stephann

Do you really think people will stop listening to God because of that? I grew up in a home where God didn't exist. No one ever sat me down and told me about God. No one ever witnessed to me. Yet here I am. The devil has been trying to silence the Word from the very beginning. No matter how much darkness he spreads across this world, there will always be Light. What can we do about gay marriage?........Ignore it. It has nothing to do with us. We should not entangle ourselves with the affairs of the world. We may have to live in this world, but we don't have to be a part of it.

Where do you infer that from? I've never heard of marriage being a promise to the 'community'. I only know it as a promise to God and to your spouse, no more, no less. Other than that, what do you (everyone) think of the fact that if you lie with a woman, you two become one? In the Bible this is mainly a point put across to defer fornication, because if you are intimate with a woman you become a unified body in Christ- not something to be taken lightly, obviously. I also noticed that this idea was used a lot to rebuke prostitution and having many partners, because again, if you lay with a woman you become hers and she yours. Anyway, I guess my point is this- I have been committed to a young woman for 3 years now, and marriage is no taboo subject for us- we want to get married. I can see sex being bad in the case of I go around looking for promiscuous women to be intimate with... but if we are committed to eachother, and want to be married, then I suppose I see 'becoming one flesh' as a positive thing. I really question all this tradition and extra-biblical doctrine hubbub. On another note, I really want to make a proper decision. I may sound like a strapping young lad with his eyes peeled for sex, but I assure you, I really REALLY don't want to sit here and try and justify sex before marriage. I live to glorify God. I've been trying myself from every angle today, thinking about this quite a lot. The urgent matter is the fact that I struggle with self-control, and it seems Paul offered a remedy in 1st Corinthians. But as it may be, if I find myself wrong in my reasoning, then I'll be patient once more. In short, this is how I feel "Wait, so if I struggle with self-control, and I do, I should get married? How do I do that (and hopefully quickly, because I don't want to have to fight this any longer!)?" Again, this is not to say I do not understand the other sides of marriage... I don't want to come off as a naive young boy raging with hormones. Just a short note. I think you are being very responsible in thought and in actions. Not a quality a lot of people any age have anymore. Let me just encourage you to stand strong, fight the good fight of faith and when you have done everything to stand stand some more Ephesians 6:10-18. Wait till your married-it will make it so much more special, and this will please God. When not married even if committed it's considered fornication. Your fighting to do the right thing, stand strong in the power of the Lord. May God Bless You. Stephann