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femi4:
You are poor upstairs. The best way to raise a family is in a marriage. What do you know about parenting?

laudate:
You don't have to get married to raise a family? This is the kind of view that has led to the destruction of the family unit, which in turn gave rise to the breeding of baby mamas, slay queens, area boys and touts. And this happens when the discipline, security, norms, culture and values which are supposed to be established within the boundaries of a functional family unit are missing, simply because basic marital responsibilities and family structures, have been discarded.

If you get married and the man does not stay with you, at least the society & the law gives you a route through which you can file claims for alimony, seek redress or even bring his bad behaviour to the attention of his immediate & extended family members. When you are just a baby mama, olosho, friend-with-benefits, or a bed warmer, what leg do you have to stand on, as a woman?

ehikwe22:
If we are to follow the Biblical law, it's not right to go to the church when you are unclean or defiled. A woman in her periods, anyone that touched her, anyone that has sex or anyone that touches him/her is to remain unclean until sunset. But now, we don't keep those laws. But the question is, where exactly were these laws abolished?

essence1:
For legally married people, if you don't fall into that category, then it's forication. And stop pretending that you don't know.

asuustrike2009:
The case of Mary was in fulfilment of the prophecy. Matthew 1:23 emphasis on a virgin not a disflowered lady. "Behold a virgin shall be with a child and shall bring forth a son and they shall call him Emmanuel, which being interpreted as God with us".Reference was made in Isaiah 7:14

asuustrike2009:
Genesis 1-2 God made the whole universe, which obviously included men and women (Gen 1:26-29). Genesis 2 focuses on the creation of men and women in more detail (as well as their God given roles). In chapter 2, God created Adam first (2:7), and then Eve (2:18, 20b-22). Adam’s response when he meets the first woman is in verse 23:

This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. (ESV)

The author of Genesis then draws out an implication from this in verse 24:

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

These verses are saying that given the nature of men and women, a man will leave his family and be united to his wife in marriage (forming a new family unit), and that they shall become one flesh. Becoming one flesh is the result of both being married and of sex. In other words the two go together, and both are “very good” (cf. Genesis 1:31).

Corinthian church

Let’s look at this in a bit more detail. In 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Paul is addressing an error in the Corinthian church. They were saying something like: “everything is permissible for me” (1 Corinthians 6:12), and using it to justify sex outside of marriage, specifically sex with a prostitute (1 Corinthians 6:15-16). These verses are key, because they tell us God’s purpose for sex:

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. (1 Corinthians 6:15-17)

Paul’s argument is that as Christians, the Corinthians are united to Christ: their bodies belong to him. Paul then asks, if your bodies belong to Christ, how can you give them to a prostitute? In verse 16, we see the effect (and purpose) of sex: it units people together; it makes them “one flesh.” Paul’s challenge to the Corinthians is how can you unite yourselves to a prostitute by sex (who has nothing to do with Christ), and be united to Christ at the same time?

From these verses, the purpose of sex is clear: it is to unite a man and women together. Indeed, every time they have sex together they are reinforcing their unity. This is why it goes hand in hand with marriage, because in marriage a men and wife have publically expressed their sole commitment to one another – they are united together, and sex expresses that unity.

Sexual immorality

Therefore, in the Bible, sexual immorality refers to any kind of sexual activity outside of marriage between one man and one women. Paul’s conclusion to his argument in 1 Corinthians 6 is in verse 18-20:

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Given what Paul has just said about sex in the previous verses, his command to “flee sexual immorality” is not surprising. It is also important to remember who we are: Christians are those whom God has bought at a great price (the cost of Jesus’ death on the Cross), and they are the temple of the Holy Spirit. As such, our bodies must be used for what is holy, not what is impure. As Paul says, “glorify God with your body.”

asuustrike2009:
No it's not a sin. Married couples can have sex anytime, anyday except during fasting provided both of them agree to set aside. Sex is good and was created by Yahweh for married couples. It's to be enjoyed while on earth because after resurrection no more sex. Married couples should utilize it now before it's too late

joe4real12:
The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. It's the fear of Pastors that's the beginning of stewpidity.
No where in the bible does God ask Christians to pay tithe. But "pastors" do. So they are not Christians as far as am concerned.
Bro, keep your faith in God and ignore the "pastors".

ValentineMary:
Sin is a construct of man used to keep other men in check.

love2017:
I want to make a great impact in my generation in God's way. But currently, I have a lot to overcome. Amongst them are; ability to function in Church, to do things in the House of God and to do the things of God. Like giving a charge/sermon, leading prayer, songs. Functioning in church. Pls how do i set myself on a path that will make grow to achieve this?

Someone with a spirit led idea should help.

LoJ:
I am absolutely new at this, and never had any interest in sport my whole life. I am the type that looks very fit, slim with little or no fat, and hardly sick. Not been in any hospital for the last like...20 years or so? I realised recently I had to start to take my body serious and make sure I am fit and moderately built for some spiritual endeavour.

So my first question would be, are there dangers in taking these steroids & testoterone products for body building? Do you use them? How effective and necessary are they?

LoJ:
Hello bruv,

I never knew you were a professional Bodybuilder, altough I saw some of your pics and traning session. Can I ask you a few questions and receive some advice from you regarding body building and fitness?

Thanks bruv

Deicide:
What do you think about this Video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHP_LPkyRk