Maybe I can be a voice to that "one person" as they say.......
A voice that tells you simply - - It is NOT acceptable, permissable, alright, excused, or okay for you to live with your boyfriend/girlfriend before or out of marriage. Although this world has somehow blindly come to accept that it is......God does not. WHY has this act become a situation that is so permissable and accepted as a normal way of life today?? WHY are the churches not loudly proclaiming to every adult - "You don't live together before you are married!" ??
For years I have cried out - "Someone PLEASE tell my children this is not an acceptable way of life. It dishonors God and the act of marriage He has ordained." And not let it just be me, my husband, and their grandmother. But sadly......no one does. That hurts like a hurt that can't be explained. So, if I can be that voice in the wilderness- and God allows me to be - then maybe you will read this and understand why it isn't okay anymore.
You may be asking "Well who are YOU to be making such bold decisions of what is right and wrong in this world??" And my answer to you would be "I am no one especially chosen to enlighten the world of it's wrongdoing. Rather, I am a Mother who loves her children deeply. A Mother that longs to see her children make godly decisions in their life, and follow the One true God Who loves them more than I ever could. A Mother who has read God's Words."
You see....God has made this decision that it is wrong and not this Mother.
Find a Bible and look up these verses along with me so that you too can see: Ephesians 5:31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." No where does it say that a man shall leave his father and mother and move in with his girlfriend before she becomes his wife. No, rather it says a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife. That same verse orginated from the beginning of time, with Adam and Eve as the first ones being told this in Genesis 2:24.
Living together before the thought of marriage....or not......only invites tremendous temptation that you are placing yourself in. The Bible tells us to flee temptation - And that temptation being sex before marriage - and not to continually expose ourself to temptation. 1 Corinthians 6:18 "Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body."
You see, premarital sex is wrong in all matters and is repeatedly condemned in scripture alone with all sexual immorality. "The Bible promotes complete abstinence outside of (and before) marriage. Sex before marriage is just as wrong as adultery and other forms of sexual immorality, because they all involve having sex with someone you are not married to."
Ephesians 5:3 "But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people."
1 Thessalonians 4:3 "It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality."
Colossians 3:5-7 "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these in the life you once lived."
1 Corinthians 6:13 "The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body."
verse 19 and 20 "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whome you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your body."
Galatians 5:19 "The acts of a sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery."
"The Greek word translated “sexual immorality” or “fornication” in these verses is porneia (from which we get the English word pornography), and it means literally “unlawful lust.” Since the only form of lawful sexuality is the marriage of one man and one woman Genesis 2:24 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.";Matthew 19:5 ""For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.", then anything outside of marriage, whether it is adultery, premarital sex, homosexuality, or anything else, is unlawful, in other words, sin. Living together before marriage definitely falls into the category of fornication—sexual sin."
"Hebrews 13:4 describes the honorable state of marriage: “Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.” This verse draws a clear distinction between that which is pure and honorable—marriage—and that which is sexually immoral—anything outside of marriage. As living together outside of marriage falls into this category, it is definitely sin. Anyone living together outside of lawful marriage invites the displeasure and judgment of God.
If this is your path that you have chosen PLEASE, PLEASE know this.....God forgives, God heals, God restores. I know this to be O so true in my very own life, for I am by no means perfect and have made many wrong choices. In 1 John 1:9 God tells us of His forgiveness "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from ALL unrighteousness." Romans 4:7 also reminds us of God's great forgiveness "Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered."
Young adult.....adult......won't you make the right choice today and start following God's Word to live a life that is set apart from this world -"As believers, we should be set apart from the world. This is the meaning of being holy and living a holy, righteous life—to be set apart. We are not to engage in the sinful activities the world promotes, nor are we to retain the insipid, corrupt mind that the world creates. Rather, we are to conform ourselves, and our minds, to that of Jesus Christ (Romans 12:1-2). This is a daily activity and commitment.
Romans 12:1-2 "Therefore, I urge you, brothers (and sisters), 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. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will."
"Being “in” the world also means we can enjoy the things of the world, such as the beautiful creation God has given us, but we are not to immerse ourselves in what the world values, nor are we to chase after worldly pleasures. Pleasure is no longer our calling in life, as it once was, but rather the worship of God."
And isn't it what this life is all about??
Worship....worship to a God Who has given His ALL for us.
Father, thank you for allowing me to write this today for you....for I do NOT choose to speak with my own authority or voice.....but in and through yours. May this Blog touch one, a few, or many who may have strayed and need simple guidance back to you and your truths.
I love you always......
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