Is sex before marriage okay if you love each other?

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No, sex before marriage is sinful even if you love each other. Being in love doesn't alter the reality that the sexual act is outside of marriage--marriage being the ceremonial union of a man and woman in matrimony. Sex outside of marriage is called fornication, and the Bible definitely condemns it.

Matt. 15:19-20, "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. ²⁰ These are the things which defile the man."
Acts 15:29, " . . . that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication; if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well."
1 Cor. 6:9-10, "Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God."
Heb. 13:4, "Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge."

So, very clearly fornication is condemned in Scripture, and there is no provision for it being acceptable just because someone loves another person. Besides if this couple is so much in love, then why don't they carry out what true love is and marry each other? True love is when you put another person first--not when you take something from them. When a man and woman engage in fornication, they declare that such love for the other person is more self-centered rather than other-centered.

What is permissible in the bedroom?

Anything is permitted in the bedroom provided it is by mutual consent, does not violate Scripture, and is between a husband and wife. Therefore, fornication, bestiality, adultery, pornography, voyeurism, sodomy, etc., are not permissible. Oral Sex is permissible as is fondling, caressing, and mutual stimulation. Of course, all of this is intended for the married couple: husband and wife.
What about different sexual positions? Again, as long as it is by mutual consent, does not violate Scripture, and is between a husband and wife, then go for it and have fun.

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What is magi in the bible: You shoul know who is real Magi

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In Bangladesh people ask very often this burning question!

Who is really magi?

Why people ask girls/ women as a Magi?

The Magi (/ˈmædʒaɪ/ or /ˈmeɪdʒaɪ/; Greek: μάγοι, magoi), also referred to as the (Three) Wise Men or (Three) Kings, were, in the Gospel of Matthew and Christian tradition, a group of distinguished foreigners who visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Who were the magi, those gift-bearing wise men from the east who are so central to the traditional telling of the Christmas story? Bible scholar Brent Landau believes he has found at least one answer to this age-old question.

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The Bible tells us very little about the magi. Their story appears but once, in the Gospel of Matthew (2:1–12), where they are described as mysterious visitors “from the east” who come to Jerusalem looking for the child whose star they observed “at its rising.” After meeting with King Herod, who feigns an intention to worship the child but actually plans to destroy him, the magi follow the same star to Bethlehem. There, upon seeing the baby Jesus and his mother Mary, the magi kneel down and worship him, presenting him with their three famous gifts—gold, frankincense and myrrh. Then, without reporting to Herod, they depart for their homeland, never to be heard from again.

For early Christians, the seemingly pivotal yet unexplained background of the mysterious magi provided abundant room to shape new narratives around the question, “Who were the magi?” One of the most compelling, recently translated into English by Brent Landau, professor of religious studies at the University of Oklahoma, is the so-called Revelation of the Magi, an apocryphal account of the traditional Christmas story that purports to have been written by the magi themselves.

The account is preserved in an eighth-century C.E. Syriac manuscript held in the Vatican Library, although Brent Landau believes the earliest versions of the text may have been written as early as the mid-second century, less than a hundred years after Matthew’s gospel was composed. Written in the first person, the Revelation of the Magi narrates the mystical origins of the magi, their miraculous encounter with the luminous star and their equally miraculous journey to Bethlehem to worship the child. The magi then return home and preach the Christian faith to their brethren, ultimately being baptized by the apostle Thomas.

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According to Brent Landau, this dramatic account not only answers the question “Who were the magi?” but also provides details about how many they were, where they came from and their mysterious encounter with the star that led them to Bethlehem. In the Revelation of the Magi, there are not just three magi, as often depicted in early Christian art (actually, Matthew does not tell us how many there were), nor are they Babylonian astrologers or Persian Zoroastrians, as other early traditions held. Rather from Brent Landau’s translation it is clear the magi (defined in this text as those who “pray in silence”) are a group—numbering as few as 12 and as many as several score—of monk-like mystics from a far-off, mythical land called Shir, possibly China. They are descendants of Seth, the righteous third son of Adam, and the guardians of an age-old prophecy that a star of indescribable brightness would someday appear “heralding the birth of God in human form.”

When the long-prophesied star finally appears, the star is not simply sighted at its rising, as described in Matthew, but rather descends to earth, ultimately transforming into a luminous “star-child” that instructs the magi to travel to Bethlehem to witness its birth in human form. The star then guides the magi along their journey, miraculously clearing their path of all obstacles and providing them with unlimited stamina and provisions. Finally, inside a cave on the outskirts of Bethlehem, the star reappears to the magi as a luminous human child—the Christ child—and commissions them to become witnesses to Christ in the lands of the east.

