Fidelity in marriage maximizes sex itself. The discipline of focusing one's mental fantasies on the marriage partner alone has the great benefit of intensifying sexual fulfillment. Furthermore, the pure in heart are safeguarded from the deception of an unreal world created by skillful photographers and makeup artists. The illusion created constantly in our society is that the world is filled with young, beautiful, available, eager, perfect bodies awaiting the conquest of the smart playboy or playgirl. One is easily seduced into thinking he is missing out on something, and by feeding his imagination on this fare he sets himself up for failure in a marriage that cannot compete with the mirage. If he had never indulged his mind in such a dream world, he might have discovered more quickly and more fully that sexual fulfillment itself is most intense, most enduring, and constantly growing only in the commitment of two who have become one flesh exclusively and permanently.
Robertson McQuilkin, An Introduction to Biblical Ethics, p.191
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