TO DEFRAUD; MEANS-- BY REV DAVID WHITENER. WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF ONE DEFRUADS ANOTEHR? IT HAPPENS BY WITH HOLDING THE ROMANTIC AND SEXUAL SIDE OF A MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP, THUS ONES IS DEFRUADING THE OTEHR. ALSO,BY NOT BEING 100% HONEST AND TRANSPARENT WITH EACH OTHER IN ALL ONES LIFE AND LIFESTYLE; ONE IS ALSO DEFRAUDING. MARRIAGE MEANS BEING ONE. NOT, MARRIED SINGLES. NOT TWO SINGLES THAT ARE LEGALY MARRIED... IF A WIFE FEELS SHE HAS TO SUBMIT TO HER HUSBAND. THEN IT BECOMES LIKE A MILITARY DUTY ONLY. WHEN YOUR IN LOVE WITH CHRIST YOU COUNT IT A JOY TO SERVE AND WORSHIP, (WHICH IS SPIRITUAL ROMANCE). ALSO, WHEN A COUPLE IS IN LOVE, THEY JUST CAN NOT SPEND TOO MUCH TIME TOGETHER, THEY LONG OT HEAR THE OTHERS VOICE, THEY LOVE TO SEE EACH OTHER. ALSO, THEY HAVE NO LIMITS ON SACRIFICE AND MONEY THEY SPEND ON THE OTHER... AND THEY WANT TO GIVE GIFTS AND THEIR WHOLE HEART AND LIFE TO THE OTHER. HENCE A ROMANTIC MARRIEGE. MARRIAGE IS A LESSON OF HOW OUR RELATIONSHIP IS TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND LORD JESUS CHRIST.... IN FACT. THAT IS WHAT REVELATION AND OUR GOING TO HEAVEN WILL BE LIKE. IT IS LIKE A JEWISH WEDDING... PRAISE GOD! ALL THE TYPES OF LOVE MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE IS PRESENT AND A CONSTANT IN A MARRIAGE. NOTE THESE ARE: Eros, Philia and Agape FAITH WORKS BY AGAPE LOVE. AND ADD A MARRIAGE INTO A PERSONS LIFE. THEN YOU HAVE THE ADDED DEMENTION OF SENSUAL OR ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL TYPE OF LOVE OR IN THE GREEK, ( Eros) ALONG WITH DEVINE OR Agape LOVE. ALSO, A MARRIAGE HAS ANOTHER THIRD TYPE OF LOVE; FRIENDSHIP LOVE OR Philia. YOUR MATE SHOULD BE YOUR BEST AND CLOSEST FREIND ON EARTH. ONE LADY SAID TO ME: "I CAN NOT LOVE MY HUSBAND BOTH ROMANTICALY AND SEXUALY AND ALSO LOVE HIM SPIRITUALY. I CAN NOT BE SPIRITUAL MINDED AND STILL BE ROMANTIC WITH MY HUSBAND AT THE SAME TIME." THIS IS VERY STRANGE. ROMANCE IS A EMOTION WE SHOULD HAVE IN MARRIAGE ANY TIME AND MORE AS A SAINT OF GOD OR CHRISTIAN. THIS IS AS NATURAL AS BEING HUNGRY FOR FOOD. BUT IF YOU MISSUSE THIS NATURAL APPITITE IT BECOMES SIN. EXAMPLE: IF YOU STARVE A PERSON, A NATURAL DESIRE CAN GET MISDIRECTED ... NOTE, IF YOU DENY A PERSON WATER LONG ENOUGH, HE/SHE WILL BE TEMPTED TO DRINK FROM A DIRTY PUDDLE OR EVEN A TOILET... OR EVEN POISON WATER LIKE OCEAN WATER. THIS HAS HAPPENED. SOME HAVE DIED FROM DRINKING OCEAN WATER OR CONTAMINATED WATER. SEX IS THE SAME LIKE THAT. IT IS A GIFT IF USED AND RESPECTED RIGHT. IF MISSUSED, IT STARTS TO KILL AND DESTROY. HENC THE APOSTLE PAUL SAY, "A COUPLE SHOULD COME BACK TOGETHER, AFTER NO MORE THEN A TWO WEEK SEPERATION WHILE FASTING AND IN PRAER, LEST THE dEVIAL TEMPT YOU..." 1 CORINTHIANS 7:5. SO ST. PAUL INSTRUCTS A MARRIED COUPLE NOT TO STOP THEIR ROMANTIC AND SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS, WHILE THEY BOTH CONCENT OR AGREE, TO DO SO BECAUSE OF FASTING AND PRAYERS. THEN ST. PUAL SAID TO COME BACK TO GETHER AND HAVE A HEALTHY PHYSICLE RELATIONSHIP AGAIN. WHAT IS HEALTHY? THAT IS ANOTHER DISCUSSION. BUT BOTH MUST AGREE TO WHAT THEY DO TOGETHER. AND IT MUST NOT BE SINFUL. A MARRIAGE IS TWO PEOPLE AND THE LORD. THAT IS ALL. "...The marriage bed is holy, and undefiled." Eph 5:23-33. 1 Corinthians 7 1Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry.[a] 2But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. 3The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. 5Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. TO DEFRAUD ANOTHR IN A RELATIONSHIP OF MARRIAGE IS LITSED WITH THE SINS OF MARDER, AND ADULTRY.... Mark 10:19 You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not ... You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother. | ||
