Chastity Leads to Marital Success

Anything in life is not to be seen with the attitude of how much i like to do this or that,but rather,how God will take it? Sin is sin. Anyone choosing sin can "adjust" & live a so called "happy life". However,seldom is the eternal consequences of choices thought about.

The outcome of following God's ways is always joy and peace.However,it is not for the outcome that we should strive to follow His ways, but just because we love Him. Only then will such an obedience be meaningful.

When a person genuinely loves someone,can he or she knowingly or willingly do something to hurt him/her??No.Same with God.If we love God, we would do that which pleases Him.

I would like to encourage any Christian to not lower their standards and stick to what God would want.Every person is responsible for their own choices.

Marriage is not a tool to "sanctify" live-ins.Whether engaged or not,live-ins are not an option at all.

I think the author is being too hard on this pastor. The pastor asked the couple to do the right thing. When he agreed to marry them, at least he was helping them sanctify their union.

My dad's a minister, and we were heartbroken a few years ago when my sister moved in with her fiance. Daddy met with them and spoke with them sternly about what they were doing, but to no avail. However, they asked my dad to marry them, and they asked me to speak at their wedding. I talked to Daddy about it, and he said he'd rather see them sanctify the union than break up. I reluctantly agreed to speak at their wedding, too, after a minister friend pointed out it would be manipulative to say use that as a means to try to get my sister to move out. Today, they've been happily married for 10 years and have two kids.

Of course if a couple can be persuaded to move out before the wedding, that's great. But it's better for them to at least go ahead and marry to sanctify the union rather than not marry.

My husband and I will be married 28 years in July and we also lived together for 5 but lived separate for several months before getting married. I believe that was a valuable time for us both and the artlcle is valuable. The problem is getting folks to listen. Our youngest shocked us all amd moved in with her boyfriend to be married in Aug. We tell her everytime we see her to come home these next few months, how God blessed us and will bless them.
A side note just for fun. I remember I called my spirtiual mom on my wedding night because I was nervious. God truly made our wedding and honemoon special.

I think this article is sad. Pastors should not request that couples live apart, pastors should say that the couple is in sin. 1 Corinthians 5 says not to company with anyone in fornication. The fornicators should be dis-fellowshipped if they will not repent. If they will not repent, they probably are not saved. 1 Cor 6:9 says fornicators will not inherit the kingdom of God. 1 John 3:6 and 5:18 show that those in continual, unrepentant sin are not saved. Woe be to any pastor who is afraid to tell people about their sin. He does not love those people, he loves himself.