Christians: What does lust mean to you, as it pertains to sex?

Question

What is your definition of it as a christian, and how exactly do you know a difference in it premarital as opposed to marital and where is this supported in the bible/ premarital lust as opposed to marital lust,

and what is the definition of the desire for sex if not lust and how is the definition of the word different from 'horny' 'randy' 'sexy' etc....?

Answer 1

Lust is lust in or out of marriage.

A desire for sex is natural (trust me, I know) but it is not considered lust. Lust is when you dwell on that desire and you mentally and physically go places you're not supposed to as a result of it.

Horny, I know. Randy is not used in the states. Sexy is a whole different story.

Answer 2

very good questions...lust is usually refered to as the wanting of an individual that you are not married to. Desire would be a lesser form of lust..but acceptable for those that are married. I think the only reason sex should be involved is for procreation. We all no that is not the way it is.. But many person in the past had lots of children.

Answer 3

To me, lust is the intense craving to have something that is not yours.

It therefore cannot be used within the bounds of marriage. There are words in the bible that are translated as lust but which refer to the feeling of desire for something which is yours.

Lust is a sin. Feeling a strong desire for your husband/wife is not - in fact, that's the way it should be!

Peter
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Answer 4

I'm pretty sure the Bible doesn't say you can't lust after your spouse. And I actually think God put the little bug in us to encourage us to engage in the wonderful activity of sex/procreation (closest thing to godliness we can engage in in this life - creation). However, as with anything, God expects us to control our thoughts and desires and to use what we have been given within the guidelines God has set (so don't lust after what is not yours, i.e., your spouse). Sex within marriage is also a bonding experience and not for procreation alone. Just my thoughts.

Answer 5

Lust is sex for strictly self satisfying the sexual drive without thought to procreation and or the other persons feelings. Outside of marriage it basically is all lust like it or not.

Answer 6

Having sex with someone that you are not married to, and living in the flesh instead of obeying God's word which says to avoid lust.

Sex has been reduced to a trashy way of killing time anymore. It was intended to be a beautiful experience between husband and wife, and through that experience they become one with each other, and eventually are blessed with a child that came out of that love.

Lust is cheap and taudry and ugly, and is for whores and is considerred whoredom.

Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

You can resist the temptation of the lust of the flesh to sin by studying God's word. Sex is not as important or as good out of marriage as society portrays it today. Lust is not natural, but love making with a spouce is very natural as God intended it to be.

1 Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Fornication-to commit adultery, go a-whoring, whorish.

If you studied the word of God you would know that God does not want anyone to have sex if they are not married or they are committing fornication.

Satan knows our weakness is our flesh and he will use that as his most favorite ways to break man and woman down and cause them to commit the sin of fornication.

1 Corinthians 7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

Both husband and wife are to enjoy eachother the way God intended them to. Premarital lust is still the same thing as committing adultery. To lust after someone is committing adultery with your heart..

Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

I hope this was helpful to you.

Answer 7

I'll answer your question to the best of my ability. Lust in christian terms means to look at and try to go out with somebody when you don't even really know the peoson, when you are just attracted to that person physicaly. Lust is also when you go after a person just to be sexualy satisfy, not because you two are planing to get engaged with one another

Answer 8

Lust is desiring something that is not yours. You have lust of the eyes, or lust of the flesh. One you actually think about and one that actually happens.

1Jo 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

The desire for sex is exactly that. A Desire. Lust and Desire are very closely related. Inside of marriage, it is undefiled.

Song of Soloman 7:10 ¶ I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.

Heb 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Answer 9

When you are married you have a licence to have as much sex as you both want. 10 times a day if you like or are able. You can lust after you wife or husband as much as you like. You have to keep it inside your marriage however, because if you look at another woman or man, you have sinned with your eyes.

Answer 10

I don't think you can easily separate interest in procreation from lust. Being realistic about it, God probably put lust in our hearts because he wants us to procreate. But I do believe God intends lust as an instrument intended only for procreation and not for all sorts of perversions.