Why Does It Matter? Purity Before Marriage

Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

This week on Ask the Pastor, Pastor J.D. continues his series called, "Why Does It Matter?" and focuses on why purity before marriage even matters by exploring the biblical stance on sexual ethics.

A glimpse inside this episode:

* Many people question why sex before marriage is a big deal.
* God's instructions on sex are rooted in wisdom and love.
* Sex is designed to bond two lives together, not just for pleasure.
* Casual sex can have lasting psychological effects.
* God's limitations on sex are meant to protect us from harm.
* Marriage is a covenant that signifies a deeper commitment.
* The church has sometimes failed to communicate the reasons behind sexual ethics.
* There is grace and redemption available for those who have sinned sexually.
* Sexual sin can rob individuals of feelings of cleanliness, safety, and specialness.
* God's grace is greater than our sins, offering hope and restoration.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Ask the Pastor.
0:09.3	My name is Matt Love, lowly, humble podcast host, Matt Love, here with the great and powerful Pastor Trey
0:17.7	Career.
0:19.6	Thanks for joining us to week two of our new series called Why Does It Matter?
0:25.3	We started big, J.D. We went big last week to get this thing going. But we're digging deeper into the why behind questions.
0:32.8	Not just what is the answer, but why is the answer so important? And today, J.D., I think this is a question that so many people that are either following God
0:42.4	or trying to follow God or are kind of maybe feel put off by Christianity.
0:47.3	This is a big question that I think a lot of people have.
0:51.1	And it's kind of talking about sex before marriage.
0:54.1	So I do want to just say before we
0:56.7	all the way get into this question that given the topic, if you're, I know some people
1:02.0	listen to this in the car with kids, you know, maybe switch it up for this week and come back next
1:07.4	week. But I think this is going to be a really good, a really good.
1:10.9	Kids are age 13. They're probably fine. And you probably, there's probably some stuff in
1:15.1	here that they'll explain to you after. So you might want to listen to it with them.
1:18.6	There you go. So, like I said, JD, I think this is a question. So many people ask, because I think
1:23.8	there's like this sense of like, oh, Christians are just so obsessed with people not having sex or whatever.
1:29.1	I don't have sex before marriage.
1:30.2	It's this huge giant deal.
1:31.5	But people are sitting there like, well, why is this?
1:33.6	Why does it actually matter that much if we love each other, if we're committed, if all these other things?
1:37.9	So I don't know.
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