Why Does the Bible Teach that Sex Outside of Marriage Is a Sin?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 9 January 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 1137 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. Does Romans 5:8 teach that Christians are no longer sinners? [02:55]
2. Where does the Bible teach that sex outside of marriage is a sin? [09:05]
3. Can the Devil deceive a true believer? [14:15]
4. Did Jesus's death on the cross cover the sins of people in hell? [17:32]
5. Why did Jews stop offering sacrifices if they didn't believe in Jesus? [22:00]
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Resources
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Why does the Bible teach that sex outside of marriage is a sin? |
| 0:10.0 | That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. |
| 0:14.8 | Well, hi, we pray you had a great weekend. |
| 0:16.7 | I'm Bill Meyer along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez. |
| 0:19.5 | This is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. We'd love to hear from you, and our phone lines will be open for the next 25 minutes or so. Here's the number to call. It's 833 The Core. That's 1, 833, 843-243-2673. You can also post your questions on one of our social media sites, |
| 0:40.5 | or you can email us your question at Questions at Core Christianity.com. |
| 0:46.2 | First up today, let's go to Crystal in Ontario, Canada. |
| 0:49.4 | Crystal, what's your question for, Adriol? |
| 0:52.1 | Yes. |
| 0:53.1 | Happy New Year, people. God bless. Happy New Year, people. |
| 0:54.8 | God bless. |
| 0:55.4 | Happy New Year, Crystal. |
| 0:56.6 | God bless you, too. |
| 0:58.5 | I just wanted to know why Christians, and especially comes from preachers as well, |
| 1:03.9 | say that we're still sinners when Romans 5 and 8 says we were sinners. |
| 1:08.6 | And Christ in Romans 8 and 27 says, |
| 1:12.3 | He ever lives to make intercession for the saints. |
| 1:16.9 | This is an excellent question. |
| 1:20.5 | Romans chapter 5 verse A, but God shows us love for us, and that while we were still sinners, |
| 1:25.9 | Christ died for us. |
| 1:26.9 | In other words, it wasn't that Jesus died for us as the righteous because we deserved it, |
| 1:32.2 | but that when we were still shaking our fists and rebellion against God, |
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