Stop all the rules about Christian dating. 1 Corinthians 7:25
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If you're going to interpret that as just thinking about sex is a sin, you may as well go out and have sex. Jesus was talking about adultery,. Adultery is about having sex with someone who is not your spouse. It's not about 2 single people. The Greek word for a single woman and married woman is the same. Look at the context of what he said,
Perhaps another explanation is in order as I believe your understanding comes from to narrow a focus.
What was God's original design in marriage and procreation?
Having made man in His image He gave them the command to be fruitful and multiply. Why? To fulfill His purpose as stated in Habakkuk 2:14...For the earth shall be filled with the glory of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. How would this come to be? As the image of the LORD was proliferated by mankind so would the knowledge of God expand until the earth was full of His glory. Obviously this planned had to be altered as sin entered the equation and the image of God was marred in man.
The point I'm attempting to make is that your concerns about intimacy are in the flesh. Your desire is not to see God glorified but to fulfill your fleshly desires.
You mentioned others who have sought to be helpful. My opinion is that they were very well meaning and truly desirous of helping you. When they said that you should wait upon the Lord to choose a mate for you, they were probably thinking about Proverbs 3:5-6. Here we are exhorted to trust the Lord in all things and He will direct our paths.
I truly hope you will at least attempt to understand my line of reasoning and at least prayerfully consider this post.
What was God's original design in marriage and procreation?
Having made man in His image He gave them the command to be fruitful and multiply. Why? To fulfill His purpose as stated in Habakkuk 2:14...For the earth shall be filled with the glory of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. How would this come to be? As the image of the LORD was proliferated by mankind so would the knowledge of God expand until the earth was full of His glory. Obviously this planned had to be altered as sin entered the equation and the image of God was marred in man.
The point I'm attempting to make is that your concerns about intimacy are in the flesh. Your desire is not to see God glorified but to fulfill your fleshly desires.
You mentioned others who have sought to be helpful. My opinion is that they were very well meaning and truly desirous of helping you. When they said that you should wait upon the Lord to choose a mate for you, they were probably thinking about Proverbs 3:5-6. Here we are exhorted to trust the Lord in all things and He will direct our paths.
I truly hope you will at least attempt to understand my line of reasoning and at least prayerfully consider this post.
it is direct vs indirect. Angels and Adam were called the sons of God because God directly created them. In the old testament at various times talking to prophets God called them sons of man. He was calling them sons of Adam. As all of us born after Adam are a indirect creation of God but a direct creation of Adam or sons of man. As we are born of human hands. God is the creator, however, we are a indirect creation vs Adam was directly created of his hands.
When we are born again we become a direct creation of God and the Holy Spirit and why we are called the sons of God in the New Testament as God has created us. Why Nicodemus asked if we had to enter into again into our mothers womb. However, that is not the case as the new creation our spiritual rebirth is a direct creation by God himself and why there is a distinction in the bible of the use of sons of God and sons of men just shows the direct creation vs the indirect creation. When Christ comes for us we will receive a new body again a direct creation of God so that from body to spirit the whole man is new and a direct creation of God.
Reproduction is indirect or being reproduced is, but being born again is direct a direct production vs a reproduction. Not sure if you are a military person or have knowledge in that subject but we call infantry direct fire and artillery indirect fire. So is just a means of distinction so is the same for sons of God and sons of man just a distinction having to do with our old creation and our new creation. Just a distinction how we came to be and how we will come to be now after the price Christ paid.
When we are born again we become a direct creation of God and the Holy Spirit and why we are called the sons of God in the New Testament as God has created us. Why Nicodemus asked if we had to enter into again into our mothers womb. However, that is not the case as the new creation our spiritual rebirth is a direct creation by God himself and why there is a distinction in the bible of the use of sons of God and sons of men just shows the direct creation vs the indirect creation. When Christ comes for us we will receive a new body again a direct creation of God so that from body to spirit the whole man is new and a direct creation of God.
Reproduction is indirect or being reproduced is, but being born again is direct a direct production vs a reproduction. Not sure if you are a military person or have knowledge in that subject but we call infantry direct fire and artillery indirect fire. So is just a means of distinction so is the same for sons of God and sons of man just a distinction having to do with our old creation and our new creation. Just a distinction how we came to be and how we will come to be now after the price Christ paid.
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This is an interesting read.
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We know that God does not equate sexual intercourse with marriage based on the fact that the Old Testament often distinguishes a wife from a concubine.
Also, 1 Corinthians 7:2 indicates that sex before marriage is immorality. If sexual intercourse causes a couple to become married, it could not be considered immoral, as the couple would be considered married the moment they engaged in sexual intercourse.
Some point to Genesis 24 and the story of Isaac and Rebekah as an example of a couple being married solely by sexual intercourse, without any type of ceremony. But the details that lead up the marriage reveal that a formal process was followed.
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We know that God does not equate sexual intercourse with marriage based on the fact that the Old Testament often distinguishes a wife from a concubine.
Also, 1 Corinthians 7:2 indicates that sex before marriage is immorality. If sexual intercourse causes a couple to become married, it could not be considered immoral, as the couple would be considered married the moment they engaged in sexual intercourse.
Some point to Genesis 24 and the story of Isaac and Rebekah as an example of a couple being married solely by sexual intercourse, without any type of ceremony. But the details that lead up the marriage reveal that a formal process was followed.
