So what are dating? Since the Bible doesn’t seem to talk about it, can we practice it as we please?
Yes, we do not find the word However, the Word of God speaks of garment (commitment) and post-nuclear commitments (sex/marriage).
- A good example we have is the relationship between Joseph and Mary.
- They were engaged and did not know each other sexually (Mt 1:18 and Lk 1:27).
- There was a serious commitment between them.
- Who at that time were probably teenagers.
- Place two thousand years ago.
- Unlike our time.
Dating is a feature of our culture that did not exist in biblical times. Christians give appointments the same weight as commitment, understanding it as a preparation for marriage. For Christians, dating is not fun, but a preparation.
Christians do not go out to know each other, Christians go out together because they already know each other well enough to walk for a moment towards marriage. I usually put meetings in the same category as commitment. The Bible doesn’t give me the “meetings” category. Therefore, I define it with the closest thing to it, commitment.
The Bible does not recognize a relationship between Christians who do not prepare for marriage. A lot of people say, “Do all Christian couples go out to get married?”I really don’t know, but they should! If they can’t think about getting married, they shouldn’t even start dating.
When God created man, he said, “Is it not good for man to be alone?(Genesis 2:18). God created us to connect with others. And the first relationship God gave to the first man was the relationship with a woman. “.
Adam and Eve were pure and had fellowship with God; there was a perfect and pleasant relationship with God; however, both turned their backs on God and the beauty of the relationship between man and woman has begun to tarnish.
When human beings began to turn to God, God began to talk about the care they should have in their relationships. And the main guideline was: “Now, then, won’t you give your daughters to your children, and your daughters won’t take them?for your children? (Ed. 9:12).
What does God say here? When the Jews returned from Babylonian captivity, the country they would enter was full of “normal” people, some would say today, but, according to God, people with a dirty soul, full of sin and violence. who wasn’t afraid of him.
The point was not whether they were Jewish or not, but that they feared neither Him nor His Word. And the counsel God gave was this: stay away from them.
Do you want to go out with God and be faithful to him? Then start by excluding candidates who are not in the Lord. (1C 7:39), that is, they are not relatives of Christ; the person who is bound to Christ is the one who is crucified with Christ, who died for this world and who lives for the glory of God. You’re approaching God, think about it before you start dating!
As a general rule, God’s counsel in the Old Testament (Ed. 9-10, Born 13:26, Am 3. 3) has always been that his people did not marry or seriously relate to people who were not afraid of him.
In the New Testament, the Council has not changed. God continued to counsel His sons and daughters to marry only people who were, like them, a “temple of the Holy Ghost,” that is, regenerated people (2C 6. 14-7. 1; 1Co 7. 39b).
The sadness of Ezra in chapter 9 of his book is something that is missing in the lives of Christians in our time, the reason for his sadness was that most of the people had married people who did not fear God.
Today, there is no repentance, but repentance, there is no will to obey God, but the very heart, ezra’s sadness reminds us that it is possible to mourn something we have done, even if it seems so harmless, so foolish, so small. .
Do you want to go out with God and be faithful to him? So forget about that child, an angel, but in God’s eyes it is full of darkness, after all, what union is there between Christ and Belial?of God with idols Why are you the temple of the living God?(2Co 6. 14-16).
If you are a child of God and want to hear the counsel of his Father, then you must leave any court with an unsasured, get away from him, not touch him, not walk with him. God promises that you will be your son and that he will be your God.
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