PLEASURE IS PAIN

by Glenice Mills

Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;

Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;

Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

We live in an age where we see this happening more and more. It is subtle and we often don’t recognize where it is happening.

There is a perverse muddying of the waters in our society where the enemy is slowly numbing us into accepting a lie that is from the pit of hell.

We as Christians need to be on the alert for this perversion that many are succumbing too.

With the release of the movie ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ and the popularity of the books this movie is based on we are seeing a subtle turning of something that is good into something that is evil.

How come pain inflicted on another is called pleasure? Where did sexual intimacy become something that is distorted and perverse by inflicting of pain to bring great pleasure?

There is something seriously wrong in this and we must speak up about it.

How have we come to a place where pleasure comes by inflicting pain?

Somehow pleasure and pain have been distorted and we as Christians need to stop sticking our heads in the sand and hoping this issue will go away.

It is like intertwining chords of compromise bringing blindness, and deception.

If we accept this as right what is the next level of depravity as we become numb to this way in our sexual relationships?

There is a mindset in women that says ‘I deserve pain’. It goes back to the fall where women are still paying the price for Eve’s sin. It is founded in a wrong thinking that says ‘we have to bear a life time of shame’ because we are deemed ‘lesser than’ and we must suffer because of it. This has opened the door for enemy access that sadly has led to many women coming into great bondage.

Unfortunately the church has not been blameless in this with their false doctrine of ‘submission’. There is a thinking that says ‘Just submit yourself to whatever is inflicted on you because that is counting the cost, of suffering just like Jesus did.

That is a cross you have to bear.’ Jesus died on the cross for all sin, and He took all curses on the cross. We have been redeemed, as have men. Our sin is no worse than a man’s and we should not have to carry the burden of this. It is a lie!

Come on church leaders, men and women stand for what is right! Be courageous and speak out about this. Let’s talk about it in our church services, with the youth at their youth group meetings, in the work place and other areas where we socialize. Let’s call some things for what they are – evil!

I find it interesting that the main male character in ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ is called Christian. Is this not founded in mockery? Is this not a subtle plan of the enemy to challenge what it is to be a male and a Christian? Of all the male names this character could be called it had to be Christian. What is behind this? It is subtly saying this man’s behavior is all right and a perverse word association with Christian and the name Christian.

Maybe at the foundation is a thinking ‘let’s get Christian men into believing this way of treating a woman is right’.

It is interesting that God is highlighting domestic violence both here in Australia as well as internationally. It must be exposed. The enemy loves secrecy and this is one issue that has been taking place ‘behind closed doors’. We have conveniently shut our eyes and ears to it but God is saying this must be exposed for what it is.

Isn’t the abuse of women as promoted in ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ a form of domestic violence? It is and to say otherwise is delusion.

Let’s be careful we don’t dumb down some words and misuse them in such a way to make them seem okay. Let’s call things for what they are. Pain is pain, pleasure is pleasure. They are complete opposites and should not be distorted. That is perversion.

God has a standard, a righteous way of living. Let’s be careful we don’t get entrapped with believing the enemies lies. Let’s expose the enemy’s plans and help those who are both the perpetrators and victims of pornography and struggles with issues such as hatred and violence. This word is not to condemn but to expose what the enemy is doing. The first step is to talk honestly and openly about some of these issues. Freedom comes when secrets are exposed.  Let’s shine the light into darkness.