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Practiced since [[1995]] by [[:Category:Current and Former Members|members]] of [[The Family International]] — both male and female members are taught that Jesus literally desires to have sex with them.
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<div style="margin: 10px; padding: 5px; border: 2px solid red;">'''CAUTION:''' This article contains explicit text that some may find offensive.</div>
  
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The "'''Loving Jesus revelation'''" calls on Family members to do three things:
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[[Image:Tamar_558.jpg|thumb|220px|Cover of "''Run to My Arms!''" <small>(ML 3504)</small> &mdash; Art by [[Jan McRae]]]]
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# They are to visualise their sexual activity as happening with Jesus;
 
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# They are called on to masturbate to Jesus &mdash; men are instructed to visualise themselves as women so that Jesus can make love to them; and
 
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# They are told to say "love words," or talk dirty, to Jesus as they are having sex &mdash; [[Karen Zerby]] has gone as far as publishing a [[Love words to Jesus|list of sexually explicit expressions]] that people could use when making love to Jesus.
 
  
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'''Loving Jesus''' is a term that members of the [[Children of God]]/[[The Family International|Family International]] [[cult]] use to describe their sexual relationship with Jesus. This doctrine was introduced in [[1995]], and is taught to all members as young as 12, but more fully from the age of 14. The Family describes the Loving Jesus teachings as a radical form of "bridal theology." It is their understanding of the [[:Category:Bible|Bible]] that the followers of Christ are his bride, called to love and serve him with the fervor of a wife. They take bridal theology further than other Christians by encouraging members to imagine that Jesus is having sex with them during sexual intercourse and masturbation. Male members are told to visualize themselves as women, in order to avoid a homosexual relationship with Jesus (male [[homosexuality]] is an offense warranting [[excommunication]]). Additionally, members are instructed to say "love words," or talk dirty, to Jesus as they are having sex. [[Karen Zerby]] has published a [[Love words to Jesus|list]] of sexually explicit expressions that her followers could use during sex with Jesus.
  
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This doctrine is further explained in the following internal Family publications, which are required reading for all members age 16 and older:
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Family publications describe practicing the '''Loving Jesus revelation''' as optional to retaining membership, but stress that greater blessings and spiritual rewards are reserved for those who perform it regularly.
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* The Loving Jesus Series Parts 1 and 2 ([http://www.xfamily.org/images/3/3a/Ljr-part1-2.pdf PDF])
 
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* The Loving Jesus Series: [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3024.shtml Part 1], [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3025.shtml Part 2], [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3029.shtml Part 3], [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3030.shtml Part 4], [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3031.shtml Part 5], [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3032.shtml Part 6], [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3033.shtml Part 7]
 
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* [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3045.shtml Loving Jesus Jewels!] <small>(ML 3045)</small>
 
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* [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3098.shtml What a Husband and Lover!] <small>(ML 3098)</small>
 
  
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The Loving Jesus doctrine is further explained in the following internal Family publications, which are required reading for all members aged 16 and older:
  
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==Loving Jesus for 12-year-olds==
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* [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3029JET.shtml Loving Jesus for JETTs!] <small>(ML 3029Jet)</small> &mdash; Note: [[JETT]]s are Family children age 12 &ndash; 13.
 
  
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[[Image:ML3032-LJ6-cover-top.jpg|thumb|340px|"''Loving Jesus!&ndash;Part 6''" [[Good News magazine|GN]] &ndash; top portion of pg.1]]
  
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This edited version of the Loving Jesus publications is less direct than other versions. References to sex and spiritual sexuality, however, are still prevalent.
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*The Loving Jesus Series: {{pubs|3024|Part 1}}, {{pubs|3025|Part 2}}, {{pubs|3029|Part 3}}, {{pubs|3030|Part 4}}, {{pubs|3031|Part 5}}, {{pubs|3032|Part 6}}, {{pubs|3033|Part 7}}
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*"{{pubs|3045|Loving Jesus Jewels!}}" <small>(DO 3045, March 1996)</small>
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*"{{pubs|3098|What a Husband and Lover!}}" <small>(DO 3098, December 1996)</small> ''&mdash;Celebrating Our First Anniversary!&mdash;The Fruit of Loving Jesus Intimately!''
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<!--* [[Image:icon_pdf.gif|PDF]][http://www.xfamily.org/images/3/3a/Ljr-part1-2.pdf Loving Jesus Series Parts 1 and 2] <small>(DO 3024&ndash;3025, 1995-07)</small>-->
  
