Say No to Pre-marital Sex

I can just hear the sighs and groans ... 'here we go again'! But helllloooo … we'll never stop talking about it because pre-marital sex is the harbinger of all other variants of sexual immorality. Pre-marital sex means having sexual intercourse before marriage. But whether it is referred to as pre-marital experience, assuming one is talking of sexual intercourse or perversion of the same, the word of God implies it all by calling it fornication. It knows no exception. It allows none. Renaming fornication does not change the act or remove the consequence. Those who commit fornication, commit sin.

It is a sin against God, against His will, His word and His way. Judgement will fall on those who are guilty of fornication and who fail to turn in repentance. (I Cor. 6:9-11). For this reason Paul writes in I Cor. 7:2, "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife and every woman have her own husband". Temptation is not a sin, fornication is.

The core of pre-marital sex is LUST - a desire to have or seek to have what is not rightfully yours. 

LOVE is not LUST. 

LOVE is the opposite of LUST. 

LOVE is concerned about GIVING, LUST with GETTING. 

LUST is wrapped up in SELF, LOVE is wrapped up in GOD and OTHERS. 

While LUST seeks to please and satisfy SELF, LOVE seeks to please GOD and OTHERS (see Romans 15:1-3). 

LOVE is thankful for what God has given; LUST is envious of what others have. 

What do we mean by Lust? 

"Lust is an intense, unrestrained sexual craving; an overwhelming desire, and intense eagerness for sexual pleasure". If this is not madness, tell me what else to call it!

Sex is God's idea - oh, yes. And like everything He created, it is good (Gen. 1:31a). Sex was created for procreation (Gen. 1:27-28) and for recreation (1 Cor. 7:2-5). And for these purposes, the best environment is in marriage. Anything outside of that is SIN. There will always be pressure on young people to ignore their values and warnings to engage in premarital sex but the onus lies on you to keep d 'big picture' in mind. You are looking for love, not lust. You deserve love, not lust. Love preserves, lust destroys. Love endures, lust is a fleeting passion. Love is triumph, lust is disaster!

Quote of the Week!

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres" (1 Cor. 13:4-7).