2017, Vol.25, No.2

Journal of Counseling and Gospel 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.55

pISSN : 1739-0745 / eISSN : 2799-6530
https://journal.kci.go.kr/jocag

Christian counseling requires the counselor’s Biblical perspectives on human sexuality as prerequisite because the ultimate meanings of sexuality only come from both its Author and His Word. God made man and woman as sexual beings in His own image. According to the Scripture, human sexuality accompanies pleasure but it also necessitates a covenantal marriage relationship. However, there has been nothing like human sexuality that was distorted and destroyed from its orignal intention of the Creator both in Christian history and secular practices. Among them, homosexuality is a clear violation of God’s creational intention even though it has been a widespread sexual practice among young people and a legal practice among today’s biased elites. The Reformers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin finally restored human sexuality back to its scriptural meanings and purposes: pleasure beyond childbearing, sexuality as a God’s gift for human, and legitimacy of physical needs. Therefore, Christian counselors must help counselees see the human sexuality according to the Scripture and the teachings of the Reformers, that is, to seek sexual pleasure from or within their marital relationships, to share it mutually, to keep the sexual relationships exclusive, to help those with homosexual desires according to the Biblical truth, and to comfort those who have been through abysmal sexual violence by authorities or others.

Christian Counseling emphasizes that the endowed image of God when He created human-being has been corrupted and needs to be restored. As a result, the main purpose in the field of counseling should be to restore the image of God. This paper claims that the specific sexual identity of male and female in the image of God should be studied in detail, and needs to be main goal of counseling. It stresses the holistic nature of sexuality, and the reality and causes (spiritual, socio-cultural, family, education & counseling) of how sexual problems develop into human problems. In order for studies about sexuality to be utilized in the field of counseling, the idea of “we” in the image of God has to be studied. The biblical understanding of Trinitarian and “we” is based on male, female, and their relationships. First, men and women are distinct sexual beings, but become one. Second, men and women are equal as partners. Third, men and women relate to each other with their way of relation; sexual differences allow this to happen. The paper, then, discusses the main points of manhood. God’s original intention in creation of men was to build up men who remember and take responsibility, and men who have strength and courage.

Generally, the sex addiction falls into the addiction repeating the sex addiction behavior by the self-talk due to false belief. The therapeutic approach to the sex addiction should be made with christian counseling because the human being is made as spiritual being resembled the spiritual characteristics of God. The truth therapy is very effective method to help forming new self-talk inside based on the truth getting away from the wrong self-talk through mediating the Bible and deep prayer. This study proposed the measure for the treatment of sex addict using the truth therapy suggested by William D. Backus. To do that, existing treatment methods of sex addiction were examined in diverse aspects together with the understanding on the sex addiction. To apply the truth therapy to the treatment of sex addict, the process by step such as the repentance, refutation and truth therapy, cognitive restructuring and the spiritual training are used and in all the processes of truth therapy, the elements of Christian faith such as prayer, meditation of Words, and the community of believer are required essentially. Through the truth therapy, the sex addict not only will recover from the addiction but also will acquire the wish for eternal life.