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<div style="padding: 1em; margin: 10px; border: 2px dotted green;"><small style="color:green">187.</small> "Isn't this beautiful? The Lord says that His Love for us is so deep and that He is rewarding us with His lovemaking because we lay down our lives day by day in service, obedience and yieldedness.  What a precious reward right here on Earth, a special touch and empowerment of His Love." &mdash; Karen Zerby</div>
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==Physical manifestations==
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While relatively uncommon, some Family members have described physical manifestations resulting from sexual acts with Jesus. In [[1999]], Karen Zerby described this in a [[Good News magazine]] (GN) titled "''How to Love Me More, Part 3 &mdash; Answers from our Lover concerning the Loving Jesus revelation''".
  
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==Loving Jesus for 14-year-olds==
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* Loving Jesus for Junior Teens: [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3029JNR.shtml Part 3], [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3030JNR.shtml Part 4], [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3031JNR.shtml Part 5], [http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3032JNR.shtml Part 6] &mdash; Note: [[Junior Teen]]s are Family children age 14 &ndash; 15.
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'''[[Karen Zerby|Mama's]] waving experience'''
  
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<small style="color:green">68.</small> (Mama:) Not long after the Lord had given us the Loving Jesus revelation, I began having an unusual physical manifestation while saying love words to Jesus and making love with Him in the spirit. It was an involuntary jerking of my body, in my solar plexus region, similar to the movements of a woman's body when a man is fucking her hard. [[Steven Kelly|Peter]] also had the same experience. I asked the Lord about it and what it meant, and He gave the following answer ['''Editor's note:''' see the article on [[prophecy]]]:
  
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While the Loving Jesus revelation was being introduced to The Family's adult members, [[Karen Zerby]] and [[Steven Kelly]] chose to also introduce the sexual aspects of Loving Jesus to Family children aged 14 to 16. Family members continue to claim, however, that the sexual aspects of Loving Jesus are for adults only.
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<small style="color:green">69.</small> (Jesus speaking:) I am really there fucking you, and I really do fill your body with My penis and My [[golden seeds|seeds]]. I let you experience this and I have manifested Myself to you in this physical reaction that you've felt in your body.
  
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Following are excerpts from the Loving Jesus [[Good News magazine|GNs]] above which were expressly edited for 14-year-old children in the Family. All 14-year-old members were and are required to read these.
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<small style="color:green">70.</small> I let you feel, see, and experience this waving or undulating or pulsating--the movement that you've felt deep down in your solar plexus, that you could actually visibly see in your body moving just as it does when a man fucks a woman real hard--as a touch of My love to you. This manifests to you physically that I'm really there fucking you and filling you with My seeds.
  
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<small style="color:green">71.</small> It's a touch of My love to you for loving Me intimately, for obeying and coming when I call, for making love to Me and fucking Me, for opening your heart and your pussy to Me, and letting Me enter into you. The seeds which I pump into you are being manifested not only in spiritual ways through giving you more understanding of My ways and My Spirit, [&hellip;] but they're also being manifested in you physically. They make your body pulsate and undulate and experience the thrills of spiritual and physical orgasm. They unite you with My heart and My Spirit, they unite you and your partner with Me, and the result is a beautiful spiritual connection.
  
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<small style="color:green">72.</small> It is not reserved for you only, My queen. It is not reserved just for you or the king, but it is available to anyone who has the faith to reach out and receive it. Anyone who has the faith or who wants it can ask Me for it. Just like your [[David Berg|Father David]] explained to you that if you wanted to fuck him in the spirit, you could call on him and he would fuck you.
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'''LOVING JESUS!&mdash;Part 3 for Junior Teens'''&mdash;''By [[Karen Zerby|Maria]] DO#3029Jnr Dec-1995''
 
  
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<small style="color:green">25</small> As you were told earlier, you are reading an edited version of these Letters. It's not because we don't trust you, or because we think you're just little kids, or because we're trying to humiliate you, but there are legitimate reasons, security reasons, and other good reasons as to why you have your own version.
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*Source: Maria #526, CM 3284, December 1999, "''{{pubs|3284|How to Love Me More, Part 3 &mdash; Answers from our Lover concerning the Loving Jesus revelation}}''"
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<small style="color:green">26</small> The message of these GNs deals in part with sexual matters.. Some parts of the message are applicable to you, but other parts are not. Some portions needed to be slightly edited to make them less graphic and more appropriate for your age group.
 
