Premarital sex is sexual intercourse engaged in by persons who areun married. It is generally used in reference to individuals who are presumednot yet of marriageable ageor between adults who will presumably marry eventually, but who are engaging insexual activity prior to marriage. Sex ispleasurable, but in God's view, the primary purpose of sex is not recreation,but rather recreation. In other words, sex is for reproduction. God does notlimit sex to married couples to rob pleasure from those who are unmarried.
Rather, God commands against premarital sex in order to protect unmarried people from unwanted pregnancies, from children born to parents who donot want them, and to protect children from parents who are not prepared for them. Imagine, for a moment, a world without premarital sex. There would be no sexually-transmitted diseases, there would be no unwed mothers, there would be no unwanted pregnancies, there would be noabortions, etc. According to the Bible, abstinence is God's only policy when itcomes to premarital sex. Abstinence saves lives, protects babies, gives sexual relations the proper value, and most importantly abstinence honorsGod.Thus, as defined in the dictionary, an urge or shall we say, thoughts of manifesting them, is sex.
(The Bible calls this lust) To have physical intercourse is sex. Whether it is two unmarried partners or one married andone not - it is sex. Participating "up to a point" of actual physical intercourse,such as having oral sex, is sex. Societal trends don't change the definitions.Frankly, there is no line to draw; it is strictly a decision to engage in sexual activity or not. There are many factors to consider in this choice.
Included in these factors are unwanted pregnancies, unwanted children, life-longemotional effects (regret, broken hearts and guilt are among them). Wecannot neglect to add sexually transmitted diseases, the consequences of sexual immorality and in many jurisdictions - it's breaking the law. National speaker and author Pam Stenzel says any type of genital contact isconsidered sex and the boundary lines are clear. "Medically speaking, they'revery clear, because any type of genital contact can transmit disease.
" Eachfactor listed above should be a strong deterrent, but there is also a moralissue. Therefore let's look at the standard for all morality. The Bible contains many verses dealing with sexual issues. One of the Ten Commandments says we should not commit adultery.
However, what does it say about consensual sex between non-married individuals.The biblical standard of sexis purity. God designed us to be sexual creatures and says sex is to beenjoyed between a husband and wife within their marriage. Within marriage,we can enjoy an all-inclusive physical, emotional, and spiritual bond thatonce lost elsewhere cannot be fully reclaimed. Of course, since we aredesigned to enjoy sex, we might wonder how it could be wrong to engage inany sexual activity. As societies, we must set legal and behaviour alboundaries in order to function properly.
God has set boundaries so that wemight properly function according to His supreme design.Scripture is laid outto show us God's way, which is in our best interest. God designed the path sothat we might have an abundant life experiencing His love and the sacredlove of a marital spouse. His word describes the perfect union of husband and wife that is meant to be exclusive. He subsequently frowns on acts of rebellion against his purpose and design.
The reason why we chose to conduct this study to only 3 rd year and 4 th year students is that we were only being exposed to formal sex education during our 3 rd year of high school. We also believe that they are mature enough to understand the questions given.
