Sex And The Christian

Earl was in a reflective mood, his chin on his hand, his eyes closed, forehead furrowed,
And nearby was a friend of some years, who, Earl’s expression was trying to decode.
Earl was a deep thinker — Paul too, for that matter — both similar in many ways,
But this particular day seemed to be one of Earl’s more sombre and reflective days.

Paul looked at Earl enquiringly. “Penny for your thoughts, mate. Something bothering you?”
Earl’s eyes opened somewhat lazily, his friend’s lanky frame now coming into view.
“Well, Earl began, “I was feeling bad about our middle-aged neighbour, Bob Cherry,
And how some young women called him a pervert when he cast a glance their way recently.

It’s okay for us young males, seemingly, but woe betide males somewhat elderly,
Who, at the end of the day, are still males too, and males can’t help being males, quite frankly.
Knowing Bob, I’m sure he meant no harm, and the way most girls dress today, dear me,
It’s pretty hard not to look — thus, I think Bob might have taken it rather badly.”

Paul sat down next to Earl, legs outstretched, sipping from a hot drink somewhat gingerly.
“Oh dear,” he replied, “I’m sorry to hear that. He’s a lovely guy, wouldn’t harm a flee.
And he was probably thinking back to his younger days, and no doubt pensively,
But you know, it must be hard for these older guys now, given the sexuality.

By that I mean, things were hardly like this in their day, women dressed far more modestly,
And today there’s so much promiscuity, some girls leading guys on blatantly.
I guess some of these older guys must feel that they’re missing out, rightly or wrongly,
Thus, it must be pretty tough on them — so in their face — and doesn't seem fair to me.”

“I agree,” echoed Earl, “And it must be hard on married guys too, quite honestly,
Given one can dial a prostitute — or via a computer, bring up pornography.
Such must be quite a temptation, which is why I guess many act unfaithfully,
For even if they’ve a gorgeous wife, they’re confronted with teasing bodies daily.

Say, did you notice Judy at church last week? She was seated in the opposite pew.”
Paul raised his bushy eyebrows and nodded his head knowingly, having seen her too.
“Man,” he responded, “I could hardly keep my eyes off her — now there was a stumbling block!
I bet those older guys were struggling with it — I mean, what a sexy looking frock.”

“It wasn’t just the frock,” Earl replied, “I know! I know!” Paul shot back. “Revealing, ay?
Hardly appropriate for church. I bet there were a few thoughts going askew that day.”
“Yes,” Earl agreed, “But for a Christian girl, surely wrong at any time, don’t you think?”
“I’ll say,” replied Paul, “Imagine those wolf whistles, the crude exchanges, and that wink, wink.”

They both fell silent, just the ticking of the old wall clock sounding in the room now,
Earl’s chin back on his hand, eyes staring into space, other hand stroking an eyebrow.
Their thoughts returned to Bob and his unfortunate glance, given the harsh reaction,
And they both thinking to themselves how much more there was to those words “fatal attraction.”

How many others like Bob Cherry would hear “pervert” ring out, unjustifiably?
And how many married men would yield to temptation, lose it spiritually?
After all, men are roused by the flesh, it’s the way they’re designed — a burden today,
Given all the sexuality that’s on tap, and so publicly on display.

And tragically, coming from Christian women too, who should know better, surely,
For the ways of the world, and the current state of dress, are far from the heavenly.
And by doing so, even Christian women reap what they sow, for why should they not,
Given that they’re playing with sin, and can’t help looking back like that foolish wife of Lot?

And while they’re at it, dragging men down with them; ensnared by what’s bared, publicly shared,
Yes, those fashionable stumbling blocks, those Philistine ways, that they shouldn’t have dared.
And to add insult to injury, confusing hard to stop glances with deviant stares,
Both being something no women can prevent, when, what she’s unwise to, she willingly bares.

By Lance Landall


Names used are fictitious

Within this poem there are four verses that I have plucked from my secular poem "Serious Fools, And Then
There's Sex" and which here, have the odd variation.

2.  "And They Realised They Were Naked"

When Adam first beheld Eve, and Eve beheld Adam, and they each others form, pre-Fall, pre-sin,
Their eyes were full of wonderment, their thoughts pure and noble, every action under discipline.
And there in Eden, they innocently and righteously strolled together, love behind it all,
And so it would’ve remained, their unclothed form so normal and natural, but then came the Fall...

“And they realised they were naked”

And the rest is history (as they say), for once sin entered, their innocent purity changed,
That rebellious partaking of the forbidden tree ensuring that they were badly short-changed.
For what the serpent-cum-Satan promised couldn’t possibly come true, which far too late was seen,
Enter clothing, the climate not only cooling, but soon, man’s thoughts less selfless, godly and clean.

Oh, how the body has become the focus of much attention, man’s thoughts too low to mention,
And so too many a man’s intention, let alone each debased pornographic invention.
And hence one reason why God clothed Adam and Eve, for imagine how more lusty men would be
Were each woman’s body completely exposed to their gaze, and they in such close proximity.

Oh yes, she so more vulnerable in so many ways — but you know — (just like Adam’s wife Eve),
She’s fallen for the same beguiling whispers, the devil having more than one trick up his sleeve.
For via the accent on “sexy” — a cunning worldly word — she’s displaying a lot more bare skin,
And grabbing at clothes that excite a man’s loins, which every Christian woman should regard as sin.

Well, as Eve soon discovered, there’s a price for folly, the sexual meant for marriage alone,
And therefore, not a hint of such should be publicly displayed, for such teasing God can’t condone.
Thus, should some Christian woman be seen as “hot,” she’ll have good reason for concern, and shame should feel,
For what God in His wisdom covered, she’s been told not to provocatively dress or reveal.

Such has nothing to do with a Victorian mentality, nor sexual repression,
But has everything to do with the Word of God-cum-plain common sense, virtue and discretion.
And why women shouldn’t fuel what entered via the Fall, but rather, encourage the pre-Fall mind,
As a man’s post-Fall mind hardly seeks her best, unless it’s become spiritually refined.