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<small style="color:green">27</small> We have prayerfully gone over the material in these GNs to make sure that it is suitable for your needs. . . . Also, we don't want to be guilty of giving you junior teens reading material that would be offensive or not legally permissible for people your age from the [[System]]'s point of view. We want to give you as much [[Word]] as we can, without going too far or causing any legal problems for the Family. We need to try to stay within the law.
 
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<small style="color:green">79</small> [Jesus]: ''So love Me and be not ashamed! Do not be afraid to say that you want Me. Do not be afraid to say that you want Me to fuck you and to love you and to kiss you, to hold you. For it is in these words that you convey the feeling of your heart.''
 
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<small style="color:green">125</small> By worldly standards, it is not very proper for a Christian to say "dong" and "cunt," as those words are considered dirty slang words, but the Lord instructs us that if He chooses to use them, then they are clean, and we shouldn't be offended or disgusted or turned off by them. However, just as you don't make "fuck" a part of your normal everyday vocabulary, so you shouldn't with these words either, especially not to outsiders!
 
  
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<small style="color:green">126</small> He [The Lord] makes it clear that using such words as "fuck," "cunt" or "dong" is not wise or loving with outsiders. . . .[To the young teen boys] But in your intimate relationship with Jesus, in which you make love with Him in Spirit, you are not male, you are a female in the Spirit.
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It is notable that this passage also describes sex with spiritual beings other than Jesus, in this case with deceased Family International founder [[David Berg]]. Before his death in [[1994]], Berg frequently described engaging in sex with spiritual beings, including various historical figures and mythological goddesses.
  
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<small style="color:green">140</small> In one of the prophecies above, the Lord made it quite clear.. He said: "''I see you as a radiant and loving Bride, for I see in the Spirit, and you must see in the Spirit.&mdash;Do not see in the flesh.''" In your lovemaking with Jesus you are not a man. You are making love to Him as His Bride, His spiritual wife. This is not a male-with-male relationship. It is a spiritual female, you, making love to a male, Jesus. He is the man, the Bridegroom, and you are the woman, His Bride, His wife.
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==For minors==
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While The Family regularly claims that the sexual aspects of Loving Jesus are for adults only, since its inception, all aspects of the doctrine have been taught to and encouraged for regular use by Family members from the age of 16. Further, while the Loving Jesus revelation was being introduced to Family members aged 16 and older, [[Karen Zerby]] and [[Steven Kelly]] chose to also introduce the sexual aspects of Loving Jesus to children from age 14.
  
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<small style="color:green">142</small> Granted, it's a little hard to be one thing in the Spirit and then switch to being another thing in the flesh, and to be switching back and forth! But if the Lord is asking you to do this, He is going to help you to do it. He says that as you continue to play this role of the woman, which you are in the Spirit when you're making love to Jesus, He will make it easier for you.
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===For 14-year-olds===
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*Loving Jesus for Junior Teens: {{pubs|3029JNR|Part 3}}, {{pubs|3030JNR|Part 4}}, {{pubs|3031JNR|Part 5}}, {{pubs|3032JNR|Part 6}}.<br/>
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(''Editor's note: [[Junior Teen]]s are Family children aged 14&ndash;15. The Loving Jesus series for Junior Teens began at part 3.'')
  
