Les Feldick Bible Study

How does God view the things He has given when they are used under His restraints?

Under God's restraints, the things He has given are viewed as perfectly normal and honorable. Scripture says the marriage bed is undefiled and honorable in all. God put His stamp of approval on the marriage relationship. They are not inherently evil; they become corrupt only when man uses them under Satan's influence.

Les explains that God put His stamp of approval on the marriage relationship way back in the Garden, and Paul says in Hebrews that the marriage bed is undefiled and honorable in all. So under God's restraints, these things are perfectly normal and are what God has given. However, man has taken the God-given things and used them under the influence of the adversary, Satan, changing the truth of God into a lie and worshiping and serving the creature more than the Creator. As a result, God gives them up to a yet lower level of lifestyle and vile affections.