What’s the point of remaining sexually pure until marriage, if you can just ask for forgiveness?
July 6th, 2009 by DannyNelsonQuestion posted on Yahoo! Answers: What’s the point of remaining sexually pure until marriage, if you can just ask for forgiveness? I am finally taking my religion seriously now, but this is a question that is bugging me lately. The bible says that if you commit sin you can ask for forgiveness and be forgiven. But what about sex before marriage? That is a sin, but it cannot be reversed. You are only a virgin once. Are you forgiven for it if you ask for forgiveness? If so, why why are we instructed to wait until marriage, if we can just ask for forgiveness if it happens?
July 6th, 2009 at 3:23 PM
The question just boils down to why stop sinning if you can just ask for forgiveness. Read Romans 6 and you will find your answer. As Christians, we should be striving for perfection. And if we get hung up on questions like these, are we really trying to strive for perfection or trying to find a loophole to sin?
July 7th, 2009 at 4:04 PM
I think this can be answered simply. Sexually intimacy outside of marriage is destructive. It goes against our created design. Like using sand instead of oil in our car. People aren’t created to be able to withstand the pain and destruction that comes when we break up with someone we’ve become one with.