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. . . This is a step of faith, and is the only way that you can receive the wonderful blessings that He has promised us if we will love Him in this way.
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Following are excerpts from the Loving Jesus [[Good News magazine|GNs]] above which were expressly edited for 14-year-old children in the Family. All 14-year-old members are required to read these.
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'''LOVING JESUS!&mdash;Part 4 for Junior Teens'''&mdash;''By Maria DO#3030Jnr Dec-1995''
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'''LOVING JESUS!&mdash;Part 3 for Junior Teens'''&mdash;''By [[Karen Zerby|Maria]]; DO#3029Jnr, December 1995''
  
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<small style="color:green">29</small> [Jesus]: ''In the quietness of your chamber when you are alone, you can tell Me you love Me and you can show Me you love Me. For this is a very intimate and special way of loving Me. I do not require this and I do not demand it, for I will even be happy with the words and with your caresses, and with the symbolism of your love unto Me. But if you want a special time with Me, and if you want to feel My loving, you can touch yourself and you can make yourself go, and it will be Me loving you.''
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<small style="color:green">27.</small> We have prayerfully gone over the material in these GNs to make sure that it is suitable for your needs. &hellip; Also, we don't want to be guilty of giving you junior teens reading material that would be offensive or not legally permissible for people your age from [[the System]]'s point of view. We want to give you as much [[Word]] as we can, without going too far or causing any legal problems for the Family. We need to try to stay within the law.
  
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<small style="color:green">61</small> . . .The Lord is talking here about masturbation. He's saying that if you are alone in private and you are telling the Lord of your love for Him and your desire for Him, you can masturbate at the same time, if you wish.
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<small style="color:green">79.</small> [Jesus]: ''So love Me and be not ashamed! Do not be afraid to say that you want Me. Do not be afraid to say that you want Me to fuck you and to love you and to kiss you, to hold you. For it is in these words that you convey the feeling of your heart.''
  
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<small style="color:green">62</small> There are occasions, when [[Steven Kelly|Peter]] and I are apart, when we have such "special times" when lovemaking with Jesus. When masturbating, I am not able to visualize anything, so of course I don't visualize Jesus fucking me.
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<small style="color:green">125.</small> By [[worldly]] standards, it is not very proper for a Christian to say "dong" and "cunt," as those words are considered dirty slang words, but the Lord instructs us that if He chooses to use them, then they are clean, and we shouldn't be offended or disgusted or turned off by them. However, just as you don't make "fuck" a part of your normal everyday vocabulary, so you shouldn't with these words either, especially not to outsiders!
  
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. . .Unless the Lord speaks to your heart personally and lays on your heart the burden to do it, you don't have to feel as if you must masturbate. All of this is a very private matter, something between you and the Lord. If you want to love Jesus while masturbating, that's up to you.
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<small style="color:green">140.</small> [To the young teen boys] In your lovemaking with Jesus you are not a man. You are making love to Him as His Bride, His spiritual wife. This is not a male-with-male relationship. It is a spiritual female, you, making love to a male, Jesus. He is the man, the Bridegroom, and you are the woman, His Bride, His wife.
 
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'''LOVING JESUS!&mdash;Part 5 for Junior Teens'''&mdash;''By Maria DO#3031Jnr Dec-1995''
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'''LOVING JESUS!&mdash;Part 4 for Junior Teens'''&mdash;''By Maria; DO#3030Jnr, December 1995''
  
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<small style="color:green">128</small> This possibility [masturbation] evoked a wide variety of reactions from those in [[World Services|WS]] when they read it. The women overall were quite receptive to this idea, and a few women were elated! Usually the women found it fairly easy to have loving, sexy fellowship with Jesus while masturbating; in fact, a few had already been doing so for quite some time. Quite a few of the men received it without any problem, some were thrilled, and some battled. Others initially struggled not only with the idea of being women in the Spirit, but especially with the idea of masturbating while saying love words to Jesus.
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<small style="color:green">29.</small> [Jesus]: ''In the quietness of your chamber when you are alone, you can tell Me you love Me and you can show Me you love Me. &hellip; if you want a special time with Me, and if you want to feel My loving, you can touch yourself and you can make yourself go, and it will be Me loving you.''
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<small style="color:green">61.</small> &hellip;The Lord is talking here about masturbation. He's saying that if you are alone in private and you are telling the Lord of your love for Him and your desire for Him, you can masturbate at the same time, if you wish.
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'''LOVING JESUS!&mdash;Part 6 for Junior Teens'''&mdash;''By Maria DO#3032Jnr Dec-1995''
 
  
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<small style="color:green">117</small> QUESTION 14: As a man, when I say love words to Jesus, do I have to be able to visualize Him making love to me? Do I have to see it?
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<small style="color:green">62.</small> There are occasions, when [[Steven Douglas Kelly|Peter]] and I are apart, when we have such "special times" when lovemaking with Jesus. When masturbating, I am not able to visualize anything, so of course I don't visualize Jesus fucking me.
  
