Pre-marital Sex Flashcards
(12 cards)
What is pre-marital sex
Premarital sex refers to any sexual relations a person has prior to marriage
When is a it legal choice to enter a sexual relationship
From the age of 16.
What influences people idea of premarital sex
The media such as movies, magazines, music and Tv shows depict sex as a normal thing outside of marriage.
Reasons people choose to enter a sexual relationship
-The desire to make their partner feel loved
-To experiment living with and having a sexual relationship with someone before they marry them
-A strong sexual desire and the wish to carry this out in consensual relationships
-To gain acceptance with another person or approval from others
Many Christians believe sex is a
Sacred act that should be kept for marriage
Christians believe the act of sex
consummates your relationship with your spouse and joins you together with them.
physical and emotional reasons why Christians believe that sex should be kept for marriage
•Prevents unwanted pregnancy outside of marriage.
• Lessons the risk of sexually transmitted infections.
• Prevents emotional hurt if the relationship ends where they can feel devalued and used
All churches agree that
Sex should be kept for marriage.
Exodus 20:14
“You shall not commit adultery.”
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral
Ephesians 5:3
But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.