"Under the Sheets"

Someone once asked me if it was okay to live with a person that you liked or had feeling for unmarried. Their exact words were "I want to get to know her first before I marry her. I want to see how she lives and behaves. I said well... my perspective is God's perspective and I believe that a person should live by God's standard which is His word. I know many people who have decided to live together and sleep together without making a commitment to each other. The reason they have decided to take this route in life is because they want to try things out first. That is all well and dandy but what does the God's word say about living together before your married? Well lets find out.... Hebrews 13:4 (NKJV) says  "Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge".  In other words the bed is only to be shared if you are in covenant(Married). Notice the last part of this scripture, it says "but fornicators and adulterers God will judge" A fornicator is someone who has sexual intercourse without being married, and an adulterer is someone who is married but is having sexual intercourse with someone other than there spouse. God makes it clear that both  of these sinful behaviors will be judged. How will God judge the people that defile the bed? 1 Corinthians 6:9 says " Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, ( The list goes on in verse 10). Notice that fornicators and adulterers are on this list. The people who defile the bed are not eligible to inherit the kingdom of God. But Chad... times have changed we are in a new decade. Here is my response to that,  God doesn't change with the times , because that would mean that God is subject to time. God is the creator of times and season, therefore He could never be subject to time. So if you want God to bless your relationships, do it His way and not your way. You would be surprised at what your life could become if you would follow hard after Him.

Be Blessed,
Minister Chad Owens