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<small style="color:green">118</small> ANSWER: No, you men do not have to see or visualize Jesus making love to you. Some men are able to visualize themselves as a woman, with Jesus, a man, making love to them, which is the way things are in the Spirit. However, if you can't visualize this, don't worry; you don't have to visualize it at all. You can just know in your mind that you are Jesus' wife and He's your Husband.
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&hellip;Unless the Lord speaks to your heart personally and lays on your heart the burden to do it, you don't have to feel as if you must masturbate. All of this is a very private matter, something between you and the Lord. If you want to love Jesus while masturbating, that's up to you.
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<small style="color:green">174</small> The Lord also explained that another one of the main reasons He has given us this option of involving masturbation when making love to Him is because when you are masturbating and you near the time of orgasm, the desire you feel at that moment is a picture of how the Lord wants you to desire Him in the Spirit.. Remember how you feel when you're masturbating and you're close to having an orgasm? At that point your greatest desire is to reach the marvelous release of the orgasm that you want so desperately, right? Well, that's how the Lord wants us to want Him in the Spirit.
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*"{{pubs|3029JETT|Loving Jesus for JETTs!}}" <small>(DO 3029Jet, December 1995)</small><br/>
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<small style="color:green">191</small> You'll notice, however, that the Lord indicates that He would like to participate in your masturbation and other lovemaking (if you're of age), just as He wants to participate in every other area of your life.. He doesn't expect you to go out of your way, but if you're already going to masturbate or make love, then He would like to at least be acknowledged and invited to join you in some way.
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<small style="color:green">192</small> The Lord said: "''But if you can and if you do already masturbate and have love times with others, then why not bring Me in? Why would you exclude Me when I so want to love you and I so want to be with you, I so want to be a part of every facet of your life? So if you are going to masturbate and you are going to have love-up, why not invite Me, why not call out to Me and let Me love you?''
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<div style="padding: 1em; margin: 10px; border: 2px dotted green;"><small style="color:green">187.</small> "Isn't this beautiful? The Lord says that His Love for us is so deep and that He is rewarding us with His lovemaking because we lay down our lives day by day in service, obedience and yieldedness. What a precious reward right here on Earth, a special touch and empowerment of His Love." &mdash; ''Karen Zerby''</div>
  
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<small style="color:green">193</small> "''In the normal times that you would masturbate, the regular schedule that you already keep, whether it be once a month or once a day, if you are going to give yourself pleasure in that way, why not invite Me?''
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==Multimedia==
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*[[Image:Icon_music.gif|Music]][https://media.xfamily.org/audio/Loving_Jesus/04/06%20Let%27s%20Make%20Love.mp3 Loving Jesus Album 4, Track 6: ''"Let's Make Love"''] &mdash; By [[Vas Myers]], a song of sexual desire for Jesus.
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*[[Image:Icon_music.gif|Music]][https://media.xfamily.org/audio/misc/trail-of-my-blood/12%20Queen%20in%20the%20Sky.mp3 Trail of My Blood, Track 12: ''"Queen in the Sky"''] &mdash; By [[Stefan Seibel]]
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*More "Loving Jesus" music is available in the [[Loving Jesus album]] collection.
  
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<small style="color:green">200</small> QUESTION 28: I have tried masturbating when saying love words to Jesus, but I haven't been able to have an orgasm. Should I keep doing this, keep trying, or should I just forget it? It's very frustrating, and I end up feeling like I've failed the Lord.
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==More information==
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*[http://thefamily.org/dossier/statements/lj.htm The "Loving Jesus" Revelation] &mdash; Doctrinal paper on The Family International's official website.
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*[[Reactions to the "Loving Jesus" GNs, Parts 3 through 6]] &mdash; By Family members, from [[FSM]]s 289 &ndash; 293.
  
