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Until the Time Is Right Originally created for good, the devil has destroyed the idea of “waiting for marriage” and turned sex into something that today’s society flaunts flagrantly and openly with little respect for its first intention. God created sex for marriage and the devil has deceptively convinced people that it is fine to be open with things that need to stay between a husband and wife. This twisted logic is ingrained in today’s society and considered the “normal” and “everyone is doing it,” but is that logic really acceptable? Long before sexual promiscuity became the social norm, C.S. Lewis portrays the temptation to compromise God’s best plan for sexual fulfillment in his novel The Screwtape Letters.

Having a healthy sexual relationship is very important in a marriage (Heller, 2016). 1 Cor 7:3, Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

During that era, the entirety of sexual intercourse (irrespective to the practice of married couples with intentions to procreate) was deemed immoral. This was because any practice of sexual activity was

In the New Testament, Jesus challenges the view of the wife as the man’s property. ‘Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her’. Jesus’ teachings on adultery are all about the harming of relationships. ‘Everyone who looks at another woman with his lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart’. It’s clear from this quote that Jesus strongly disagrees with a husband straying from his wife, and he should be faithful and loyal to her. Matthew also held the same view of adultery ‘If your right eyes causes you to sin then tear it out, it’s better to lose a member than for your whole body to be thrown in to hell’. However, Jesus did forgive the adulterous woman who was brought before him. ‘Neither do I condemn you. Go your way and do not sin again’. He claimed that our intentions are the most important thing.

of the church taught that sexual relations should be avoided if possible and indulged in

at the time and I was not in strong pursuit of God like I am now, I know that premarital sex was a sin and

For a man or woman to think he/she has escaped or is above sexual misconduct is not wise in any way. Rather, he/she has already become prey to the spirits of deceit. “Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise” (1 Corinthians 3:18 NIV).

1 Corinthians 7:3-5 is a great example of how a married couple should fulfill each other’s sexual needs, so sex was made to be a great thing. In verse nine of the same chapter it states that “it’s better to marry than to burn with lust”, which goes back to stating that sex is to be enjoyed in marriage so if someone feels like that they can’t control their sexual urges than they should just get married. The church has preached about this for many years and yet many Christian singles still engage in multiple sexual relationships, watch porn and masturbate and see it as a normal thing. There is an interesting article on Relevant Magazine’s website called “The Secret Sexual Revolution” where they mentioned a surprising statistic of the number of young adult Christians having premarital sex is at eighty percent. What I found most interesting about this article is this

Also, the Church excludes all forms of premarital actions, which occurs either before, during or after sexual intercourse, which specifically is expected to prevent procreation, ‘whether as an end or as a means’.

The New Testament says nothing about premarital sex. Some versions though do mistranslate the Greek word pornei, which means sexual immorality, into the English word fornication, which means sexual intercourse with someone who one is not married to.

Society today, through explicit movie scenes, magazine pictures, and marketing, depicts sex as an everyday activity that has no special importance or value. Society is also starting to deviate from marriage by teaching younger generations that a person does not have to be married in order to live with, have sex with, or even have a child with someone else. However, the Bible teaches us that sex is a sacramental, sacred act between a married couple that does in fact have significant importance. Pope John Paul II, through a series of teachings rooted in the Bible and based off of the theology of the body, reveals God’s plans today for human sexuality. This paper aims to show why culture today emphasizes explicit sexual content and promiscuity,

The morality about sex had a main aim: An ideal of purity based on a chastity code which emphasized the relevance of premarital continence. In order to keep this chastity code, anything related to sex was silenced in an attitude of deliberated ignorance, an attitude of rejection of sex, especially in women, who usually associated sex with a marital duty.

Sex is the sacred sigh of the covenant with God, when a couple has sex they are sealing the covenant with God. Breaking this sign of the covenant is one of the most harmful sins that we as a people can expose ourselves to. In order for us to enter into heaven God says "But among you there must not even be a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity...because these are improper for God's holy people.1" Breaking the sign of the covenant with God is breaking God's law and going against everything God wants for us. God doesn't ask much from us considering all that he has given us, he asks us only to follow his laws, in Jesus said, "If you love me, you will obey what I command.1" Premarital sex goes against God's command and ruins our relationship with him.

Adultery is defined by the catholic church as a “carnal connection between a married person and one unmarried, or between a married person and the spouse of another.” In simple terms, it means having sexual relation with another person outside of one’s own marriage. Since the marriage of a man and a woman is bound by God, a marriage can never be separated. Therefore, both adultery and divorce go against the natural law of man instituted in creation. These sins, especially adultery, undermine the dignity of marriage and go directly against the sixth commandment. Chastity is also extremely important in preserving the sanctity of marriage. Many believe that chastity is only a part of living a good Christian life if you are not married, but chastity can extend to marriage as well. In married people, chastity moderates the desire in conformity with their state of life, marriage. Physical acts that go against our call to chastity in marriage include masturbation, polygamy, and oral or anal

If premarital sexual intercourse is morally impermissible for adults, then it is reasonable to prohibit premarital sexual intercourse for adults (given what we know about the growth and development of young men and women).