And such God wants it to become, each man’s mind pure and noble, his sexual thoughts heavenly,
And only towards his wife, he not looking elsewhere, nor at images that tempt destructively.
In other words, all his earthly impulses under divine authority-cum-sovereignty,
His wife thus knowing she’s truly loved, and they as if back in Eden, not knowing nudity.

By Lance Landall

3.  Too Much Couldn't Be Said

A terribly sad and oft tragic truth is, that in the hands of fallen man,
The opposite sex that God created has been subjected to a gross plan.
Not the one that God intended, but an earthly one that has used and abused,
For how could such men handle rightly a being that such attractiveness first oozed?

Oh, how drop dead gorgeous Eve would’ve been, but created for a righteous man,
A partner who would cherish and treat her in accordance with God’s holy plan.
But then came sin, man soon losing his nobility, goodbye morality,
And later, even Christian men indulging in same ways and pornography.

And this after men having lusted for less clothing and far more flesh, hence those
Ever rising skirts, plunging and see through tops that neither Eve nor Mary chose.
Yes, fallen men encouraging women to be more daring, lapping such up,
Their unrighteous appetites wrongly partaking of both the Lord’s and Satan’s cup.

And thus the beauty of a woman’s body — once pure joy — now lusted after,
And this midst bedroom romps, saucy dances, wild groping and unrighteous laughter.
Such men acting like uncontrollable bulls, even impregnating at will,
And most people saying, “Well, that’s just men,” the world so accustomed to such ill.

Yes, too much couldn’t be said about this subject, manhood in crisis, clearly,
And so it will remain ’till there’s a change, and Christian men surrender fully.
For that attraction that first drew Adam’s gaze is no longer seen via pure eyes,
But eyes oft aflame with wanton desire that so many men now typifies.

By Lance Landall

4.  Below The Belt

Satan knows man’s weakness for women, and in these last days he has focused his attention on such,
Encouraging the sexy, promoting the porny, and hence why lust has many men in its clutch.
But not just men have been ensnared, for so have women, who once such sexualness would not have dared,
And who’re now seen more as objects, and is it any wonder, given how much they’ve publicly bared.

All how another thing sanctioned by the Lord has been corrupted, for sex was for marriage alone,
And even there, wasn’t to be defiled, for even within marriage, there are things God won't condone.
And rightly, for marriage doesn’t make perversion pure, nor lust righteous, even if two be agreed,
Hence why when purity, temperance and selflessness aren't there, troubles and divorce are guaranteed.

Satan has things figured, knows man’s Achilles heel, which he's milking for all its worth, hence the "sexy;"
In other words, the tight, low, high, sheer, teasing, gaping, tempting and baiting, and so on that we see.
Be such via the street, stage, cinema or T.V., or via videos, billboards, books and magazines,
Debasing, enslaving and destroying; Satan's cruel, knowing attack on men midst Earth’s closing scenes.

Hence why there’s no question that the sexual is one of the biggest issues facing us today,
And why I’ve sought to address such given how many are in its clutch, adding to moral decay.
Most without shame, they treating sex like a game — and others, succumbing to seductive temptation,
And then there's same-sex sexual acts, which, going by the Word, come under greater condemnation.

Well, be it this or that, if it’s wrong it’s wrong, and those who continue in such, have reason for fear,
For God has made His will known, and the consequences too, which the Word of God conveys loud and clear.
And such instruction and warning but the product of love, love that knows what is best for you and I,
Love that the strength to resist and overcome sexual temptation, will via the Spirit supply.

By Lance Landall


This poem was upgraded on 17 June 2023.

5.  That Infamous Photo

There they were, a married Christian couple, his arm draped ’round her shoulder, and then
His hand clutching her breast — CLICK! — that photo soon on the web — oh, what foolish men.
And yet, it meeting her approval, because after all, “We’re married,” she said,
But others not impressed with such looseness, nor how her spouse didn’t use his head.

Yes, she not having a problem with such public sexual intimacy,
Which God intended only be carried out where there’s marital privacy.
Not where it would sexually arouse other men, and cause them to stumble,
That public grope akin to porn, and yet, that shot in harmony with her will.

“I’ve no problem with it,” she stated, thus a virtuous woman she was not,
And thereby out of sync with God’s Word, hence why “by their fruits” they’re easy to spot.
Disgusted observers not the only ones upset, but a righteous God too, who
Was shamed by both of them, Scripture making clear what we should or shouldn’t do.

By Lance Landall

6.  Look At The Way You're Dressed

My, look at the way you’re dressed. Aren’t you a Christian? Isn’t God’s Word very clear?
That skirt seductively high, that top seductively low, and hence why men stare.
And you couldn’t get clothing any tighter, could you, which hardly pleases Christ,
Let alone that money you’ve wasted, for some of that clothing’s shockingly priced.

So much for modesty, chastity and temperance, such Christ having called for,
Given that seen as you have become a Christian, you’re now His ambassador.
And thus such no small matter, for we’re to witness of a God who is Holy,
Not one who condones the immoral ways of the world, that clothing that’s raunchy.

Yes, so much of it termed “sexy” because it blatantly shows off the body,
And thus even married women attracting other men, which they shouldn’t be.
But nor the Christian woman who’s single, for only future husbands should see
Anything that is deemed “sexy,” and that, only in private, obviously.

No, this isn’t my take on things, but the clear Word of God all Christians should know,
For God doesn’t want Christians acting worldly-cum-putting their body on show.
Such being the way of the immoral, a state that Christians are to leave behind,
For when Christ returns for His bride, it’s a changed-cum-pure one that He wants to find.

By Lance Landall

7.  A Call To Christian Wives

It’s only natural to want your husband to desire and admire your body, but I’d mind the "sexy,"
Lest such too often play on your husband’s mind, for men are men, and are very affected visually.
In other words, such may detract or subtract from his love for you as a person, alter things mentally,
That is, may have him dwelling more on the sexual than is healthy, thereby spoiling things maritally.

