Sexual Purity today is rare, and probably always has been rare. When I was dating my wife and we were engaged to be married, we faced great temptation. There may be as many opinions on what sexual purity is as there are people. Some people say that holding hands before marriage is crossing a line that should not be crossed, or kissing maybe. After that begins the slippery slope of sexual activity, and with it rationalizations. So much so that two Christian teens think they are being pure by only having oral sex and not vaginal sex. It makes those who don’t kiss until the wedding date seem smarter. So my fiancée and I developed a punishment for ourselves if we crossed lines which we said we would not cross. If we crossed a line, I had to eat mustard and she had to eat spinach. We both hated those things. Some of you are saying that punishing yourselves is a horrible idea. You may be right, but seeing the mustard and spinach in the car day after day reminded us of our lines. And when you are engaged to the most beautiful woman in the world, you are at your wits end to find ideas to control yourself. It is difficult to live up to God's standards of purity, but just because we don't is no reason to throw in the towel. It helps us to seek out Christ, who is the only one who can live up to God’s standard. And the more able the Christian teenage couple is to strive toward sexual purity, the more likely that teenage couple will be able to stay true to a lifetime commitment to one person and one person only.
Sexual Purity today is rare, and probably always has been rare. When I was dating my wife and we were engaged to be married, we faced great temptation. There may be as many opinions on what sexual purity is as there are people. Some people say that holding hands before marriage is crossing a line that should not be crossed, or kissing maybe. After that begins the slippery slope of sexual activity, and with it rationalizations. So much so that two Christian teens think they are being pure by only having oral sex and not vaginal sex. It makes those who don’t kiss until the wedding date seem smarter. So my fiancée and I developed a punishment for ourselves if we crossed lines which we said we would not cross. If we crossed a line, I had to eat mustard and she had to eat spinach. We both hated those things. Some of you are saying that punishing yourselves is a horrible idea. You may be right, but seeing the mustard and spinach in the car day after day reminded us of our lines. And when you are engaged to the most beautiful woman in the world, you are at your wits end to find ideas to control yourself. It is difficult to live up to God's standards of purity, but just because we don't is no reason to throw in the towel. It helps us to seek out Christ, who is the only one who can live up to God’s standard. And the more able the Christian teenage couple is to strive toward sexual purity, the more likely that teenage couple will be able to stay true to a lifetime commitment to one person and one person only. 
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