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Fruitful relationships with Pastor Kilton Moyo
I KNOW that all responsible citizens of this great continent are concerned by the challenges we are facing today as a result of sexually transmitted infections. I know that a lot of investment has been put in this to find solutions and many interventions are being done and will be done. Icasa has just ended with a lot of good promises and hope. I want to salute all involved and say “thank you” for a great job and effort. However allow me to share from a different perspective. I have a dream for my continent.
I believe we need to at some point in this life come to our senses and face the brutal facts if we are to succeed in our efforts to create a sexually healthy generation. The greatest threat to the future of Africa is not imperialism, poverty or dictatorship but our reckless sexual conduct. I think we need to face up with issues more than we do with symptoms. Most of our interventions and strategies address the symptoms and not the real issue at hand. The issue at hand is immorality.
The issue at hand is our attitude towards sex. It is our sexual conduct more than whether we are using protection and or indulging in so called safe sex. Humanity can never solve anything permanently until we have come to a point where we can genuinely ask ourselves this ‘‘zillion dollar question’’, “What does the word of God say about the issue at hand?” Beloved, whether we like it or not, we have an issue to deal with. The issue is not necessarily new infections. These are symptoms or results of the issue. We need to come face to face with our pretense and own up and deal with the real thing otherwise our efforts are in vain. It’s not about our scientific egos but the life of a generation that needs real help and not temporary measures only.
I want to put it to you that the issue, the real issue is our immorality. It is our attitude towards sex and sexuality. The solution to this issue is in what God, Creator of Heavens and Earth and all that is in them says about our sexuality. What does God say about sexual immorality? What does God say about our sexuality? This is what we must be building all our efforts upon. The solution is in what He has said and not necessarily in our discoveries. Beloved, we are dealing with a sin issue here and humanity cannot deal with sin in her own way. God made a provision for handling the sin issue. I don’t know how long the world will reject this and seek her own ways. Only the gift of God to humanity deals with our sin and that is Jesus whom we reject. Do we really want to deal with our pandemic once and for all? Do we really want to win over this one? Then the solution is in Christ, the living word of God. Whether you like it or not, He is the answer and there in His word lies our victory as humanity.
“Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world.” Jesus takes away our sin which is our main issue here. I do not mean to offend anyone or judge anyone, but I want us all to know, lest we did not, that the issue that confounds us so much and brings us so much pain has been fully and eternally dealt with by Jesus. It has been solved. Our challenge in this generation is that we deny this truth and want to do our own. This is the trap that I am exposing in my book The Sex Trap. The “sin” Jesus came to take away, we refuse with it and say it is our right, our human right, our culture, and many other things.
We fight so much to keep it as ours. Pardon my brutality here but let anyone with ears hear this: Homosexuality, lesbianism, same sex marriage, prostitution, adultery and fornication are not human rights or human culture issues. They are sin issues. They are the fruit of a sin nature that Jesus defeated on the cross. They are not your right but a lie from the devil seeking to destroy you.
It pains my heart when we would invest so much in schemes that aid humanity to indulge more comfortably in sin and self-destruction. If we desire a sexually healthy generation, we should be investing in what God invested His life in.
Beloved, let us all invest in Abstinence and Faithfulness. Let us teach and inspire these. Let the young in this generation take heed of the ways of God regarding our sexuality. We need to sober up as a generation lest the enemy destroy our children.
I want to call upon the leadership in this generation to embrace and invest in the ‘‘solutions’’ God has provided for us. As far as sexuality is concerned, I have said it and I say it again, Abstinence and Faithfulness are the way.
Priority number one should be helping the young people embrace the God-mindset in their sexuality. Let us provide and create environments where they can choose to abstain than indulge. It is a lie that abstinence is hard and impossible. That is the mindset of a corrupt world denying and rejecting God.
We all can abstain and be faithful. We need to be taught and encouraged. Instead of distributing condoms in schools and colleges, teach also on abstinence as the way. We must have balance. Abstinence is risk free. It is cost free. It is 100 percent safe.
I pray that all we do after Icasa will be aimed at embracing God in our efforts. We need wisdom, understanding and the knowledge from above and we shall overcome.
Beloved, sin is never a human right. It is sin. Zimbabwe has every opportunity to bring total change and healing to Africa if we would make use of the opportunities. If we take God’s side, He will take ours too and we will lead the continent towards God.
Young people out there, we can abstain. All of us out there, we can be faithful. Just stop where you are and say enough to this and choose success. Africa shall be saved, not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of the Lord.
In 2016, we are available, by invitation, to speaking at any forum on Healthy Sexuality. We are at your service in your companies, schools, colleges, NGOs, churches, sports clubs, families and everywhere.
Kilton Moyo is creator of Fruitful Marriages, a renewal and enrichment programme and is pastor, counsellor and author of The Sex Trap. Call or WhatsApp on +263775337207, +263772610103 or +263712384841 [email protected]
