What happens when fire is out of control?
Out-of-control fire becomes a wildfire, bringing devastation, tragedy, destruction, and you name it. By contrast, fire under control is a blessing that warms homes and produces steel. Likewise, sex outside God's mandated controls becomes a tragedy, ruining lives, families, and marriages.
Les explains that fire under control is one of the greatest things God has given mankind. It warms our home, provides a glowing fireplace or wood heater on a cold winter day, and is essential in a steel mill to produce steel. In everyday life, controlled fire is an absolute necessity and a blessing of God. But when fire is turned loose in a wildfire, it brings devastation, tragedy, and destruction. Les uses this to illustrate sex: under God's mandated controls, sex is as glorious as fire in a fireplace, but when turned loose as the world has done today, it becomes a tragedy that ruins lives, families, and marriages. This happens because people misappropriate God's gift of sex.