Sunday, January 19th: Guest Writer, Mrs. Lois Ormsby

To the Glory of God with Purity – Part 3

“There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.”

~ 1 Corinthians 7:34, 35

Ladies – I want you to realize that there is nothing wrong with you if you think some guy is cute, or can’t wait until you have a guy, or dream of being a wife and raising a family someday! Those are natural desires – and honestly, I would worry about you if you did NOT have any of those desires! :P God makes us like that, girls, because He designed us specifically to be the man’s help in every area. One of those areas happens to be the physical relationship!

So, if we’re created for that, what is the big deal about waiting until we are married? The best answer I can give is simply that – this is the way God has ordained it. Over and over in His Word God speaks against committing things like lust, fornication, adultery, concupiscence, lasciviousness, inordinate affection…

WHOA, Mrs. Lois – what in the world do all of those things mean?

I am so glad you asked :)

        

• Lust: a burning; unlawful desire of carnal pleasure; eagerness to possess that which is not yours
• Fornication: physical intercourse with someone you are not married to
• Adultery: you, being married, having physical intercourse with someone other than your spouse
• Concupiscence: unlawful or irregular desire of sexual pleasure
• Lasciviousness: irregular indulgence of animal desires; the tendency to excite lust and promote irregular indulgences
• Inordinate affection: disorderly, immoderate, affection not limited to the rules prescribed

These are the types of feelings and desires that God does not want us to have. Why? Because each one of them lead to sin or are sin. The marriage bed was designed to be very sacred, but each of these things tear away at that holiness.

Scripture Reading for the Day:


Proverbs 19
Hebrews 3