Such can also see your husband delighting in showing off your physical attributes — a stumbling block,
That is, both to him and other folk, and is something that should never be found within any Christian flock.
And lest you’re confused, we’re talking public sexiness here, displaying that which only your husband should see,
That is, when you're alone in the marital bedroom, or in your home, and even there, acting thoughtfully.

Yes, sex is God given, but it has its time and place — sexiness too-cum-titillation and immodesty,
Something that outside of marriage is condemned by Scripture, and that’s actually a form of adultery,
That is, if it’s a married woman that’s doing the titillating, drawing another’s man’s attention,
That is, to what he shouldn’t see, or be aroused by, and thereby, perhaps misread that woman’s intention.

Now, surely every Christian knows this — well, apparently not — or they’re ignoring such — going by what’s seen,
For Christian woman after Christian woman has willingly succumbed to the teasing “sexy” fashion scene.
And to boot, amidst Earth’s closing scenes, where Christians should be divesting themselves of all that’s not heavenly,
For Christ will be looking for a bride who’s virtuous and faithful, not one who’s flirtatious, vain and worldly.

Yes, sexiness has its time and place, though “sexy" is a very worldly word, one that’s hardly for Christians,
For “sexy” has far more in common with saucy, raunchy, kinky and naughty-cum-many deviant sins.
Therefore, dear Christian wife, it’s better not to use such a word, and to mind how you go, even privately,
That is, in your marriage, for even there, that which teases should be used with great care, lest it soil purity.

By Lance Landall

8.  Women, Haven't You Been Told?

You haven’t? Well, if you’re a genuine Christian, you’re hardly without excuse, even if you haven’t been told,
For the Bible is clear enough regarding the various things that we as Christians are meant to uphold.
After all, and to get to what you should’ve been told anyway, how could any Christian endorse sexy?
Unless we’re talking about the privacy of the marital bedroom — otherwise, it’s adultery.

Well, a form of, that is, if one is married, for no married Christian woman should dress up sexually,
And by that I mean, publicly so, as she will quite clearly attract other men, and this, immodestly.
And there’s the other point, for where is that virtuous moral woman that every Christian female should be?
(That is, whether she is married or not), and not a stumbling block, for the flesh is most men’s weakness, you see.

Thus, that sexy look places temptation in a man’s way, even a married man’s way, hence his adultery,
Well, often, that is, or in his mind, as if he’s not tempted enough by what’s out there, like pornography.
And why God won’t hold a Christian woman guiltless should she dress sexy, for as I mentioned, God’s Word is clear,
And not meant to be taken lightly, for we’re His ambassadors, have been told to walk obediently.

And hey, turning up at church looking sexy — well, that’s the ultimate slap in God’s face, a double whammy,
For you not only take a man’s mind off sacred things, but shouldn’t be dressed like that full stop, rebelliously;
In other words, so contrary to Christian standards and principles — which yes, you should’ve been told as well,
But hardly need to be, so don’t slam the pastor — God will do that — for such, pastors are duty bound to tell.

By Lance Landall

9.  That Fallen State Of Women

Oh, that fallen state of women who strut their stuff like egotistical men,
They so unlike their humble, Holy Lord, and thus mocking each apostle’s pen.
And many of them proud of their ability to ensnare sexually,
Men succumbing to a devilishly inspired flaunted and baited body.

History’s full of men great and small who a female’s body couldn’t resist,
And who the power and victory supplied by the Spirit didn’t enlist,
But rather, yielded to temptation, that female body packaged to ignite,
And it belonging to many everyday women who choose wrong over right.

No, God never intended that females use their body in such a sad way,
They teasing or baiting via the sexy, that degree that they shouldn’t display.
And oh, how men fall, their Achilles heel under constant attack, night and day,
Be that via the sidewalk, television, or those spicy mags that holler, “Hey!”

Oh, those errant women...

But surely not Christian women? Oh, if only it weren’t, most not having learnt
That such fallen behaviour leaves one unfit for Heaven, oft sees one get burnt,
For such doesn't just draw the eyes of good men, but evil men they’ve cause to fear,
And why God doesn't want what He covered uncovered, even partially bare.

At the end of the day, we hardly live in Eden, but more like a jungle,
One where not just predators abound, but many Christian men whose hearts aren't well.
And that's the sad reality, which foolish Christian women aid and abet
When they strut their stuff and the sounder ways of Christ and His apostles forget.

By Lance Landall

10.  Don't Break The Father's Heart

Is the following daughter you?

I’m terribly saddened to see you dressing that way, and given that once it wasn’t so,
But such is inevitable, I guess, when a Christian girl backslides and thus heeds our foe.
And what shame you bring on my name, for “that’s so and so’s girl” they say, and why non-Christians mock,
For they can spot hypocrisy a mile away, and hence why Christians they’re oft heard to knock.

Yes, high skirt, low and taut top, such being so unlike what God would have you wear, and how men stare,
You placing a stumbling block in many a man’s way, and why on God’s face there’s seen a tear.
Can’t you see you’re breaking the Father’s heart? You also shaming Him and staining His good name,
And whack! There goes another nail through His Son’s skin, all midst that earthly lust that you inflame.

Yes, I could use softer words, but you need to know the weightiness of what’s occurring here,
You messing with your walk, hurting and disgracing God, making Satan grin from ear to ear.
And oh, those debased thoughts, and those filthy things that many a man will convey to his mates,
“Isn’t she hot” being the far lesser of the worst, which any sexy attire activates.

Oh yes, how such breaks the Father’s heart, He being a Holy, righteous God, pure in every way,
And thus seeking a bride who’s fit for such a bridegroom, not one whose sad clothing sees her stray.
No, He a jealous God, all why He wants us to come out of the world and shun its evils,
For when it comes to our relationship with Him, He knows that the world’s ways act like weevils.

But hey, why shoot more nails through the skin of our Lord? — and this, simply because it suits you,
You preferring to dress your way, not His way, which kindles that fire in men who wrong pursue.
Or that tempts and distracts a Christian man, and while at it, saddens the heart of your caring dad,
Who shouldn’t be subjected to such either; and why God quickly both Adam and Eve clad.

