Christians: How does God punish people who have sex before marriage?

Question

there are punishments

Answer 1

God created sex especially for married couples. Of course he created our bodies and He knows the sexual urges that we have. He knows how hard it is to wait and remain celibate until marriage. God wants us to seek Him and His Word when faced w/ such temptations so that we will resist fornication. For those Christians who have given in to temptation, it's fine as long as u ask for forgiveness. Not everyone is perfect and God knows ur heart. Our sins are forgiven due to Jesus' cruxifiction and resurrection. As long as we believe, God will remain with us. I'm 17, and I strongly resist sex before marriage. Even though I have been tempted, I stood my ground. Good rewards happen when u follow God's commandments. God will surely bless u w/ someone who is willing to wait with u.

Answer 2

God is loving but His love does not contradict His truth and justice. It means that, a sin is a sin. It's wrong. Just because God is loving, doesn't mean a sin will be not-a-sin. Some sins are also mortal sins, such as sex before marriage. Your friend should sincerely ask for His forgiveness. If he's Catholic, he must go to confession immediately. He should also do more charity works as an act of reparation. Will God punish him? Sin does invite punishment, but what He'll do exactly, we never know. Because we can't judge. If there seems to be punishment at all, it is an act of reparation and your friend must endure it happily and prayerfully. It means God still loves him, because he's still given a chance to repent. Your friend feeling bad is already a great start, by the way. He should feel grateful that his conscience is still working =)

Answer 3

Well, our "punishments" are that He allows us to make the choices and then to pay the consequences for those choices, whatever may result. It may be pregnancy, or disease. That is why I say pro-choice BEFORE sex NOT AFTER....

If we never ask forgiveness and turn from our sin, we will not be forgiven. So, that would be the permanant "punishment." Whereas the ones we suffer here are of our own doing and may or may not be lifelong.

Every thing God said not to do, or to do, for that matter, was for our own good. He knows what He is doing, much better than we do! Father Knows Best! When he says, don't lie, it is not only just because it's the right thing to do, it is to spare us the pain and guilt feelings and so on that goes with these things. Imagine if every one of us followed the 10 commandments. How nice life would be!!!!...honesty, fidelity, love, all these things and more would abound!!!But unfortunately, we don't, so this life sucks.

Answer 4

God doesn't, even though you may think to there some wrong here. God, not man, judges.

Here are the facts: There is nothing about premarital sex in the bible. For Christian there is 1 Cor 10:23-24, but nothing regarding premarital sex.

Why? Because marriages were arranged. The girls were consider the property of the fathers and later than husband. The type of marriage we have is Roman, not biblical.

So get out your bible and read so in the way you may clarify what you do not understand.

Answer 5

I don't know what kind of God you are referring to, but in Christianity, God does not punish anyone. You suffer the consequences of your own actions. so the question is,

What are the consequences of pre-marital sex?

You are unwrapping a precious gift from God and spoiling it for yourself when the right time comes.

If you’re like me, you’ve been told that sex is bad. But when you ask why, you hear something like, “It’s just bad, so don’t do it,” or “You’ll get a disease or get pregnant!” While I’m sure you realize that sex has its consequences—and they might be bad if they happen—these reasons aren’t always convincing.

Our generation has been taught how to avoid venereal infections, but what we really want to know is how to find, build, and maintain a relationship of real love. Sex is supposed to be a great gift, so it’s easy to get tired of hearing about the diseases and unwed pregnancy rates. If you’re ready for a different approach, and you want the gift of sex to be as great as it was meant to be, read on.

“How do I find love?”

Everyone wants love. Everyone longs to give himself or herself to another. We’re made for love, and that need in us is so deep that many would rather risk getting pregnant or getting an STD than live without love. We may be willing to take these risks because the world tells us that sex equals love. Then we see relationships in which sex destroyed love, and we wonder what went wrong. The only solution capable of breaking through this hurt and confusion is the virtue known as chastity.

“What’s chastity?”

Chastity is a virtue (like courage or honesty) that applies to a person’s sexuality. It means that you take all of your sexual desires and order them according to the demands of real love. For example, when you love a person, you make whatever sacrifice is best for them and you do whatever is necessary to keep from harming them. Chastity means that you take this definition of love and apply it to sex.

Some think that chastity simply means “no sex.” But that’s abstinence: focusing on what you can’t do and can’t have. Chastity is what you can do and can have, right now: a lifestyle that brings freedom, respect, peace, and even romance—without regret. Chastity frees a couple from the selfish attitude of using each other as objects, thus making them capable of true love.

Answer 6

No there aren't. Jesus died for what?? Our sins. I had sex before I was married, and I'm a Christian. It says three things in the bible that apply here:

1. God hates all sin. If you think about sinning, you've already sinned. All sins are viewed in the same way by God, he will not tolerate the presence of it.

2. God sent Jesus to die for our sins. So we don't have to live in fear of death if we don't want to.

3. God gave us a will. We make our choices, of course every action has a reaction, but that's life.

Answer 7

Doesn't punish. that is mans peception of what their idea God should do. Did God punish ADAM AND EVE for haveing sex in the GARDEN of EDEN. NO. The punishment was for eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Answer 8

Oh, Thank the Goddess I'm Wiccan!You mean people actually believe God punishes people for that?No wonder psychology is a booming business!

Answer 9

God does not punish for immorality but immorals acts are result of sin and sin is the thing that will cause everlasting punishment.....God does not damm man,,,,rather man damms himself and chooses to be dammed or aquitted from his / hers innicquites through the Grace that God has given through and by His son Christ Jesus.

Answer 10

natural human events take place in lives of Christians and non-Christians. Christians try to wait for marriage for sex but not all do. All who have sex before have sinned. The results are unplanned pregnancy, std's, heartbreak, for all people not just Christians. The Christian will know they have sinned and regret it.