Sex in Marriage | What is a Christian Couple Allowed to do in Sex? | GotQuestions.org
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Sex in a Christian marriage is a gift from God. However, questions about sex in marriage like, what is a Christian couple allowed to do in sex, is common. Other questions like, is sex a sin, is oral sex a sin, is swinging a sin, or how far is too far, are also asked frequently. In this video, Pastor Nelson with Bible Munch offers Christian marriage advice on sex to help answer those questions, what’s allowed, what’s not, and is there is a definition of Biblical sex.
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- Today's question is, what is a Christian couple allowed to do in sex? In this video
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- I'll answer that question from a biblical perspective. Then afterwards, as always, I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end.
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- The Bible says that marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
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- Hebrews 13, verse 4. Scripture never says what a husband and wife are or are not allowed to do sexually.
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- So how can we know if something is sexually permissible between a husband and wife?
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- The Bible gives us general principles regarding sex within marriage. First, sex is to be
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- God -honoring. Our bodies are meant to glorify the Lord, not to be controlled by our passions and not to be used for sexual immorality.
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- 1 Corinthians 6, verses 12 -13. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.
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- 1 Corinthians 6, verse 20. Second, sex is to be exclusive. Sex is between a husband and a wife only.
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- 1 Corinthians 7, verse 2. Third, sex is to be loving and other -oriented.
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- 1 Corinthians 7, verses 3 -4 instructs that the husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
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- The wife does not have authority over her own body, but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but yields it to his wife.
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- Each spouse lovingly yields his or her body to the other. Fourth, marital sex happens regularly.
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- Do not deprive each other, except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer.
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- Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self -control. 1
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- Corinthians 7, verse 5. And fifth, marital sex unifies.
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- Sexual intimacy unites a husband and wife. 1 Corinthians 7, verse 5.
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- And solidifies the becoming -one -flesh aspect of marriage, not just physically, but emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, and in every other way.
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- If the sexual act in question satisfies these principles, and both the husband and wife are agreeable to loving each other in that way, there is no biblical case for declaring it to be a sin.
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- The principle of mutual consent applies to abstaining from sex, 1 Corinthians 7, verse 5, and to whatever is done sexually within a marriage.
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- Neither spouse should be coerced into doing something he or she is not completely comfortable with, or think is wrong.
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- If a husband and wife both agree that they want to try something—for example, oral sex, different positions, sex toys, etc .—then
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- the Bible does not give any reason why they cannot. There are a few things, though, that are never allowable for a married couple.
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- The practice of swapping, swinging, or bringing in an extra three -sums, four -sums, etc. is adultery.
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- Adultery is sin, even if one's spouse allows, approves, or even participates in it.
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- Viewing pornography is another practice that should be off -limits for a married couple. Porn appeals to the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes, 1
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- John 2, verse 16, and is therefore condemned by God. Scripture provides great freedom in the bedroom for a husband and wife.
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- As long as a married couple's sexual practices are God -honoring, exclusive, loving, other -oriented, unifying, and mutually agreed upon, they carry
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