This booklet is for people who are considered serious Christians who took a leap of faith in Christ and want to grow in your relationship with him the young man who is not interested in Christian life and has decided to go this route, it may seem unimportant and impossible and is right now it is not possible to follow this path without the Holy Spirit in our lives.
So it is necessary that those who face this issue have defined what you make of your life if you follow the path of Christ or the world, and know that a certain age can not blame this decision to their parents, school, friends, society, etc.., etc., but he himself is responsible for taking the potential impact that the decisions taken.
If we define what a Christian dating, it is important to see what are the characteristics that God had in mind when designing the relationship between man and woman.
If these features are present in a dating relationship, or there is a sincere interest in both their achievement, one could say that the engagement is on the path of Christ. If there is no interest in meeting these characteristics of Christian couples in the Bible, then it is a courtship "carnal", that is based on other priorities (cultural, emotional, sexual, social) but not in what Christ expects.
Here goes:
God thought the relationship between man and woman with a 'freedom to form "which is something similar to what happens with a swimming pool: in the pool I can have total freedom and re-pass it, but it has limits because the water is inside and not outside.
I can say "I want to be free and that no condition me!" and decide to swim in the cement floor outside the pool, or pretend to throw me headfirst into the corner of my house, but that alone will bring me suffering major injuries and newsprint.
When the Lord designed the relationship between man and woman, he thought these features:
Sexual Freedom (Genesis 1:27 and 28). "Multiply", "Have many, many children (Version)" The first thing God said to the men and women to train them and bring them together, was to have sex!
But relations with ...
Holiness (Hebrews 13:4) "Everyone should consider marriage as something precious. The husband and wife should be faithful to each other, because God will punish those who have sex prohibited and are unfaithful in marriage "(Version).
At time of writing this biblical text the word "marriage" was the same as now, included only the relationship men and women (no other) and comply with social laws required. So some of the limits of the basin are:
marital * * one man - woman with married * no * and also with ...
Loyalty (1 Corinthians 7:39) If no loyalty practice dating and I have sooooo many couples not going to magically become true the day I married!
Unit (Gen 2.24) Note that some versions say "the same being." This is not boring "sameness" (we like the same thing, do the same, we dress alike, we are bored as well) but a unity seriously, without divisions and personal selfish positions.
Long Term (Mark 10.7 to 9) for a lifetime, no "as he sits, while the love is gone, as long as the passion, as I meet and I like it." This could be love of Latin American telenovela (soap opera in Spain ...) but not Christian!
Delivery (1 Corinthians 7:3 and 4) The divine design is that each partner gives priority to be given to another and not receiving, just the opposite of what the world says! It is not "all for me" but "everything for the child."
Respect (1 Peter 3:7) If today does not respect my partner and dealing with anger, contempt and abuse, unless I'm going to "honor" when we husbands.
In a framework of authority (1 Corinthians 11:3) God, man and the woman is the divine design. The woman should be subordinate to men and this God.
selfless love (Effects 5:25 and 28) The man must love his wife as Christ loved the church! So be prepared to give his life and give up everything for her.
For the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31) "All" for His glory.
If my relationship takes me away from religion and the church, if it makes me sin with my body or my mind, if I cooled in the faith, if it makes me disobey the authorities, if we have plans to service far Lord if anything but share experiences of faith ....
Where I'm giving thanks to God?
Ok ... agreed! these are characteristic of what God expects of husbands, but if your current or future dating does not point to this that the Bible says. ...
¿¿¿To where you are going??
God designed a beautiful fountain, the water is crystal clear and ready, there are several trampolines and all manner of exotic plants and striking decorations.
Once inside does not feel like going out because it goes great!.
There are also some pools of imitation but they are four: the water is blurred and dirty, those inside feel bad because they know that is not original. When you enter will not charge admission, but after all the good consumerism that you have in there between frustration and boredom.
Which will you throw? How
head on the cement in the dirty sink, or in the pool of God?
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