BATEMAN
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@5PointBaptist @yesiwetmyplants There was a Christian thread on reddit about a a women who met the perfect guy but he was falsely accused of rape 20 years ago and he was proven innocent, everyone in the thread was telling this women to dump him. This whole the past doesn’t matter is only for the ladies bro.
My wife was formerly promiscuous. I was a virgin. She was then radically born-again. Committed to church, evangelized constantly, Puritan books in her bedroom, prayer journals, grief over past sexual sin, etc. We got to know each other well for over a year, dated for four months, engaged for two and a half, and didn't sin sexually with one another. Our first kiss with each other was at the altar on our wedding day (reaction pic attached!). We've been married for over five years now, and she's been the most wonderful and godly wife, mother to our three children, and homemaker you could imagine. She's more pure than most virgins, as biblical purity has less to with past sins (though they certainly matter) and more to do with one's current posture of the heart and daily decisions to honor the Lord (Matt. 5:8). We're far too quick to forget the story of the woman labeled as a known "sinner" (likely a prostitute) in Luke 7:36-50 who was washing Jesus' feet with her tears while kissing them too. The Pharisees were shocked that Jesus let a public sinner do this. Jesus responded with a parable about debts being forgiven and ended with this powerful conclusion: "Her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little" (Luke 7:47). Everyone seems to highlight the benefits of virginity, and it certainly is a blessing. But we forget to highlight the benefits of being forgiven much as well. My wife knows the depths of Jesus' forgiveness more than most people, enabling her to more easily live out a life of passionate love for her Savior. A woman or man's past sexual sin matters. But what matters far more when it comes to deciding who to marry is if the person is truly born again, if their repentance is real, if they truly have a heart for Christ, if they truly follow Jesus and obey his commands. "God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world — what is viewed as nothing — to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, so that no one may boast in his presence. It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us — our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, — in order that, as it is written: 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'" (1 Cor. 1:27-31) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" (2 Cor. 5:17)
@DefiantBaptist These women are not defending promiscuous women because they care so deeply about injustice and equality, their doing it because they were once that promiscuous women and they also feel attacked and shamed.
There is no possible situation where 19 year old Emily turns up with 38 year old Jerry and her uni friends don’t think it’s really creepy and weird. Sorry lads
A customer disputed our credit card charge 1 month after leaving a 5-star review.. and won I uploaded the 5-star review and a transcript of the phone call where she was happy and booked again. The bank still sided with the customer How is this possible?
My prenup involved a ton of crying, yelling, and calling off the marriage But we got it signed and hasn’t come up since No reason to get married without one