Yes, He well knowing how the eyes of fallen men would be drawn to the flesh-cum-the sexy,
And thus why He wants Christian women to dress prudently, and not somehow flaunt their body.
And why He wants Christian daughters to listen to their earthly father as much as to He
When their dad says, “Don’t break the Father’s heart by dressing sexy, nor sadden that heart within me."

The truth is that what God rightly covered, Satan wants uncovered, or flaunted naughtily,
He even wanting the martial bed degraded — enter porn, lush and that selfish “me.”
And such why I’m asking you not to break the Father’s heart, for only your husband should see
What cannot help but stir a man sexually, be it partially bared or totally.

By Lance Landall

11.  Living In Sin

Okay, let’s cut to the chase: Living together isn’t marriage, but according to God’s Word, clearly sin,
And this, regardless of what we think, or what the law of the land allows; and here, I'm addressing the Christian.
The facts are, that God instituted marriage as a lifelong covenant — something not meant to be broken —
Hence why test runs, and arrangements for opting out at anytime aren’t biblical, for God himself has spoken.

Thus, Christian couples should marry in the site of God, and by that I mean, via a Christian ceremony,
They thereby bowing to His wishes; and thus their agreement to remain together being made publicly.
Yes, no quiet setting up home-cum-living in sin, for such shows no serious intention, and one big flaw,
And that being, their willingness to accept an easier way out should things turn sour, and hence that well oiled door.

Living together is a worldly way of bypassing true commitment and martial dedication,
Such proven time and time again by that well used door that is labelled compromise and accommodation.
For when dissatisfaction surfaces, or things begin to get tough, there’re few who’re prepared to tough things out,
And why anyone who says, “Let’s live together,” is someone whose genuineness we've good reason to doubt.

The biblical marital covenant provides both the wife and children with a certain security,
Such being something that is so essential for the well-being and protection of every single family.
And hence why Satan is the author of living together; and prenuptial agreements, which holler:
“If this marriage doesn’t work out…” — get the picture? The accent here, one’s assets and the almighty dollar.

Yes, man’s always hedging his bets, self-interest coming first, as with premarital sex — such being selfish —
And the reason why is, because lust cannot wait, its odour tainting marriages like a foul smelling fish.
And such being the result of a lack of discipline, the surrendering to passions, which never bodes well,
For those who can’t wait, carry the same lack of control into their marriage, hence why many become a hell.

God desired that via marriage we’d learn to live with our differences, things that annoy, and still get along,
Whereas living together-cum-living in sin, sees those very same things as good reason for moving on;
Just like some people church hop, and they oft the ones with the problem, for any hang-ups we don't overcome,
Are hang-ups that we usually take into another church or marriage, and there, beat the same old drum.

Yes, our marriage can say a lot about our spiritual condition, and whether we’re a true Christian,
And why what we don’t overcome there, we’ll have to overcome elsewhere, for all wrongful behaviour is sin.
And so too is living together-cum-living in sin-cum-rebelliousness, for it’s Satan’s substitute,
And thus a false witness and stumbling block — and if by their fruits we’ll know them, we’re not looking at healthy fruit.

By Lance Landall

12.  Not In Heaven's Name

If sex before marriage is sin, then so is dressing up sexually,
That is, before you’re married too, as you’re advertising your body.
And after getting married, you still shouldn’t dress up sexually,
For only within the marital bedroom should you share your body.

And share your body you do, ladies, when dressed sexually, publicly,
For what’s exposed is displayed, noticed — a stumbling block, effectively.
And let’s be honest — it’s teasing — whether you mean to or not, hence why
Women can get attention they don’t desire — and thus, risks multiply.

Yes, what you expose you advertise too, and who knows who will reply,
That is, respond to your message, and your product covetously eye.
And some who want that product, don’t want it for the right reasons, clearly,
Or they try to steal it, rather than obtain it legitimately.

God only wants you exposing your character, an inner beauty,
A beauty that draws attention to Him, and not your anatomy.
And far less so, that territory that arouses sexually,
Be that via a hint, or semi-nudity, that scoffs at chastity.

Yes, be that via a subtle tease, or via shameless generosity
That displays just enough to draw, or that hollers promiscuity.
Yes, low-cut enough to awaken, daring enough to really excite,
Tight enough or high enough to tempt, or effectively invite.

Whether it’s less or more, subtle or blatant, it’s contrary to Scripture,
And rather than virtue, such paints a worldly and unholy picture.
It leaves the door ajar, or takes it off its hinges, inviting ill,
For what you expose you advertise, and thus certain forces propel.

Yes, sex before marriage is sin, and so is dressing up sexually,
That is, outside of marriage, and marital privacy, obviously.
And whether that displayed is a little or a lot, it’s all the same,
Scripturally unjustifiable, forbidden, not in Heaven’s name.

By Lance Landall

13.  Better God's Time And Place

He really like her — in fact, wanted to have sex with her, but God saying wait,
He knowing someone else would marry her despite Sam being her current date.
But oh, that kissing and so on — yes, it could only lead to one thing, and so,
The greatest of intimacies was partaken of, a seed one shouldn’t sow.

Sam soon on his way, and Sue in time expecting, but not a bundle of joy,
For the last thing she wanted out of wedlock was a fatherless baby boy.
And God just as sorry — oh, if only she had waited like the Good Word said,
Not letting Satan dupe her just like Eve, who also on forbidden fruit fed.

By Lance Landall

14.  God Must've Known Something

There are those who’d like to go naked, and who encourage other people to,
But God must’ve known something, and why He clothed us, thus keeping things from view,
Because aside from temptation, not everyone’s a pretty site, you know,
And then there is age, that time when life's curtains are bringing a close to the show.

Yes, best we’re clothed given man’s fallen state, his or her penchant for showing off,
And I refusing to elaborate any further lest you kind of cough.
People bad enough now with their vain exhibitions and that state of undress,
It offending many folk, and it’s as if there’s a race to wear less and less.

