Most Christians think that it's sinful/fornication for a couple to have sex before their wedding night. However, marriage can happen long before the wedding ceremony, making "waiting" something unbiblical, rather than biblical. From this episode, as part 2 to the topic of last week's talk, you will find further clarification on the subject of fornication, purity before marriage, and how to navigate the dating and engagement scene with biblical wisdom that doesn't always meet cultural norms. Find freedom from the needless guilt and shame from religious dogma, and discover godly sexuality in a way that will make you proud of your convictions!

When you have a Christian who's in a serious dating relationship that's leaning towards marriage, is it sinful for them to be sexually active with their partner? What does the Bible mean when it says that fornication is a sin? What's fornication anyway? These questions and more are answered in this podcast episode, a teaching from Pastor David Grams about God's plan for marriage and sexuality.

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Every wondered why sexual sin is so rampant in our world today? The devil is obsessed with perverting sexuality because he knows how powerful sex truly is! Learn in this Undefiled podcast episode that sexual sin is dangerous, but sexual purity is an unrivaled blessing for those who understand its beauty.

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In this episode, David continues to explain why sex in marriage has divine power -- why marriage is what makes sex the best it can be, why sex is sacred, and what God was doing when He designed our sexuality. Just as the seed of the Word of God, by the Holy Spirit, conceived Jesus in the womb of the virgin Mary, so the seed of man sown into his wife's womb is intended to conceive a type of Christ in their marriage, increasing the love of God in them, as Christ shines through them in their own lives and in the lives of their children. Sex is powerful! And finding out why will transform your life!

In this episode, David Grams speaks on the characteristics of conjugal intimacy that truly make a marriage into something that accurately reflects the intimacy we have with God. If the qualities of love in 1 Corinthians 13 and the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5 are demonstrated in intimacy, then the love of God is represented and experienced. Sexual intimacy, in particular, is designed to be a kind of connection that ushers us into a special experience of the Presence of God -- a form of oneness that expresses love in a way that nothing else can. It's truly beautiful, and must be duly esteemed.

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A marriage that's holy and undefiled -- without any stain or mark of sin -- is a marriage that will be exhilarating, exciting, and anticipated. Contrarily, expectation, performance-mentality, disappointment...all these are sinful thought-patterns and habits , stemming from selfishness, that poison intimacy in marriages. Here's how you can remove this kind of sin from your marriage and fortify your intimacy with holiness.

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In this episode, David Grams defends the biblical principle that we are called to selflessness, especially in our marriages. Lust -- selfishness -- often makes its way into marriages through producing the belief, in us, that sex is a need of ours. To be sexually selfless, we must understand that sex is not a need, and that we should pursue intimacy for the sake of our marriage, not for the sake of our own gratification. We cannot fulfill our call to reflect Christ's love in our marriages, if we're occupied with the lust for our own personal comfort and satisfaction.

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Summarizing chapter 14 of Undefiled, David Grams uses the earliest, Genesis description of a sexual encounter to explain why our sexuality was created to be a spiritual transaction more than a physical one. With this in mind, there is the necessity for care, in a marriage, in all respects. And husband and wife should serve one another in spirit, soul, and body, in order for their intimacy to be truly complete.

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In this episode, drawing content from chapter 3 of Undefiled, David Grams explains how sexuality, in a marriage, practically reflects the love between Christ and the Church. The oneness between a husband and wife is the only kind of human intimacy that accurately reflects the intimacy between God and the Christian. In this episode, you'll learn how to bring the love of God into your marital intimacy, and what knowing the purpose of sexuality makes sex more exciting and anticipated.

In this episode, reviewing chapter 2 of "Undefiled," David Grams explains why the pleasure of sex outside of marriage is a pitiful counterfeit that's not worth anyone's time. Sex done God's way is the best that there is. Pleasure defines the presence of God, making sex in a godly marriage another taste of God's presence. God intends to lock sex within the boundaries of a covenant of marriage to protect us, not to limit us!