Can a married man Lust after his own wife?

[xyluz]

I was asked the question, and i could not give an answer...

I'll appreciate your opinions...

Can a married man lust after his own wife? - 1 Thessalonians 4: 1-5

thank you in advance

[Guest Butero]

There was a controversy when a former Pope said this was possible, and made out like it was a sin.  There was such a backlash, he made a clarification, but I don't recall it making much sense.  I suppose you can lust after anything, but the question is, would it be a sin?  I don't see how it could be, so my opinion is that you can lust after your own wife, but there is no sin in it.  It is not adultery or fornication. 

[AllTheGoodNamesAreTaken]

Lust is a sin, but that wasn't the question. I would suggest reading Song of Solomon. 

[xyluz]

Lust is a sin, but that wasn't the question. I would suggest reading Song of Solomon. 

what part of songs of Solomon?

 

[FreeinChrist]

I was asked the question, and i could not give an answer...

I'll appreciate your opinions...

Can a married man lust after his own wife? - 1 Thessalonians 4: 1-5

thank you in advance

As I see it no, because in I Thessalonians 4:3-5 it speaks of fornication (v. 3) than Paul tells us in v. 4, for one to possess his vessels in sanctification and honor to which the writer of Hebrews and even Paul address further in the following passages:

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.   Hebrews 13:4

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every women have her own husband.   I Corinthians 7:2

So that we are told that marriage is honorable in all, and the bed is pure by the writer of Hebrews; while Paul tells us to avoid fornication let the man have his own wife, and woman her own husband. 

[xyluz]

As I see it no, because in I Thessalonians 4:3-5 it speaks of fornication (v. 3) than Paul tells us in v. 4, for one to possess his vessels in sanctification and honor to which the writer of Hebrews and even Paul address further in the following passages:

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.   Hebrews 13:4

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every women have her own husband.   I Corinthians 7:2

So that we are told that marriage is honorable in all, and the bed is pure by the writer of Hebrews; while Paul tells us to avoid fornication let the man have his own wife, and woman her own husband. 

I don't think he was talking about fornication, can fornication be committed with your own wife..?

[Guest shiloh357]

I was asked the question, and i could not give an answer...

I'll appreciate your opinions...

Can a married man lust after his own wife? - 1 Thessalonians 4: 1-5

thank you in advance

No, one cannot lust after their spouse, at least not in a way that is sinful.   Spouses are supposed to be sexually attracted to each other and want each other in that way. 

[xyluz]

No, one cannot lust after their spouse, at least not in a way that is sinful.   Spouses are supposed to be sexually attracted to each other and want each other in that way. 

1Th 4:1  Finally, our friends, you learned from us how you should live in order to please God. This is, of course, the way you have been living. And now we beg and urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to do even more.
1Th 4:2  For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
1Th 4:3  God wants you to be holy and completely free from sexual immorality.
1Th 4:4  Each of you should know how to live with your wife in a holy and honorable way,
1Th 4:5  not with a lustful desire, like the heathen who do not know God.

Emphasis mine...

[AllTheGoodNamesAreTaken]

Brother,

After speaking in chat I realize I need to study on the words "lust, desire, covet". 

 

[xyluz]

Brother,

After speaking in chat I realize I need to study on the words "lust, desire, covet". 

ok. Please share when you're done studying