"But where does Jesus himself demonstrate the importance of preserving one's own right to romance and sexuality?"

Clearly we should take our cues for life from Jesus, I think most of us can agree on that. BUT there is a logical problem with your statement (unless your life is VERY different from mine). Jesus spent his life traveling around on foot preaching, healing, teaching, and other things. He never gets married or a lot of other things we can agree are good.

So even though we can take many of life's cues from Jesus we cannot perfectly live life as he did.

"Has He ever commanded us to do something that He Himself did not do?"

John 14:12 (New International Version)
rNew International Version (NIV)

12I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.


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