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<small style="color:green">201</small> ANSWER: If you choose to masturbate, don't worry and feel like you failed if you can't reach an orgasm. Just having a climax is not the goal when loving Jesus while masturbating. In a prophecy on the subject of masturbation, [[David Berg|Dad]] explained that the climax is not the thing that matters; what matters is the humility you demonstrate by saying the love words to Jesus and touching yourself. The Lord understands that to masturbate while loving Him is humbling, it's a step of faith, to some it's embarrassing, but He will honor it and bless it by giving you His Spirit and power and anointing.
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*[[Loving Jesus night]]
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<small style="color:green">202</small> Of course, when you masturbate and say love words to Jesus, you will probably get turned on, as you usually do when masturbating, so not having an orgasm would probably be rather frustrating in the physical. But you don't have to let your lack of orgasm discourage you or make you feel like you're failing or not pleasing the Lord. He really doesn't care if you have an orgasm or not, what He wants is to see your humility and for you to experience that desire for Him.
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*[[Golden seeds]] &mdash; Family publications frequently liken prophecy from Jesus to receiving Jesus' semen, or "golden seeds", as a result of spiritual oral sex.
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Latest revision as of 06:27, 16 March 2012

CAUTION: This article contains explicit text that some may find offensive.
Cover of "Run to My Arms!" (ML 3504) — Art by Jan McRae

Loving Jesus is a term that members of the Children of God/Family International cult use to describe their sexual relationship with Jesus. This doctrine was introduced in 1995, and is taught to all members as young as 12, but more fully from the age of 14. The Family describes the Loving Jesus teachings as a radical form of "bridal theology." It is their understanding of the Bible that the followers of Christ are his bride, called to love and serve him with the fervor of a wife. They take bridal theology further than other Christians by encouraging members to imagine that Jesus is having sex with them during sexual intercourse and masturbation. Male members are told to visualize themselves as women, in order to avoid a homosexual relationship with Jesus (male homosexuality is an offense warranting excommunication). Additionally, members are instructed to say "love words," or talk dirty, to Jesus as they are having sex. Karen Zerby has published a list of sexually explicit expressions that her followers could use during sex with Jesus.

Family publications describe practicing the Loving Jesus revelation as optional to retaining membership, but stress that greater blessings and spiritual rewards are reserved for those who perform it regularly.

The Loving Jesus doctrine is further explained in the following internal Family publications, which are required reading for all members aged 16 and older:

DISCLAIMER: Publications by The Family are archived here for educational purposes. The content is occasionally sexually explicit, offensive or promotive of criminal acts and we collect them to document their existence and wording but do not condone the points of view or activities. Original spelling, grammar, and style have been preserved where possible.
"Loving Jesus!–Part 6" GN – top portion of pg.1

Physical manifestations

While relatively uncommon, some Family members have described physical manifestations resulting from sexual acts with Jesus. In 1999, Karen Zerby described this in a Good News magazine (GN) titled "How to Love Me More, Part 3 — Answers from our Lover concerning the Loving Jesus revelation".

Mama's waving experience

68. (Mama:) Not long after the Lord had given us the Loving Jesus revelation, I began having an unusual physical manifestation while saying love words to Jesus and making love with Him in the spirit. It was an involuntary jerking of my body, in my solar plexus region, similar to the movements of a woman's body when a man is fucking her hard. Peter also had the same experience. I asked the Lord about it and what it meant, and He gave the following answer [Editor's note: see the article on prophecy]:

69. (Jesus speaking:) I am really there fucking you, and I really do fill your body with My penis and My seeds. I let you experience this and I have manifested Myself to you in this physical reaction that you've felt in your body.

70. I let you feel, see, and experience this waving or undulating or pulsating--the movement that you've felt deep down in your solar plexus, that you could actually visibly see in your body moving just as it does when a man fucks a woman real hard--as a touch of My love to you. This manifests to you physically that I'm really there fucking you and filling you with My seeds.

