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1 | What it the Bible's calling fornication? | Bible general Archive 1 | BillyK | 23502 | ||
What is fornication... what are the guide lines of two people in Love, and two people in Love with God, that are 45 years in age and once married with children. Is kissing fornication, is forplay fornication. What is fornication when the Bible talks about it? Thank You, and God Bless!!! Bill |
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2 | What it the Bible's calling fornication? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 23503 | ||
Greetings BillyK! Here is the definition given for 'fornication' in Harper's Bible Dictionary: "fornication, any type of illicit sexual activity. Included in the realm of sexual misconduct in the ot are seduction, rape, sodomy, bestiality, certain forms of incest, prostitution (male or female), and homosexual relations (cf. Lev. 18; 19:20-22, 29; 20:10-21). The specific sin of adultery, related to marriage, was considered more serious than the others, however, so that a special set of laws governed it. In the nt, almost any form of sexual misconduct (that is, sexual activity outside the marriage relationship) could be designated as fornication or ’immorality’ (cf. 1 Cor. 6:9; 2 Cor. 12:21; Eph. 5:5; Col. 3:5; 1 Thess. 4:3; 1 Tim. 1:10; Heb. 13:4; Jude 7)." Clearly, sex outside of marriage is fornication. I don't believe that kissing is though! :-) The question of where one crosses the line is a tough one, but I believe that forplay (if by that term you mean the touching of genitalia) would be considered fornication. Yours is a situation that more and more Christians are having to face and struggle with. You are not kids, nor inexperienced. But, you still have a Christian obligation to live holy lives. If your relationship has progressed to the point where you both want to express yourselves sexually, you really only have two options (ethically speaking). You can marry and then enjoy one another fully. Or, you can abstain. The only other choice is to be disobedient to God. I pray that God will grant you both wisdom concerning how to proceed! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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