*The way God designed the human anatomy affects relationships with the opposite sex.
*God has designed each person with the need for intimacy, and strong temptations will arise to abuse and misuse this God-given desire for intimacy.
*It allows us to develop self-control and patience as we wait for the person whom He has chosen.
*When the area of relationships is left to man’s opinion and the world’s way, the fruit is rotten and the results are devastating.
Why are there problems with relationships?
*Parents and youth don’t consult God’s Word and have a lack of knowledge of God’s mind and principles on this very important topic.
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.”—Hosea 4:6 (NKJV)
*Temptations abound due to strong sexual desires.
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
—James 1:14–15 (NKJV)
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul . . .—1 Peter 2:11 (NKJV)
*The godly concept of a pure relationship has been perverted and twisted by the society we live in.
And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.”—Acts 2:40(NKJV)
. . . that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the
world . . .—Philippians 2:15 (NKJV)
*The meanings of terms such as dating, romance, and lovehave been confused by conflicting voices. The clear meanings of these words have been distorted. Confusion is not from the Lord.
For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
—1 Corinthians 14:33(NKJV)
Why should a Christian’s thinking be different?
The Bible clearly tells Christians not to be imitators of the world. Through God’s wonderful Word, He gives believers a clear picture of what true relationships look like. All relationships should be pure, wholesome, and led by the Holy Spirit.
Courtesy of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale
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