71. It's a touch of My love to you for loving Me intimately, for obeying and coming when I call, for making love to Me and fucking Me, for opening your heart and your pussy to Me, and letting Me enter into you. The seeds which I pump into you are being manifested not only in spiritual ways through giving you more understanding of My ways and My Spirit, […] but they're also being manifested in you physically. They make your body pulsate and undulate and experience the thrills of spiritual and physical orgasm. They unite you with My heart and My Spirit, they unite you and your partner with Me, and the result is a beautiful spiritual connection.

72. It is not reserved for you only, My queen. It is not reserved just for you or the king, but it is available to anyone who has the faith to reach out and receive it. Anyone who has the faith or who wants it can ask Me for it. Just like your Father David explained to you that if you wanted to fuck him in the spirit, you could call on him and he would fuck you.

It is notable that this passage also describes sex with spiritual beings other than Jesus, in this case with deceased Family International founder David Berg. Before his death in 1994, Berg frequently described engaging in sex with spiritual beings, including various historical figures and mythological goddesses.

For minors

While The Family regularly claims that the sexual aspects of Loving Jesus are for adults only, since its inception, all aspects of the doctrine have been taught to and encouraged for regular use by Family members from the age of 16. Further, while the Loving Jesus revelation was being introduced to Family members aged 16 and older, Karen Zerby and Steven Kelly chose to also introduce the sexual aspects of Loving Jesus to children from age 14.

For 14-year-olds

(Editor's note: Junior Teens are Family children aged 14–15. The Loving Jesus series for Junior Teens began at part 3.)

Following are excerpts from the Loving Jesus GNs above which were expressly edited for 14-year-old children in the Family. All 14-year-old members are required to read these.

LOVING JESUS!—Part 3 for Junior Teens—By Maria; DO#3029Jnr, December 1995

27. We have prayerfully gone over the material in these GNs to make sure that it is suitable for your needs. … Also, we don't want to be guilty of giving you junior teens reading material that would be offensive or not legally permissible for people your age from the System's point of view. We want to give you as much Word as we can, without going too far or causing any legal problems for the Family. We need to try to stay within the law.

79. [Jesus]: So love Me and be not ashamed! Do not be afraid to say that you want Me. Do not be afraid to say that you want Me to fuck you and to love you and to kiss you, to hold you. For it is in these words that you convey the feeling of your heart.

125. By worldly standards, it is not very proper for a Christian to say "dong" and "cunt," as those words are considered dirty slang words, but the Lord instructs us that if He chooses to use them, then they are clean, and we shouldn't be offended or disgusted or turned off by them. However, just as you don't make "fuck" a part of your normal everyday vocabulary, so you shouldn't with these words either, especially not to outsiders!

140. [To the young teen boys] In your lovemaking with Jesus you are not a man. You are making love to Him as His Bride, His spiritual wife. This is not a male-with-male relationship. It is a spiritual female, you, making love to a male, Jesus. He is the man, the Bridegroom, and you are the woman, His Bride, His wife.

LOVING JESUS!—Part 4 for Junior Teens—By Maria; DO#3030Jnr, December 1995

29. [Jesus]: In the quietness of your chamber when you are alone, you can tell Me you love Me and you can show Me you love Me. … if you want a special time with Me, and if you want to feel My loving, you can touch yourself and you can make yourself go, and it will be Me loving you.

61. …The Lord is talking here about masturbation. He's saying that if you are alone in private and you are telling the Lord of your love for Him and your desire for Him, you can masturbate at the same time, if you wish.

62. There are occasions, when Peter and I are apart, when we have such "special times" when lovemaking with Jesus. When masturbating, I am not able to visualize anything, so of course I don't visualize Jesus fucking me.

…Unless the Lord speaks to your heart personally and lays on your heart the burden to do it, you don't have to feel as if you must masturbate. All of this is a very private matter, something between you and the Lord. If you want to love Jesus while masturbating, that's up to you.

For 12-year-olds

(Editor's note: JETTs are Family children aged 12–13.)

This edited version of the Loving Jesus publications is less direct than other versions. However, references to sex and spiritual sexuality are still prevalent.

187. "Isn't this beautiful? The Lord says that His Love for us is so deep and that He is rewarding us with His lovemaking because we lay down our lives day by day in service, obedience and yieldedness. What a precious reward right here on Earth, a special touch and empowerment of His Love." — Karen Zerby

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