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2007-11-27 07:27:38 · 12 answers · asked by ☼Christine☼ 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Matt 19 has the heart of the matter:
"Haven't you read," [Jesus] replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."
Jesus is restoring a command from the creation account in Genesis 2:24: For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
When a man and woman marry, they become bonded as one flesh. This bonding is for life--God joins the mating couple together, and he rejects divorce.
This is a very, very important commitment, and there is no escape clause for sexual experimentation or recreation.
Many girls foolishly engage in premarital sex--which is to say unmarried sex. When the thoughts of marriage dissolve, the girl is no longer virgin and less able to maintain the sexual exclusivity of marriage. It hurts her chances of having a successful marriage.
Cheers,
Bruce
2007-11-27 07:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by Bruce 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not as simple as does the Bible say "pre-marital sex" is sinful.
The Bible doesn't use terms that modern english does. However, the concept of sex being for a man and woman in marriage is expressed. Also, sexual sin seems to be big on the list of no nos.
The hebrew scriptures (Old Testamant to us westerners) speak directly to how important a woman keeping her virginity prior to marriage is important. (This is one sided at first glance but an expectation of sexual purity is expected of men prior to marriage as well.)
New Testament supports the same theme
First link speaks to this theme.
The second link below has a 'good' response to your question.
The third link is a little hard core in the terminology but still has some good information.
God bless
2007-11-27 07:45:47 · answer #2 · answered by Consider_This 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In First Corinthians 6:9,10 Paul mentions fornication as something that will prevent a person from entering the kingdom, along with homosexuality (so he was obviously not a homosexual), thievery, etc. Interestingly, he adds, "but that is what some of you were..." showing that Christians were not prejudiced against such persons but tried to help them to do the right thing.
In Matthew chapter 19 (somewhere--you can find it in two minutes) Jesus mentioned that when God brought Adam and Eve together, it was really a marriage (after all, look who gave away the bride!) and was supposed to last from then on. He adds that it also shows that divorce except on grounds of fornication (sex outside the marriage) was not Christian.
Paul was a member of the educated class, educated in the Law, being educated with at least one Roman official, who was quite capable of conversing intelligently with a Roman proconsul and defending himself before the Jewish Supreme Court, the Sanhedrin. So much for "superstitious ramblings!"
Hope this helps, I'm away from any references! Regards, Mike
2007-11-27 07:37:41 · answer #3 · answered by Mike M. 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
1 Corinthians 7:1 is a good example. Matthew 5:27,28 are also good. There are plenty, but I think these two are the most pointed.
2007-11-27 08:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by Matthew P (SL) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acts 15:28-29
"For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials: That you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication; if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell."
This is the set of requirements imposed upon all non-Jews who are Christian. "Fornication" can be several different acts, one of which is premarital sex.
2007-11-27 07:33:56 · answer #5 · answered by Hoosier Daddy 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
One of the main passages is in I Corinthians, chapters 6 and 7. Read both chapters in context; it will help answer your question.
2007-11-27 07:32:03 · answer #6 · answered by Blessed 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
1 Corinthians 6:16-18
Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
[Sexual intimacy "unites" you with the other person. When this uniting of flesh happens outside of marriage, it is called "sexual immorality." One fleshness is to be limited to the one you marry. This is similar to what we saw in Exodus 22:16-17.]
1 Corinthians 7:1-2
Now about the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to live a celibate life. But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
2007-11-27 07:32:08 · answer #7 · answered by Michael 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
1 Corinthians 7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
(burn=desire with lust)
2007-11-27 07:32:48 · answer #8 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Why does it matter? Don't allow yourself to be a slave to the ramblings of superstitious ancient men.
2007-11-27 07:33:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
Look up the word..........fornication.
2007-11-27 07:33:51 · answer #10 · answered by repent 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