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Dolfanatic

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Sex and the single Christian
Posted : 7 Mar, 2011 04:17 AM

If a man, or a woman, cannot control their sexual urges before marriage, how can you trust them to control them when married? If you have a man telling you that sex is OK before marriage, run as fast as you can. You have no guarantee that he will remain faithful to a marriage.

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Premarital sex
Posted : 19 Jul, 2010 06:58 PM

Sex is a wonderful gift from God, to be enjoyed within the context of marriage. It is NEVER acceptable to engage in a sexual relationship outside of marriage. Within marriage, it is a way for husband and wife to draw closer physically, emotionally, and spiritually, especially when both partners (especially the male) makes pleasing the other their primary goal.



As for the divorce question, Matthew 19 mentioned the husband putting away his wife, and there are those who believe that the context is the idea of a separation without a complete divorce. If that is true, then the woman, along with the man she married, would be guilty of adultery. In the first century, it was nearly impossible for a woman to survive on her own, and a man forcing his wife out of the home without divorcing her set her up for a hopeless situation. And, if something less than a complete divorce is being addressed by Jesus, then it would follow that when there is a divorce, then either party could marry again.