Sex Outside Marriage
TABLE OF CONTENT
1.0.0 Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
2.0.0 Some Definitions of sex outside marriage---------------------------------------------------4 2.0.1 Secular------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 2.0.2 The Bible----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 3.0.0 Counselling a Woman who had extra marital affairs with another man--------------5 3.0.1 Presentation of Problem--------------------------------------------------------------------5 3.0.2 My Counselling Advice---------------------------------------------------------------------6
4.0.0 The Bible view of Sex outside marriage-----------------------------------------------------9 4.0.1 The Bible vaccine against sex outside marriage-------------------------------------9
5.0.0 Resultant effects of having sex outside wedlock-----------------------------------------11
6.0.0 Summary-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
7.0.0 Conclusion-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14
1.0.0 INTRODUCTION Very many of the problems about which people generally seek counselling help are associated with marriage and family life. The most affecting and talked about is the issue of sex outside marriage which is the most oiling factor in marriage breakdown nowadays. I want to consider Sex outside marriage as the highest syndrome motivating any marriage breakdown in any society. It is really an injustice to marriage, because marriage was contracted to be ONLY between HUSBAND and WIFE (Genesis 1:28; 2:24). There is no society anywhere in the World that enjoys or allows sex outside of marriage for any reason whatsoever. No wonder Martin Luther king jr. had said ‘’injustice anywhere is a
1.0.0 Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
2.0.0 Some Definitions of sex outside marriage---------------------------------------------------4 2.0.1 Secular------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 2.0.2 The Bible----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 3.0.0 Counselling a Woman who had extra marital affairs with another man--------------5 3.0.1 Presentation of Problem--------------------------------------------------------------------5 3.0.2 My Counselling Advice---------------------------------------------------------------------6
4.0.0 The Bible view of Sex outside marriage-----------------------------------------------------9 4.0.1 The Bible vaccine against sex outside marriage-------------------------------------9
5.0.0 Resultant effects of having sex outside wedlock-----------------------------------------11
6.0.0 Summary-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
7.0.0 Conclusion-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14
1.0.0 INTRODUCTION Very many of the problems about which people generally seek counselling help are associated with marriage and family life. The most affecting and talked about is the issue of sex outside marriage which is the most oiling factor in marriage breakdown nowadays. I want to consider Sex outside marriage as the highest syndrome motivating any marriage breakdown in any society. It is really an injustice to marriage, because marriage was contracted to be ONLY between HUSBAND and WIFE (Genesis 1:28; 2:24). There is no society anywhere in the World that enjoys or allows sex outside of marriage for any reason whatsoever. No wonder Martin Luther king jr. had said ‘’injustice anywhere is a
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