Affection: Where do you draw the line for a single Christian man or woman?

The thing is that it will take a certain measure of lusting as you put it or desire as I put it before a woman can actually become your wife. I certainly do believe that there is no sin in desiring to be an intimate with the one that you love if you are considering this woman to become your wife and with the understanding that if this happens you will be loving and faithful until death do you part. Even Paul wrote that it is better to be married than to burn with the passion. Perhaps he was referring to lust. I don't really consider him to be an authority on matters of the heart but he had the right idea and understood the basic concepts of love and marriage. These two go together like a 'horse and carriage' but then again, I could be wrong because I am not musically inclined but rather romantically inclined.

I simply read what Jesus said in His sermon on the mount and believe it as it is written.. I do not try to resist it or try to find loopholes.. I acknowledge that i have sinned every time i had lust for a woman who was/ is not my wife and thank God for the gift of the Atonement of the LORD Jesus Christ which pays the penalty that was upon me due to all the times i have lusted..

See that way i have not tried to make excuses or tried to justify my transgressions because i want to feel like a good person.. Zero resistance to the Word of God means i knowledge that all my transgressions against Gods will are transgressions that i am in need of His Atonement for.. That way i am covered and i can be confident that i am saved..

But i fear for people who do their best to justify or dodge or seek to find some form of loophole around the revelations of God.. As the Borg would say.. Resistance is futile.. When it comes to God and His revealed will,, resistance is indeed futile..

Didn't you know, God just assigns people together?

Lusting over a wife is not sin... because she is your wife..

Your lusting towards other woman who where or are not your wife is sin..

My question is, can one “lust” over their spouse?

Imo, I don’t think so as I would then label that as “love” towards your spouse.

But idk - maybe the married peeps in here can answer that.

I think MORE people should lusr over thier spouses..maybe theyd be less divorces that way...:/

How can one spouse lust over their spouse when they have them already? Lol.

Lust just means to strongly desire something. It doesn't have to be a person either.

To always desire love and lust after a spouse is awesome..just because you "have them" doesnt mean all that should stop..in MY mind..thats when it should intensify

Definition :

Lust is a term for a strong desire or wanting, or maybe even needing, often for sexual acts, although it is also commonly used to talk of a lust for life or a lust for power or for other goals.

Ahhhh.

I lust for, donuts.

lust
lʌst/
noun

1. 1.
   strong sexual desire.
   "he knew that his lust for her had returned"
   synonyms:sexual desire, sexual appetite, sexual longing, sexual passion, lustfulness, ardour, desire, passion; More
   
   

verb

1. 1.
   have strong sexual desire for someone.
   "he really lusted after me in those days"
   synonyms:desire, be consumed with desire for, find sexually attractive, find sexy, crave, covet, want, wish for, long for, yearn for, hunger for, thirst for, ache for, burn for, pant for; More

Yup..lust after ones spouse..God approved lol

Me toooooo

Did you lust after your ex husband? Lol.

Yes..but he lusted after another woman

Ok. I think my understanding of lust is different.

I don’t know if I can lust over someone I already love.

But then again, I haven’t been married so I wouldn’t know. 😂

I didn't know that Tommy. I thought he just drew lots to see who people end up with. I guess that I was fortunate to get the long straw instead of the short straw. Maybe he tosses dice, who knows, but there is a precedent for that in the bible.