LOVE AND MARRIAGE ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE By: JAN PAWEL LUBEK, May 2003 ============================================ God commands us to be holy in 1 Peter 1:13-16.... Several times in the Bible He calls us to be pure and to flee sexual immorality. A lot of people today are confused as to the meaning of sexual immorality, mostly because we have taken God out of the picture altogether and have skewed (twisted) the definition of morality. Morality has to be based on a standard. That standard is Jesus and He is everything right, pure, and holy. We must measure our actions and thoughts against Him as the standard to judge morality and immorality. People today are not measuring right and wrong by moral, ethical and God's standards. That is where the "gray area" comes in when dealing with morality. Morality is not based on opinions, it is based on the Truth, eg: Jesus! So immorality is anything that goes against God's nature or His ways. So sexual immorality would be doing anything sexual outside of God's plan. We know that God's plan for sex is for it to be within marriage between a husband and wife. (See Gen. 2:24.) So, any sexual act outside of marriage is sexual immorality. Sex was created for the union of man and wife. God's instructions to the first couple, Adam and Eve, were, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh." (Mat. 19-5) (Mat. Chapter 19 is on love and marriage) Hebrews 13:4 tells us that "the marriage bed (should be) kept pure." Sex outside of marriage would bring impurity to the marriage bed. Fornicators & adulterers God will judge. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 says, "Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. (Basically a warning for your own good, to avoid evil and unnecessary consequences) Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." We should therefore, at least, serious try to be Holy. 2 Timothy 2:22 says, "Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart." 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 says, "It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God;" Romans 12:1-2. "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God. This is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." (Spiritual connection and practice is important, because we alone can not do much and will return to our old wicked ways of the flesh) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I wrote this doctrine on chastity aka virginity, the beauty of a woman (or whatever would you call it) with purity in mind because I am a philosopher and I believe in good deeds and in things which are not much known in this world or are simly just dying/going away with time and changing societies, thoughts, traditions, views, outlooks... I want to remind people about some basic everlasting intrinsic values in life. I dont claim to be a saint or some religious fanatic nor do I recommend it but I do think people should take a better look at their lives and meditate on what they are doing, on their deeds, the outcomes of those deeds and meaningful values they produced, concentrate more on the passage of time, meaning of life and purpose we are all put here for, trying to find out where the road leads. You can find out more about waiting for marriage on truelovewaits.com Check the sections on true stories by those who kept virginity and by those who lost it too early and the effect it had on their lives and people around them... Virginity is not the key to true love but I believe if two people are virgins, highest form of love could be achieved. That is not always the case, of course, non-virgins can love as much, but they lack the trust. Many non-virgins, by realizing what they lost realize their mistake and they know how to love and to behave. Many virgins do not care if they are virgins, only when they realize what they lost, they change, but it's too late. Being a virgin is not enough, good behavior and soul of an individual counts as much, virginity is not only physical to a certain level, it is also spiritual. Information on John Paul The Great's last and most important quotes to the world: encyclopediasupreme.org/jp2 The Fight of, Lifes of Persecuted Chinese Bishops: encyclopediasupreme.org/chibish America, It's Founding Fathers & Abortion: encyclopediasupreme.org/Abortion