Yes, God puts it on and man takes it off — no surprises there, man used to sin,
He no longer feeling shame, but brazen with it, though surely not the Christian.
Well, sad to say, Christians too have gone astray, some hardly as cute as they think,
A common thing; and there within their relationship with God is seen a chink.

After all, who might be getting the glory, and who’s witness is compromised,
Certain observers lusting, and some possibly having evilly surmised;
For surely if he or she dresses like that….yes, it does get people thinking,
And as far as our righteous, holy God goes — no, at such He isn’t winking.

By Lance Landall

15.  The Less You'll Recognise It

I’ve seen men looking at you — they lusting, actually — not that they should be,
But I’m not surprised, because your clothing has become more slinky and sexy.
It both hugging and revealing what you should have been concealing, sad to say,
Hence that stumbling block that you’re cruelly and constantly placing in a man’s way.

The more you move from Me, the less you’ll recognise it, it step by step, you see,
Yes, a gradual decline, and where will it all lead to eventually?
I’ll tell you where, where Satan wants it to, and he having done well already,
It only My hand that keeps one from slipping, and that keeps one true and steady.

By Lance Landall

16.  God Invented Sex, Satan Invented Porn

When Adam first beheld his gorgeous wife — Eve — and the beauty of her body,
He must have been truly stunned and in awe of God’s creative ability.
There no lust in Adam’s heart or mind, but an innocent, Holy attraction,
Though here’s where Satan (the originator of porn) soon sprang into action.

And hence the first seduction, unholy deflowering, pornographic scene,
Purity assaulted, stripped, dragged and raped, man’s thoughts now unclean.
Satan’s plans for sex on the agenda, sex no longer about love, but lust,
Hence relationships no longer about longevity, wholesomeness or trust.

Solomon’s admiring words now exchanged for fifty shades of grey, filthy blue,
And therefore, lust not waiting until that time God set when couple’s say, “I do.”
The bedroom no longer sacred, nakedness no longer a righteous scene,
Hence why when couples get married now, they oft don’t know where the other has been.

The real author of Fifty Shades Of Grey behind other trees, still seducing,
And why rather that good seeds these days, it’s baleful seeds that sex is producing.
Men beholding what God didn’t intend that men see, except maritally,
Courtesy of Satan’s lie that sees women flaunting their bodies publicly.

Yes, God invented sex, Satan invented porn, and hey, no surprises there,
Because Satan has always sought to corrupt that good that God has sought to share.
And God did in fact see that all that He’d made was indeed “very good,” until
As with sex, Satan ambled along, and turned something good into something ill.

And you know,

Satan has sought to disfigure that body that Adam first beheld with joy,
It tattooed, pierced and bulging with toxic implants, ’cause Satan loves to destroy.
It no longer natural, nor virginal, but mostly one that’s been around,
And why where there’s sex outside of a committed, loving marriage, Satan’s found.

And you’d better believe it, ’cause if we’re messing with God’s temple, which we are,
Or rebelliously burning that bra, we’re not heading towards some Shangri-La,
But rather, some fateful coming day that will bring an end to such ill and shame;
In other words, those Satanic things that divert, injure, lower and inflame.

By Lance Landall

17.  The Pull Of Planet Muck

Man and woman, ay, purity and beauty, but oh dear, now what do we see,
Steamy rendezvous, houses of ill repute, strip clubs, sleaze-cum-pornography.
Yes, welcome to planet Muck, it also home to rapists and paedophiles,
And our Holy God deeply pained, very angry, for such evil really riles.

Yes, God hates sin, all why He’s slowly removing His restraining hand, clearly,
For He has had to sit and watch the degradation of those He loves dearly.
Oh yes, He indeed merciful, but muck has beguiled many of His own, who,
If not the very worst of things, the likes of sex before marriage still pursue.

Yes, it’s as if everyone’s at it, hence Christendom hardly squeaky clean,
Other worlds agasp, planet Muck marring the universe, it not clean and green.
And God pleading: “Repent, ’cause I’m coming soon, My warning expressing My love,
’Cause those still beguiled by the lusts of planet Muck won’t enter Heaven above.

So cut the adultery, keep your single hands to yourself, and mind your eyes,
Because the purity of My kingdom is hardly for those who such muck prize.
Such but the creation of a grubby devil who likes to sexy things up,
And why I’ll judge the world in righteousness, iniquity having filled man’s cup.

All this muck is harming you, such not found in the garden of Eden, oh no,
But outside where Adam and Eve were sent after having lost purity’s glow.
They aware of their nakedness which I soon covered, but what have humans done?
Whittled that clothing down, and so too My own children, thereby shaming the Son.

Oh, how I hate that pull that planet Muck has on you, as if grace covers such,
For let me make one thing very clear: Any who think so, don’t know very much.
All why Christians are coming under My scrutiny too, because I loathe sin,
My grace no cloak for rebellion, and hence My Law written on that heart within.

The truth is, that you’ve stained yourself, Satan simply the supplier of that muck,
You standing on the corner waiting, and when he turns up, you unloading his truck.
Or at least taking your share, and why I’m warning you, because I’m almost there,
Heaven as close or far as your response, because I’ve left that choice in your care.

It seems you’re not seeing things, or are choosing to ignore them, and that won’t do,
Because I’m a Holy, righteous God, a moral God, a stickler for virtue.
Thus any kind of immorality, even hint, is abhorrent to Me,
And why a time’s soon coming when I’ll say to those on My left, 'Depart from Me,

Ye that work iniquity.' "

By Lance Landall


“You were taught with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,
and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness [God accepts people where they are, but He gives them no
excuse for staying there]” (Eph 4:22-24, ESV). Note also James 4:17.

"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God...neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers..." (1 Cor 6:9, KJV).

"Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth
against his own body" (1 Cor 6:18, KJV).

"Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin..." (Rom 6:13, KJV).

"Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness..." (2 Tim 2:22, KJV).

"For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication"
(1 Thess 4:3, KJV).

"So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty" (James 2:12, KJV).

