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The dictionary meaning of the
word "fornication" means any unlawful sexual intercourse including
adultery. In the Bible the Greek definition of the word "fornication"
means to commit illicit sexual intercourse.
Fornication is not just
tolerated in our society but is actually being encouraged. The sin of
fornication is being committed even among Christians, as many couples
"live together" what I describe as ‘Play House’ and have sex before marriage.
The Bible tells us to flee
this sin. Christians of the opposite sex who share an apartment claim they were
not having sex so this surely wasn't wrong. The Bible declares these words in 1 Thessalonians 5:22-23:
"Abstain from all
appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray
God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Our lives as Christians are a
living witness to others and we cannot break the laws of God without hindering
others from coming to Christ. We must live our lives in purity before a sinful
and wicked world. We should not be living according to their standards but
according to God's standard in the Bible. No couple should live together
outside the bonds of marriage.
Statistics however, show that
those who live together before marriage are more likely to get a divorce than
those who do not. Living together shows a total lack of trust in God and a
failure to commit to Him the choosing of a mate. Christians who are living in
this situation are out
of the will of God and need to repent and seek God as to whether this person is
the right one for them. If
it is God's will for them to be together they should marry. Otherwise, they
need to change their living arrangements.
As Christians, the goal of any
relationship should be to cause the people in our lives to love and know the
Lord better. Living together is shameful and selfish as the parties do not care
what others think or how they might affect their families and others. They are
living to please their own lust and selfish desires.
This type of life style is
destructive and especially so for children whose parents are living a bad
example before them. No
wonder our children are confused about right and wrong when parents degrade the
sanctity of marriage by
living together out of wedlock. How can living together cause children to love
and honor God when their parents break the laws of God before them because
they are lustful?
Young people today need to be
taught to abstain from sexual intercourse and remain pure virgins before marriage. So many problems in marriages today
stem from the fact that they are not virgins when they marry. Young people are
bringing wounded emotions and diseased bodies into their marriages because of
prior promiscuous affairs.
The sin of fornication is not
only defined as illicit sexual intercourse between those who are not married
but also is an umbrella for other sexual sins as well. The Bible also speaks of
the sin of incest as fornication in 1
Corinthians 5:1:
"It is reported
commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so
much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife."
The Bible must be our standard
of what is right and wrong.
We must change our standards if we do not want the wrath of God
to fall on us. God hates sin but He loves the sinner. If anyone repents and
calls on Jesus today He will help them to come out of any illicit relationship
and heal them of all past hurts and even heal any disease that they may have contracted.
God gave us the laws in the
Bible for our good. They are not meant to deny us any good thing but they are
given so we can enjoy the proper sexual relationship in the proper time. If we
obey the words of the Bible and "flee
fornication" and
glorify God in our bodies, the Lord will bless us beyond what
we could believe.
Relationships based on sex do
not last! Start with physical and then find out you don’t even like each other.
You never grew together intellectually, emotionally, or spiritually!
