.
He also went into discussing the difference between this sin being venial and mortal. Condemning the notion that…The answer seems simple to me: are your thoughts leading you into sin?
I really liked this quote, since I have come across this interpretation in many of OSAS groups…the Sermon on the Mount presents some impossible to achieve standard
All in all I think it was a really well written informative article. If you don’t want to read the entire article I would at least recommend jumping to the end and reading the “Why it Matters” section.The obvious conclusion is to ask why anyone should try to live up to it, since one’s salvation isn’t determined by doing this stuff anyway, only how one believes.
The sixth commandment encompasses ALL sexual sins.But if you’re single and fantasize about women (preferably single too) how are you committing adultery in the heart?
I think the OP is asking, though, about fantasizing about having sex with the person in the midst of imagining being married to her. This does fall under the sin of lust, according to the Church, but Scripturally, it is at least slightly puzzling, since imagining such a thing is not imagining a sin.The sixth commandment encompasses ALL sexual sins.