18.  Why "Virtuous" Relates More To Women

The word “virtuous,” according to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Means: Having or showing high moral standards, and there in brackets we also see
The comment: Especially of a woman.  And I guess that’s why biblically
Such a word is used when speaking of Christ-like women, and how God wants them to be.

Yes, it’s no doubt a question of a woman’s beauty, her strong sexual appeal,
And those loin-stirring desires that any man in the street (or church) can soon feel.
Such stirrings and feelings meant for marriage alone — yes, that one flesh intimacy,
Which our God never intended be shared or revealed publicly via the sexy.

And yes, women having more to reveal than men, like those male-captivating breasts,
In which (via titillating bras and plunging necklines) the modern woman invests.
She knowing full well the drawing power of such, many using it to ensnare,
Which is why men are warned to mind such women, and at such sexiness, not to stare.

David learning the hard way, Bathsheba’s nakedness proving too much for him, and
He soon having cause to regret how he let his eyes linger, ’cause murder he planned.
It all haunting him for the rest of his life, not that Bathsheba was at fault here,
But certainly those whose sexiness causes a stumbling block, many men to leer.

Oh yes, men quickly aroused by such, it being the way they’re designed, and therefore,
Women not placing temptation in their way, except behind that marital door.
One that shouldn't be opened to anyone else in any shape or form, which means,
One also avoiding those satanically-inspired Hollywood bedroom scenes.

In other words, those scenes where women share and reveal to all, married men at home,
Who, via watching such, are more likely to become discontented and somehow roam.
It’s all about saturation, though public sexiness is enough on its own,
And by the way, those same Hollywood actors acting like their bodies are on loan.

Oh yes, it’s all biblically forbidden and condemned, and with good reason too,
God knowing the outcome of it all, a path that so many have had cause to rue.
Sex being man’s Achilles' heel, and one reason for that word virtuous, clearly,
Because wherever women have ignored it, it has cost both them and men dearly.

Virtuous — yes, it has a beautiful ring to it, one that’s righteous and holy,
Such a woman hardly marred or soiled by fallen invention and artistry.
No, it’s all about inner beauty, not outer beauty, because that can ensnare,
And it does, when what God wants kept for marriage, women publicly parade and bare.

High skirts, low tops, underwear type swimwear, anything that even more will reveal,
And why (lustful, later replayed and oft wrongly utilized) viewings many men steal.
Yes, it’s all far from what God intended, and why He’s offended, ’cause He sees too,
And why He covered that fallen couple in Eden whose nakedness was on view.

And so, enter two words, “virtuous” for women and “honourable” for men, who,
Despite sexual titillations and temptations that they’re now subjected to,
Should still act honourably like their heavenly example, and the right thing do,
Thus keeping their focus  Heavenward, which, so should every Christian woman too.

By Lance Landall

19.  And Yet, It's Men Some Knock

If a woman comes to church dressed sexy, and the minds of men are thus aroused,
“It’s their fault,” he said of those men, ’cause in their minds, only the Holy should be housed.
And I gagged, because not only should women never come to church dressed that way,
But, “Don’t put a stumbling block in the way of another,” Christ was heard to convey.

Oh, such ignorance, God having made men the way that they are, with such a radar,
Which is naturally activated by such, like that GPS in a car.
Yes, men needing to mind their radar, but Christian women told to dress modestly,
Because a certain signal was only meant to be picked up come matrimony.

It’s one thing for men to register ATTRACTIVE, such LEVEL ONE on their radar,
But SEXY is LEVEL TWO, which outside marriage, has that radar turning too far.
And when it does, due to what shouldn’t be on show at church, interference occurs,
Worldly static that interrupts the Holy, ’cause something physical in men stirs.

No, it’s not the man’s fault, his reaction normal, though needing to be controlled here,
But that image still flashing, and of course there’s that tendency to stare.
Oh, how women need to understand how men are made, and take care, and more so here,
’Cause church is where God never intended anything be fully or partly bare.

After all, God clothed  Adam and Eve, and, I must add too, not with what was sexy,
Such nothing but a product of the Fall, and the corrupting of society.
And thus sexiness out of place both in the church and on the street, a stumbling block,
And the ones who’re causing such stumbling in need of rebuke, and yet, it’s men some knock.

By Lance Landall

20.  What Was He Thinking?

God had blessed David greatly, all why battle after battle he’d won, and then
After bedding Bathsheba, he had her husband murdered (a man amongst men).
One feels like screaming, “Why did you do such a stupid, evil thing!?” What madness!
And what one would surely only expect to see coming from inherent badness.

But David a good man, much loved by God, even a man after His own heart,
Though only when doing right, that was, ’cause over Bathsheba things fell apart.
And God severely punishing him, and rightly so, ’cause cruel it was indeed,
A wickedness beyond belief, and given all his concubines, he’d no need.

So break God’s Law he did — adultery, murder, covetousness, thievery —
And with it, he setting a bad example for more fools to follow, sadly.
But wakeup he did, though after the event, regret and pain to follow, and
A serious lessening of respect, word having soon spread throughout the land.

Feeling victorious and powerful after having won many a war,
He looked over his kingdom from his rooftop where that gorgeous body he saw.
Yes, lets be honest here, he drawn to her nakedness, the flesh taking hold,
All why she was summoned to his palace where more of the story would unfold.

Yes, that naked image of her replaying in his mind, as it does with men,
And then one thing leading to another, thus history repeating, again.
Oh yes, that “again” playing out every day, and all for what, simply sex.
And God most displeased with David, yet merciful, given we’re all human wrecks.

It not having done David any good, and the biggest mistake that he’d made,
And when he clearly knew that adultery and murder God strongly forbade.
All after God having blessed him so richly, which shows the pull of the flesh on man,
Who, after the fall, and in every respect, has gone contrary to God’s plan.

All why things haven’t improved, and women hardly dressed like they were in David’s day,
But more advertising boards for the opposite of virtuous, I must say.
Hence those Davids growing by the day, who don’t need some rooftop whereby to view
What draws the eyes of men and awakens lust, and even further ill leads to.

