Let marriage be
held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will
judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. (Hebrews 13:14)
Pope Leo XIII had a vision
of Satan boasting to God that he could destroy the Church. We know Satan looks for our weak points to
exploit and uses a number of weapon on us to pull us a way from Christ…often
without us even realizing it. Of the
weapons at Satan’s disposal, I believe our sexuality is among the most
effective. If fact, part of the revelation
at Fatima was that souls are falling into hell like snowflakes due to sins
of the flesh.
There are statistical facts to support this type of
spiritual warfare is occurring. It is
estimated that 3%-5%
of the U.S. population. Roughly 25%
of all search engine requests are pornography related. Even more people suffer from relationship
addictions. Addiction is first and
foremost a spiritual
malady. Therefore, we must
acknowledge and accept the risks of spiritual bondage that comes with sexual
intercourse outside of marriage and take back what the evil spirits have been
able to take from us.
The explanation for why this is such a powerful weapon
for Satan actually comes from Genesis
2:24. Two becomes one doesn’t simply
refer to sharing one mailing address.
Marriage in and of itself is a sacrament (a visible representation of an
invisible reality) of what occurs during intercourse. But, what is this reality?
When two people have sex, there is a very real
metaphysical and spiritual exchange that is designed to create connectivity in
a relationship like no other relationship.
Once that connection is made, simply parting ways (even in a civil
divorce) does not break the spiritual connection that was created during
intercourse.
They say you never forget your first love. Despite the whole host of reasons psychology
uses to try to explain this phenomenon, the real reason is the existence of
this spiritual connection between the partners.
That connection remains after the relationship has ended. Both partners are left with a sense of
longing and a sense of loss since the connection is strained by the parting of
ways. This is the perfect weak moment
for Satan to exploit to create a spiritual bondage situation. To complicate matters, the ongoing rejection
of the connection continues to increase the risk of additional exposure as the
person longs to “fill the gap”.
A spiritual director can help you work through your past
and identify past relationship where this spiritual connection (also known as
soul ties) may exist, renounce the connection, establish the authority to take
back the spiritual essence that that was
given in that relationship, and renounce any spirits that may have created
spiritual bondage. It can be a pain
process to search through ones past in this nature (especially if you think you
have already moved on from it), but it is a healing and freeing experience.
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