1. Jesus teaching about mental adultery :
-- Matthew 5:28
"You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' (Ex 20:14) But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."
(Note: "Looks .. lustfully" - not a passing glance but a willful, calculated stare that arouses sexual desire.)
-- 1Corinthians 6:18-20
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or don’t you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
3. Christian Dating:
Good : If it's Not Leaded into sexual immorality.
Bad : If it's Leaded into sexual immorality.
4. Dating Non-Christians?
" Do not be mismated with unbelievers"
-- 2 Corinthians 6:14
" Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?"
++ May God helps us to know the difference between "Dating non-Christians" and other "Social Engagements" so we don't sin against God and don't have isolated Christian life.
5. Is there a limit to kissing before marriage?
Yes, there is a limit.
People who plan to remain chaste until after marriage must make kissing a means of "communication", not a means of "sexual arousal". When kissing ceases to be "communication" and becomes "sexual foreplay", it has gone too far.
The clinical term for petting is foreplay. This is the process of using the hands, lips, mouth, or tongue to help cause such sexual excitement for both husband and wife that the next step is sexual intercourse, which continues to the point of orgasm.
Now, here is the reason single persons should not engage in petting, heavy necking, or deep kissing. Since these activities are means of foreplay, normal persons of a wide range of ages will become ready for sexual intercourse by doing these things for several minutes. Since the Bible forbids unmarried persons to have intercourse, getting the body ready for it without having it is foolish. You may not be able to stop in time.
Those in love should certainly express their affection for each other. But there is a big difference between being appropriately affectionate, and sexually arousing one another. If a couple is honest and willing, they will be able to learn how to demonstrate their affection for each other, without crossing the line into sexual stimulation.
Some may feel that the intense pleasure and release offered by petting is OK, as long as it stops short of intercourse. But sexual passion is powerful, and the more one feeds the flames of passion, the more it demands. Those who play with fire will eventually get burned. Petting is foreplay, designed by God to prepare the body for intercourse. Those who tease their bodies in this way, without intending to go "all the way," are on borrowed time. Sooner or later the deep-seated urges of the body will win out, and afterwards one is left surprised, confused, and feeling guilty.
Most conscientious Christians involved in a serious relationship don't start out planning, or expecting, to engage in sexual intercourse. But if they give themselves to passionate kissing or fondling, their petting becomes heavier and heavier, powerful passions cloud their reason, and they end up going all the way.
Each couple is unique and must learn what places and situations are morally dangerous for them. If they sincerely desire to develop a chaste, Christian relationship, they will avoid situations where they know, from experience, they are likely to be weak. It is not enough to put oneself into, what is for you, an "occasion of sin," and pray to be stronger this time. It's probably too late. One must muster all one's God-given strength to resist placing oneself into a situation where one knows he or she is likely to fall. That is where the battle must be fought.
8. Watch out for the trap of the Devil
-- James 1:13-15
13 When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone; 14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
-- James 4:7-8
7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.
-- 1 Corinhto 10:12-13
12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! 13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
-- 1 Peter 5:7-11
7 Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. 8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
10 And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 11 To Him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
9. God Delivers Us To "Freedom" From Today World :
Living as we are in a world in which nudity, partial nudity and Sexually Stimulating Dress Style is rampant, the battle for mental purity in the child of God is more intense than ever. Guard what you see in movies and on T.V. and videos, and the Internet. Refuse to buy, look at, or read any sexually stimulating literature.
The freedom you will experience is worth the initial struggle.
"If Jesus Christ will set you free,"
then "you will be free indeed." (John 8).
