SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE 3: IS THERE ANY HARM TO HAVE CASUAL SEX BETWEEN TWO RESPONSIBLE ADULTS?
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Sex Outside Of Marriage
a) What does the Bible say about sex outside of marriage? Is it a sin to have sexual relationships even if a couple is engaged to be married? Is there any harm to have casual sex between two responsible adults?
2. Is There Any Harm to Have Casual Sex Between Two Responsible Adults?
a) Sexual immorality, even between consenting adults, is harmful to one’s own body (1 Corinthians 6:18). A good example is the risk of exposure to sexually transmitted diseases. If someone is promiscuous they can become infected and then bring a disease into the marriage, even infecting their partner and risking the health of any subsequent children. The HIV virus, Herpes Simplex, and, AIDS are permanent and those infected may pay an enormous cost for the rest of their lives. Some diseases can be fatal.
b) Paul’s advice nearly two thousand years ago is still as relevant today as it was the day it was written in 1 Corinthians 7:1-5: “Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
c) If you are married, it is your God-given responsibility to fulfill your mate’s sexual desires. In I Corinthians 7, Paul says:
Verse 3: “The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.”
Verse 4: “The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife.”
d) Why? “…so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”
e) Every marriage has difficulties. There will be arguments, but sex should never, ever be used as a weapon to get back at the other party or be used in an argument to withhold sex from the other partner because Satan may tempt the other mate. Withholding sex from marriage sets up the vulnerability of losing self-control. And this can lead to infidelity…and sin. It can ruin a marriage.
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1. Sex Outside Of Marriagea) What does the Bible say about sex outside of marriage? Is it a sin to have sexual relationships even if a couple is engaged to be married? Is there any harm to have casual sex between two responsible adults?
2. Is There Any Harm to Have Casual Sex Between Two Responsible Adults?
a) Sexual immorality, even between consenting adults, is harmful to one’s own body (1 Corinthians 6:18). A good example is the risk of exposure to sexually transmitted diseases. If someone is promiscuous they can become infected and then bring a disease into the marriage, even infecting their partner and risking the health of any subsequent children. The HIV virus, Herpes Simplex, and, AIDS are permanent and those infected may pay an enormous cost for the rest of their lives. Some diseases can be fatal.
b) Paul’s advice nearly two thousand years ago is still as relevant today as it was the day it was written in 1 Corinthians 7:1-5: “Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
c) If you are married, it is your God-given responsibility to fulfill your mate’s sexual desires. In I Corinthians 7, Paul says:
Verse 3: “The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.”
Verse 4: “The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife.”
d) Why? “…so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”
e) Every marriage has difficulties. There will be arguments, but sex should never, ever be used as a weapon to get back at the other party or be used in an argument to withhold sex from the other partner because Satan may tempt the other mate. Withholding sex from marriage sets up the vulnerability of losing self-control. And this can lead to infidelity…and sin. It can ruin a marriage.
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