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A radio talk-show
host was asked what she thought about couples living together without the
benefit of marriage. The caller felt
that living together before marriage would be a safeguard against a bad
marriage. He did not want to repeat his parents' mistake of getting married and
then finding out they couldn't bear to live with each other. The talk-show host
pointed out that the divorce rate among couples who lived together before
marriage is higher than for those who did not.
But, more important, what some couples call a
safeguard is something that the Bible calls sin. Whether it happens in the
first or in the 21st century, sex outside of marriage is immorality, and
immorality is sin. When God instituted marriage, he said that a man and woman
who are "united" sexually "become one flesh" (Genesis
2:24). As old-fashioned as it may sound, only a husband and wife are meant to
become one flesh.
Sex is a special gift from God to be enjoyed within
the bond of marriage. Outside of marriage it is destructive. Millions live with
the guilt of a sexually promiscuous lifestyle. Sexually transmitted diseases
are at an all-time high. Thousands of children are born as an unwanted
consequence of sex outside of marriage. God gave his guidelines to protect us,
not to keep us from enjoying life. So we ignore those guidelines at our own
peril.
PRAYER:
Lord, we thank you for creating us male and female
and for the gift of sex. Help us to enjoy your gift the way you intended. In
Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
「你们要逃避淫行……惟有行淫的，是得罪自己的身子。」
(林前6:18; 6:12-20)
一位电台访谈节目主持人曾被问及她对同居的看法，打电话来的听众认为先同居后结婚，可以防止婚姻失败，他不想重蹈父母的覆辙，在结婚后才发现大家相处不来。不过主持人却提出一些数据，就是先同居后结婚的夫妇，其离婚率往往高于没有先同居的。
而更重要的是，同居的人所谓的保障，圣经称之为罪。不管是在第一世纪或二十一世纪，婚外性行为都是淫乱，而淫乱就是罪。当神设立婚姻，祂说一男一女在肉体上「连合」，二人便「成为一体」（创世记2:24），这说法虽然好像已落伍，但只有一夫一妻才能成为一体。
性是神所赐的特别礼物，只可在婚姻关系上享受，婚外性行为是会破坏婚姻的。数以百万人因为男女关系混乱而带着罪疚感生活，而因着性行为传播的疾病空前高涨，婚外性行为导致数以千计的儿童沦为弃婴。神把祂的指示告诉我们，是要保护我们，并非要妨碍我们享受生命，我们若漠视这些指示，只会自食其果。
祷告:
主啊，我们感谢祢造男造女，以及赐给我们性这份礼物。求祢帮助我们按着祢的心意享受祢所赐的礼物。奉耶稣的名求，阿们。
一位电台访谈节目主持人曾被问及她对同居的看法，打电话来的听众认为先同居后结婚，可以防止婚姻失败，他不想重蹈父母的覆辙，在结婚后才发现大家相处不来。不过主持人却提出一些数据，就是先同居后结婚的夫妇，其离婚率往往高于没有先同居的。
而更重要的是，同居的人所谓的保障，圣经称之为罪。不管是在第一世纪或二十一世纪，婚外性行为都是淫乱，而淫乱就是罪。当神设立婚姻，祂说一男一女在肉体上「连合」，二人便「成为一体」（创世记2:24），这说法虽然好像已落伍，但只有一夫一妻才能成为一体。
性是神所赐的特别礼物，只可在婚姻关系上享受，婚外性行为是会破坏婚姻的。数以百万人因为男女关系混乱而带着罪疚感生活，而因着性行为传播的疾病空前高涨，婚外性行为导致数以千计的儿童沦为弃婴。神把祂的指示告诉我们，是要保护我们，并非要妨碍我们享受生命，我们若漠视这些指示，只会自食其果。
祷告:
主啊，我们感谢祢造男造女，以及赐给我们性这份礼物。求祢帮助我们按着祢的心意享受祢所赐的礼物。奉耶稣的名求，阿们。
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