By Lance Landall

21.  May I Be Frank?

Before man’s fall, when he walked tall, his sex-drive was balanced, noble and held in check-cum-not a millstone around his neck, and by the latter I mean, it not a curse but a blessing, his thoughts and actions pure-cum-clean, but after man’s fall-cum-faulty call, oh, what a change, they acting harsh and strange, hence much that’s now seen to appal, which, by the way, God could foresee, and such, one reason why He clothed Adam and Eve, undoubtedly.
Yes, God knew that man (who evil soon began), would be bad enough with woman clothed let alone unclothed, and this clearly seen today, for when women dress sexy, pose naked in mags and star in pornography, men’s thoughts and actions worsen dramatically.
In other words, the more flesh a woman shows, and the more sexy her clothes-cum-down a certain path goes, the more a man’s fallen sex-drive is inflamed, and thus why many men their own have shamed, they falling victim or creating a victim, hence those scandalous details, those tragic marital tales and overflowing jails, and so it will continue to be until women dress and act more virtuously, and men return to Adam’s pre-fall spirituality.
It’s really two and two makes four, man’s fallen nature at the core, and why most succumb so easily to what’s exposed and dressed up sexually, and why such doesn’t help a man, but rather, error and ill is oft seen to fan, for what a woman thinks excites, often also powerfully ignites, and such no surprise here, for one thing’s very clear: A male’s arousal is very quick and oft akin to a powder keg affair.
And yes, God knows this, and hence His call for women to dress and act in line with the heavenly-cum-Eve’s pre-fall spirituality, neither she nor Adam focussing on the body but on the whole-cum-what’s wholesome and in harmony (biblical, actually), and so it should also be today, for when men and women from such stray-cum-get their fallen way, it only leads to what disappoints and is seen to betray — well, eventually.
Sure God invented sex, and there’s nothing wrong with sex, but He never intended it figure outside of marriage, you know, and that including men not putting their wife on show — oh yes, for so many men love showing off what’s theirs, they enjoying all those “Wish I had that or her” stares, and regarding that sexy “her,” such not only a form of cruelty (it teasing other men most unfairly), but a risk husbands take that can leave pain in its wake, for lustful and jealous seducers can appear, and those who aren’t happy to just simply leer, and “Goodbye” says some wife, or, “Now look what’s happened in my life!”
God well knows the dangers of the sexual outside of marriage — they many — but these days, fewer folk seeming to concern themselves with any, hence those one night stands, adulterous affairs, abortions-cum-guilt, anxiety and fears, not to mention sexual diseases, the result of he or she doing what he or she pleases, rather than sticking to God’s will and plans, He having once again lost out to man’s, and we, now looking at a sad and sinking society.
Yes, we can condemn the thoughts and acts of men — that is, wayward and undisciplined men — but so many women are thinking and acting just as badly, and thus aiding and abetting, quite honestly, and therefore, should hesitate before they point a finger, or, get their own house in order, and just as quickly.

By Lance Landall






HOMOSEXUALITY

22.  Out Of The Closet

Am I anti Gay folk? No! Am I anti same-sex sexual acts? Certainly!
Why? Because my God is, and if He is, then that is His direction for me.
Am I homophobic? No! And nor is God, for He loves all humanity,
Which is why I would never treat a Gay person any differently.

As I understand it, Gay people can be born that way, unfortunately;
The result of various things going astray in the womb, undoubtedly.
Therefore, such is hardly their fault, and they, thus deserving of our sympathy,
But not our acceptance of same-sex sexual acts; which Paul condemns strongly.

Was Paul a prisoner of his culture? No, for God made male and female,
Thus, those who attack Paul's condemnation, clearly God's boundary walls assail.
And also sense, for just take a look at the male and female anatomy,
Which clearly shows that same-sex sexual acts have no legitimacy.

Thus, the Christian Gay person should refrain from such -- it's a cross that they must bear,
Just like any other cross, and they're not alone, for burdens we all must bear.
But such is a very small sacrifice when compared to our eternal prize;
And given God's coming consuming wrath, a path that's much safer and wise.

God means what He says, His Word is trustworthy and true, far from out of date,
As it's still clear that women were meant for men, and men for women, (meant to mate).
And hence why same-sex sexual attraction is unnatural, not meant to be,
In other words, such is abnormal, a distortion, even an absurdity.

Yes, "As in the days of Noah," hence that blatant 'coming out' that we see today,
And oh, how the closet door has sprung open, for we're often hearing, "I'm gay."
It seems as if such has become fashionable, a badge to be worn proudly,
And hence those cries of "Live and let live, and certain changes legislatively.

Whether one's born that way, or so conditioned, God will not excuse its practice,
For same-sex sexual acts draw one into an unhealthy shameful abyss.
An abyss of Satan's engineering, which breaches a demarcation line,
Assaulting God and His Word, and violating His creational design.

Despite all the woes besetting earth, God still wants His directives maintained,
For against such (and more so during such times as these), Satan has shrewdly campaigned.
Yes, midst times like these, he tries to make gross offenses seem minor, or not sin,
And is attempting more than ever to corrupt the masculine and feminine.

Regardless of the times, it's the Christian's duty to uphold God's will, and fully,
Thus, what's wrong is wrong, and shouldn't be embraced, lest one incur the penalty;
Yes, not just God's wrath, but those meantime consequences that plague society,
And that can seriously and injuriously affect one personally.

We can't get around God's Word, though many try in order to sanction some sin,
A sin in itself, which clearly shows that something's seriously amiss within.
When it comes to our walk with God, and our salvation, we can't have it both ways,
Which sinners will soon find out, as did ancient Israel, for rebellion never pays.

By Lance Landall

23. Same-Sex Sexual Acts

Of course God isn’t happy with same-sex sexual acts, for look at the facts,
He creating a woman for man, hence Adam and Eve, which the Bible backs.
Yes, they both different sexually, designed to create a family,
And thus continue that line of masculinity and femininity.