Why Did the Magi Bring Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh?

It’s a fascinating story, but does it actually bring us any closer to understanding who the actual magi of the Christmas story might have been? Unfortunately, the answer is no, says Landau, although it may provide insight into the beliefs of an otherwise unknown Christian sect of the second century that identified with the mysterious magi.

“Sadly, I don’t think this is actually written by the historical wise men,” said Landau in an interview with National Public Radio’s Diane Rehm. “In terms of who wrote it, we have no idea. [But] the description of the magi and [their religious practices] is so remarkably detailed and I’ve often wondered whether it’s reflecting some actual community out there that practiced and kind of envisioned themselves in the role of the magi.”

More on the Magi

In art, the adoration of the magi appeared earlier and far more frequently than any other scene of Jesus’ birth and infancy, including images of the babe in a manger. Read Robin M. Jensen’s full article “Witnessing the Divine: The Magi in Art and Literature” as it appeared in the December 2001 issue of Bible Review for free online in Bible History Daily.

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“Een is julle leermeester…julle is almal broeders.” Sjoe! Eina! Jesus sny met die vlymskerp swaard van die Gees deur die godsdienstige hiërargie van Sy tyd en gee vir ons in ‘n paar kort stellings die radikale bloudruk vir leierskap in die koninkryk van God. Onthou dit is Jesus self aan die woord hier: “En hulle hou van die voorste plekke by die maaltye en die voorste banke in die sinagoges en die begroetinge op die markte en om deur die mense genoem te word: Rabbi, Rabbi! Maar julle, laat jul nie Rabbi noem nie, want een is julle leermeester: Christus, en julle is almal broeders. En julle moet niemand op die aarde julle vader noem nie, want een is julle Vader, Hy wat in die hemele is. Julle moet julle ook nie leermeesters laat noem nie, want een is julle leermeester: Christus. Maar die grootste van julle moet jul dienaar wees.” Mattheüs 23:6-11

Dit is die gesalfde Koning van God wat vir Sy dissipels met gesag instruksies gee oor hoe outoriteit en leierskap moet funksioneer in die nuwe era wat aangebreek het met Sy koms na die aarde. Dit is Sy duidelike instruksies aan al Sy dissipels vir alle tye. Dit is nie voorstelle wat ons maar net kan ignoreer of wegredeneer, omdat ons reeds ‘n ander kultuur in ons gemeentes gevestig het nie. Nee, ons moet ons kultuur dringend aanpas by wat ons Koning en Meester leer. Jesus verklaar onomwonde en sonder om woorde te mors dat Hy die een unieke Rabbi en leermeester is aan wie almal verslag moet doen en dat ons status, ongeag ons bediening of rol, altyd net die van ‘n “broer” en ‘n “dienaar” bly. Ons leef in ‘n tyd waar mense ander probeer beïndruk en poog om ‘n gesagsposisie te vestig deur hulleself “apostel”, “profeet”, “evangelis”, geestelike “vader” of iets dergeliks te noem. Vroeër jare was dit primêr “pastoor” of “dominee” wat die godsdienstige hiërargie in Protestantse gemeentes bepaal het. Maar of dit nou apostel, profeet, pastoor of leraar is, dit is in wese funksies in die koninkryk, nie titels nie. In die koninkryk van God is dit nie soos in die wêreld ‘n titel of ‘n formele posisie of aanstelling wat respek vestig en handhaaf nie, maar ons oortuiging dat Jesus ons álmal se Hoof is en dat ons daarom met nederigheid as broers aan mekaar onderdanig moet wees en mekaar se verskillende rolle in die koninkryk moet eer. Dit is eers wanneer ons oë oopgaan om te sien dat Jesus steeds teenwoordig is deur Sy Gees vandag en nie Sy gemeente in die hande van mense gelos het nie (al gebruik Hy mense as instrumente) dat ons skrifgedeeltes soos Mattheüs 23 werklik ernstig sal begin opneem.

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Is sex before marriage okay if you love each other?

What is permissible in the bedroom?

What is magi in the bible: You shoul know who is real Magi

Who is really magi?

Why people ask girls/ women as a Magi?

Stop Asking a girl as Magi! Its a sin, it Can't be a slang

Never use the word "magi" as slang

Why Did the Magi Bring Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh?

More on the Magi

Loneliness can be meaningful

Glory to Him ! A letter to God..

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