Christian Family Services Ministry

3-6-2017 – A Word to the Wise: Thus, if two people live together before marriage, they find after marriage that no fitting took place before the marriage because there was no commitment, and therefore no surrendering. If sex occurred with someone else, the fitting process is also affected. One of the most unusual passages on immorality that has perplexed me for years is found in I Corinthians 6:18, where Paul warns the Corinthian church about illicit intercourse when he says:” Do you not know that he whoever joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her?” That phrase, I have come to understand, has many ramifications. A cursory review of different immoral situations in scripture reveals some astounding similarities. Notice these similar qualities: obsessiveness, rejection, abandonment, jealousy, threat of death, or death. Vital consequences may be seen in relationships when moral laws are violated. Nor should it be surprising that those involved in immorality frequently find themselves caught up in violent interaction. Twenty-seven hundred years ago, scripture warned that violence and immorality go hand in hand.