But along came the Fall and much has gone astray, and hence why we see today
Same-sex sexual acts that the clear commands of our Creator disobey.
Yes, He a God of order and design, who here, drew a demarcation line,
And said, “Don’t mess with, blur, nor distort this male and female creation of Mine.”

And not surprisingly, for how would you feel if you were Him, and mankind said,
“Despite what You want, we’re going to be intimate with our own sex instead.”
Well, I’m sure that you’d be angry, you the Creator and they your creation,
Yet, having the gall to challenge your authority via some deviation.

Hence no reason to be proud of being Gay, despite not choosing to be that way,
For being proud of being what God never intended one be, is to “So what!” say.
And that of course ignores and tramples over biblical commands and plain facts,
When one should bear that cross like any other cross, for feelings don’t change the facts,

Nor somehow bless wrong acts.

Though sympathetic to those so burdened, Christians should never veer from God’s Word,
For ill has always followed where folk have gone along with what’s wrongly preferred.
After all, God knows best, and what’s His is His, enter you and I by design,
Who via those same-sex sexual acts, God’s perfect creation will undermine.

Yes, God is very fussy when it comes to His commands, that which He’s conveyed,
He being the unchangeable God, who despite His love, justice will not evade.
For when a man lays with a man, or a woman with a woman, such shouts “sin,”
Given that God has said “No!” to such, and thus such acts clearly being rebellion.

But with the Bible little regarded today, and challenged by Christians too,
Such acts aren’t bothering the same, all why society’s short on moral glue.
And thus most treading the broad way, their end as sure as Satan’s, for God must act,
They having removed, altered and mocked all that He said He wanted left intact.

By Lance Landall

24.  God's Demarcation Line

God’s great love encompasses all, for there is no one that He will shun,
Including homosexuals, given that He died for everyone.
Yes, transsexuals, lesbians, and those who're bisexual as well,
Are all loved by God above, 'cause this fact, we via the Scriptures can tell.

However, our God clearly says that same-sex sexual acts are out,
And that very soon He will punish all who this command choose to flout.
His Word tells us that such sexual acts are an “abomination,”
Which very clearly declares to us the strength of His condemnation.

Yes, God's Word clearly tells us that such sexual acts are very wrong,
And even Paul when he speaks of them, uses language that's just as strong,
For he calls such acts “unnatural,” and he says that they're “shameful” too,
And also makes it clear that offenders such rebelliousness will rue.

To be that way is one thing (for it appears that some are born that way),
But putting such into practice is to clearly God’s word disobey,
For He considers such a sin, a sin that He has always abhorred,
And on all those who are unrepentant, His great wrath will soon be poured.

You see, such sexual behaviour runs contrary to God’s design,
And thereby just violates His creational demarcation line.
That being, a line that He has set, one that He has never wanted crossed,
For He knows that such wrongful behaviour introduces what will cost.

Thus, our Creator intended that sexual attraction only occur
Between a man and a woman (whose differences would thereby stir).
And hence the way that we've been designed, and why men sow and women bear,
For God intended that only a husband and wife have kids to rear.

Even dressing up in clothes that are the opposite to your gender
Will bring you under the classification of being an offender,
For our Creator doesn't want the gender distinctions marred or blurred,
And nor for that matter, Christians going against any of His Word.

Therefore, if the clothing that you're wearing has the label "unisex,"
You are unwittingly aiding one of Satan’s very clever tricks,
For wherever Satan can do so, he will distort and undermine,
As he is certainly no respecter of God’s demarcation line.

Since Adam and Eve's fall in Eden, Satan has continuously
Done everything within his cruel power to degrade humanity.
And he's targeted morality, for he knows that once such departs,
He has clearly gained the upper hand, and got control of human hearts.

Therefore, we should never ever condone any immorality,
For history has clearly shown that such just injures society.
Yes, our Creator knows what’s best, hence those boundaries that He has set,
But sadly, so many people, Christians, this earth’s past mistakes forget.

The Scriptures clearly tell us, that God's demarcation line still remains,
Hence why anyone who’s prudent, from such wrong sexual acts refrains,
For eternal life's not given to any who choose to disobey,
As those who willingly choose to disobey, rebellion still display.

But remember though:

That it is only sin that God hates, for He loves the sinner dearly,
Hence those dreadful marks upon His hands which show that love very clearly.
And hence why He wants us to hate sin too, but like Him, the sinner love,
Thereby reflecting in our lives the loving righteous God who's above.

By Lance Landall


“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination” (Lev 18:22, NKJV).

 “If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely
be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them [such practices are sinful and apart from God’s will (1 Tim 1:8-11). Practices of this type produce a serious distortion of the image of God in men and women, and are strongly
condemned throughout Scripture]” (Lev 20:13, NKJV).

 “For this reason God gave them up [allowed them to reap what they sowed] to degrading passions [the unnatural vices of pagan society]. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural [anal], and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with woman, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men [homosexuality, sodomy] and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error [sexually transmitted diseases, ill health or death]” (Rom 1:26,27).

 “And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God [this implies that their rejection of God was not unconscious], God gave them up to a debased mind [God left them to a state of mind that was evil] and to things that should not be done [indecent, perverted, unnatural]. They know [revealed in the conscience] God’s decree [judgment], that those who practice such things deserve to die [the fatal consequences of sin]—yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them [show approval, encourage, heartily endorse]” (Rom 1:28,32). Note also Phil 3:19.

 “Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural lust [sodomy], serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. Yet in the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, reject authority, and slander the glorious ones” (Jude 7,8).

 “Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites [Cassell dictionary states – anal intercourse with a man or woman, or sexual relations with an animal], thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers— none of these will inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Cor 6:9,10). Note also Lev 18:6-17,23 regarding bestiality and incest.

 “Neither yield your members [the organs and faculties of the body] as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin…”
(Rom 6:13, KJV).

 “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God” (Deut 22:5, KJV).

 “Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair, it is degrading to him” (1 Cor 11:14).


Regarding far more on homosexuality, and both secular and Christian poems and articles
on this subject, see the purple box titled Aberrant Attraction secular poem list section.