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I am not talking about couple friendships either. The young women with whom I was friends before marriage did not meet or marry their husbands at my wedding; nor did the young men with whom my wife was friends meet or marry their wives at her wedding. The friendships endured beyond the time of our marriage.
The only one really debating is Jason.and the reason it turned into this is a certain person is trying to turn this simple thing into a hell-bound sin. and I personally do not want a young believer to be turned away from the faith by someone's ridiculous un- Biblical " rules". because that happened to me when I was about that age, and do not want it to happen to this young man.
Scripure says, fear not them that kill the body, but fear the one who can destroy both body and soul in Gehenna (i.e. the Lake of Fire). It also says the fear of the Lord that we persuade men. It also says, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and to depart from evil is understanding. Scripture also says, Perfect love casts out fear.
In other words, fear of the Lord is good, but in time when you perfect your walk with God (i.e. perfect love), it will cast out fear.
As for a monastery: That is Catholicism, which is an unbiblical institution.
In other words, fear of the Lord is good, but in time when you perfect your walk with God (i.e. perfect love), it will cast out fear.
As for a monastery: That is Catholicism, which is an unbiblical institution.
Let's not split hairs here. There is a huge difference between being kind and friendly to someone when you encounter them versus being overly friendly in the sense of calling them up or trying to visit them when their significant other is not around. For imagine if you are married to the woman of your dreams. Now imagine what it would be like it if your next door neighbor who was super handsome started coming over all the time to chat with your wife while you were not home. How would you feel if you found them laughing and chatting in your house or on your property all the time? What happens if your wife is not home and she is over his house? Would you think that such a thing is not appropriate? Now, there is a certain room for exceptions. Obviously if her car broke down and or it was a special circumstance, this was not be unsual for them to be seen together. But just to hang out and to socialize all the time is not appropriate.
Sex only exists within the bounds of marriage for God. Anything else is sin. But man is evil and he desires to serve his carnal nature rather than serve God. Unsaved men or the world thinks that sex is normal outside of marriage. They believe dating is one step in getting somebody in bed as per a normal relationship in dating someone. For nobody dates today with the intention that they do not want to be close intimately. I imagine there are a few. But these are the types of dates that are not descriptive of a normal relationship. Dating involves a romantic level at some point. It involves one in being intimate with someone, both for the unbeliever and the believer. To the believer, sex is only within marriage and It is about joining with them and becoming one flesh. For surely if taking a woman to the Prom is not about wanting to be close to them intimately at some point (Both mentailly, physically, (and or spiritually in the case with believers)), then why don't people just ask one of their own good friends of the same sex to go to the prom with them as their date?
If that was the case, then you were turning away from the Word of God. As I said before. God's Word can be offensive to people. However, there are preachers out there that can tickle men's ears to convince them that they can serve both God and their carnal nature, though. However, such a teaching is the wide gate and not the narrow gate, though. For it is obviously easier to do evil or wrong than to do what is right.
