I'm in trouble...

[circa02]

Hi guys, me again, been awhile though. I just realized something about myself. I have always believed that I was more then strong enough to resist the temptation to have premarital sex. Now granted, I've never even been on a date, so that total inexperience lends credence to that belief. But I just realized that if, hypothetically a beautiful woman offered herself to me, I'd cave, big time. Wow, aren't I a good little christian... Now I know the odds of this are pretty remote, given my non existent social life, but that's besides the point. What should I do?

 

[Criada]

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.(Matthew 6:34)

The bible says that you won't be tempted beyond what you can withstand.
Don't worry about temptations you are not facing at the moment, just concentrate on growing in faith and getting closer to God, and then when any temptation comes along, you will be able to deal with it.

 

[mjmcmillan]

Why do you think the Bible tells us to flee these temptations?

It's because none of us are really strong enough to stand in the face of it.

Go back to Genesis, and you see that Joseph ran when Potiphar's wife started putting the heat on him. He knew that if he stuck around he was a goner, and he also knew that he had God's call on his life and he wasn't about to risk that. So, he fled.

The fact is that if a good looking woman starts putting the make on me, I would have a rough time too. The reason is that we all want to be wanted on some level, and being wanted by a beautiful woman is quite an ego boost amongst other things. What you describe is a completely normal male reaction to the attentions of a female.

 

[Johnnz]

Recognise you are quite normal, which means you have normal sexual desires and that you can live up to your own standards. That becomes a choice that is not always easy to maintain, but I suspect your thoughts may well be more related to desire than what would happen in areal life situation. Unless you have not really integrated your sexuality that well and have largely tried to suppress or deny it. Then, a sudden 'breakout ' of moral values is far more common.

John
NZ

 

[annrobert]

just concentrate on growing in faith and getting closer to God, and then when any temptation comes along, you will be able to deal with it.

amen

 

[ephraimanesti]

Hi guys, me again, been awhile though. I just realized something about myself. I have always believed that I was more then strong enough to resist the temptation to have premarital sex. Now granted, I've never even been on a date, so that total inexperience lends credence to that belief. But I just realized that if, hypothetically a beautiful woman offered herself to me, I'd cave, big time. Wow, aren't I a good little christian... Now I know the odds of this are pretty remote, given my non existent social life, but that's besides the point. What should I do?

MY DEAR BROTHER,

Well, for starters, i think it would be a very good idea if you started seeing yourself through God's eyes of Love rather than through your own eyes of judgmentalism and dissatisfaction. Instead of putting yourself, down speak THE TRUTH about yourself--that you always have been and always will be God's beloved. Given that He Loves you so much, take a shot at loving yourself likewise.

BLESSINGS TO YA,
ephraim