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[FONT="]Sex, love and marriage! What vital subjects! None can remain unaffected by them. And yet what [/FONT]
[FONT="]ignorance prevails about the real purpose of these gifts of God to mankind. In our country, instruction on these matters is usually not given either by parents to their children [/FONT]
[FONT="]or by pastors to their young people. As a result, young people obtain their information in [/FONT]
[FONT="]perverted forms from the "gutter". The world and the Devil are quick to teach them in their own [/FONT]
[FONT="]way what the church should have taught them first in a pure way. Ignorance about the Scriptural [/FONT]
[FONT="]teaching on these subjects has left most young people defenseless against Satan's subtle attacks in [/FONT]
[FONT="]these realms. This book is an attempt to cater to this need. It seeks to look at sex, love and [/FONT]
[FONT="]marriage from God's viewpoint. [/FONT]
[FONT="]God Himself is the essence of true love and He is the One Who created sex and ordained [/FONT]
[FONT="]marriage. He alone can therefore tell us what love really means, and how sex and marriage can be [/FONT]
[FONT="]used for our greatest good. What God has said in His Word, we shall find is contrary to much that [/FONT]
[FONT="]this world teaches on these subjects. But the teaching of God's Word is like a rock. He who builds [/FONT]
[FONT="]his life on it can never fall - no storm or earthquake will ever shake him. [/FONT]
[FONT="]There are some matters on which one cannot be dogmatic: in these I have refrained from [/FONT]
[FONT="]dogmatism. But there are other matters on which one cannot but be firm. On such matters I have [/FONT]
[FONT="]tried to express myself unequivocally. [/FONT]
[FONT="]I have done some plain speaking in this book which may shock the prudes! There are some strong [/FONT]
[FONT="]statements too. Most evangelical Christians in India, I fear, have soft-pedaled these issues for too [/FONT]
[FONT="]long. Many a young life might have been saved from ruin if Christian leaders had spoken with a [/FONT]
[FONT="]firmer voice on these matters. Hence I make no apology for hitting hard in some places. I have [/FONT]
[FONT="]seen many Christians falling into Satan's traps in the realm of sex. I have also seen many [/FONT]
[FONT="]"Christian" marriages that have fulfilled the devil's purpose instead of God's. I cannot but open [/FONT]
[FONT="]fire now with the deadliest weapons in the armoury. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Chapter Six, "FOR GIRLS ONLY", has been kindly contributed by my wife. [/FONT]
[FONT="]I would urge young people to read through this book seriously. To be forewarned is to be [/FONT]
[FONT="]forearmed. Prevention is better than cure. Taking heed to what is said herein may save you from [/FONT]
[FONT="]many a heartache and many a shipwreck in the future. [/FONT]
[FONT="]In many places where I have used the pronouns, "he" and "him", they do not refer only to men. I [/FONT]
[FONT="]have used these words in a generic way to refer to mankind in general - and so women are [/FONT]
[FONT="]included too. The places where this is so will be obvious to the reader. [/FONT]
[FONT="]I am indebted to a number of believers who read through the original manuscript and offered [/FONT]
[FONT="]helpful comments. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Scripture quotations are from the Amplified Bible except where otherwise stated: Amplified Old [/FONT]
[FONT="]Testament
[FONT="]ignorance prevails about the real purpose of these gifts of God to mankind. In our country, instruction on these matters is usually not given either by parents to their children [/FONT]
[FONT="]or by pastors to their young people. As a result, young people obtain their information in [/FONT]
[FONT="]perverted forms from the "gutter". The world and the Devil are quick to teach them in their own [/FONT]
[FONT="]way what the church should have taught them first in a pure way. Ignorance about the Scriptural [/FONT]
[FONT="]teaching on these subjects has left most young people defenseless against Satan's subtle attacks in [/FONT]
[FONT="]these realms. This book is an attempt to cater to this need. It seeks to look at sex, love and [/FONT]
[FONT="]marriage from God's viewpoint. [/FONT]
[FONT="]God Himself is the essence of true love and He is the One Who created sex and ordained [/FONT]
[FONT="]marriage. He alone can therefore tell us what love really means, and how sex and marriage can be [/FONT]
[FONT="]used for our greatest good. What God has said in His Word, we shall find is contrary to much that [/FONT]
[FONT="]this world teaches on these subjects. But the teaching of God's Word is like a rock. He who builds [/FONT]
[FONT="]his life on it can never fall - no storm or earthquake will ever shake him. [/FONT]
[FONT="]There are some matters on which one cannot be dogmatic: in these I have refrained from [/FONT]
[FONT="]dogmatism. But there are other matters on which one cannot but be firm. On such matters I have [/FONT]
[FONT="]tried to express myself unequivocally. [/FONT]
[FONT="]I have done some plain speaking in this book which may shock the prudes! There are some strong [/FONT]
[FONT="]statements too. Most evangelical Christians in India, I fear, have soft-pedaled these issues for too [/FONT]
[FONT="]long. Many a young life might have been saved from ruin if Christian leaders had spoken with a [/FONT]
[FONT="]firmer voice on these matters. Hence I make no apology for hitting hard in some places. I have [/FONT]
[FONT="]seen many Christians falling into Satan's traps in the realm of sex. I have also seen many [/FONT]
[FONT="]"Christian" marriages that have fulfilled the devil's purpose instead of God's. I cannot but open [/FONT]
[FONT="]fire now with the deadliest weapons in the armoury. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Chapter Six, "FOR GIRLS ONLY", has been kindly contributed by my wife. [/FONT]
[FONT="]I would urge young people to read through this book seriously. To be forewarned is to be [/FONT]
[FONT="]forearmed. Prevention is better than cure. Taking heed to what is said herein may save you from [/FONT]
[FONT="]many a heartache and many a shipwreck in the future. [/FONT]
[FONT="]In many places where I have used the pronouns, "he" and "him", they do not refer only to men. I [/FONT]
[FONT="]have used these words in a generic way to refer to mankind in general - and so women are [/FONT]
[FONT="]included too. The places where this is so will be obvious to the reader. [/FONT]
[FONT="]I am indebted to a number of believers who read through the original manuscript and offered [/FONT]
[FONT="]helpful comments. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Scripture quotations are from the Amplified Bible except where otherwise stated: Amplified Old [/FONT]
[FONT="]Testament