I'm a christian and have been since I was 11 years old. I have always been aware of God's presence through my life, even when I was far from Him. Since my divorce last March, I have embraced what I always wanted to do, and that is the concept of just being nude. Since my divorce. I have been to a few nudist resorts since March and really was dealing with the lust of the eyes. Reading my bible and praying about this lust of the eyes and what God has to say about nudity. Then BOOM it hit me. The lust of eyes is my sin nature but I don't walk in the flesh, I walk in the Spirit of God not in my flesh. I made a decision to see everybody as a creation of God and not an object of desire. Not worshipping the creature but the creator and giving Him praise for all that He has made. This has been a big big help to me in understanding and appreciating what God has made. Thanks for lettin me get that out
That is why we are here! To help you understand, give you an opportunity to speak your thoughts, heart and to give to others what God has given to you!
Thanks for sharing and we are here to help and mostly, listen.
Boyd Allen "May the Lord protect our nudity from the sight of those who will not benefit, and may he allow us to be seen by those who will."
That's what naturism is all about--freeing us from lust, porn, and other unhealthy desires that get in the way of serving the Lord as Christians. Even for non-Christians it helps them for the same reasons even though they may not have the desire to serve the Lord.
I sense that many male naturists have gone through a similar progression of thought. "The world" teaches us that women are objects to possess, or to use and throw away--but that's not the Bible's way. God made both men and women in His image (see Genesis 1:27). Women are not for us to possess--no, not even our wives. They are worthy partners with us in the business of life. "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it". --Ephesians 5:25
I knew I was healed from the objectifying mindset when I could look at a naked woman, or a picture of one, and experience joy in her beauty with no thought of possession, sexual or other. (I was lucky; I went through that change of mind before I ever sampled social nudity. )
Thanks everybody for your posts. I should have my bible for this but I think you will get my drift. God desires a relationship with His creation, our Heavenly Father, wants His best for us even if we don't. God has brought down His Kingdom, through the Holy Spirit, to dwell inside each and every one of us. Thanks
Jesus, fully God and now, fully man, has bridged that gap between flesh and spirit by first coming to us then bringing "flesh" back to heaven to the Father and sitting at his right hand.
He has started that special relationship with us. Something he planned from the very beginning!
He never said flesh was bad. But the Adamic flesh had to be redeemed and Jesus took on that Adamic flesh and bore it, carried the sin load it was cursed with, yet he never sinned.
Then by his death, his creation died with him, and by his resurrection, his creation rose with him and became new ("behold a new heaven and a new earth" and "I make all things new")
He wants a relationship, not just as a friend, but to Know God as "Abraham knew Sarah" type of relationship. (No, that doesn't mean we are going to have sex with God, it means a relationship that is very much like a marriage and beyond)
Marriages should not be a "ruled based" relationship, but a trusting loving relationship that is based on sacrificial love and mutual respect and honesty, even when things don't go so well.
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