DATING

Does the word or the idea of Dating appear in the Bible? NO!!

What does Dating mean? It is a love relationship Romance hold by two persons with or without the intention of marrying that usually includes sexual relationship but without dwelling together.

Why do we date?

To know each other? To have fun?

Many times we date just to have sex even when we know its wrong

What sort of things do I need to know from the other person? The character The temper How is he/she Can I ONLY know these things by dating her/him?

WHAT A CHRISTIAN SHOULD DO?

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5.17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5.17

And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each ones deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile 1 Peter 1:17

Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with a precious blood of Christ…. 1 Peter 1:18-19

Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with a precious blood of Christ…. 1 Peter 1:18-19

The Bible tells us about a man King Salomon

He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray 1 King 11.3

At the end of his life he wrote

Meaningless! Meaningless! says the Teacher. Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless. Ecclesiastes 1.2

Meaningless! Meaningless! says the Teacher. Everything is meaningless! Ecclesiastes 12.8

So, what is Gods plan for me?

Then the L ORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man Genesis 2.22

Then the L ORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man Genesis 2.22

Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2.22

Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2.22

What a Christian should look for? She is SO pretty He is SO handsome She is SUCH a good person He is SUCH a good man Is He or She Christian?

The Bible says Do two walk together unless they have agreed to meet? Amos 3.3

The Bible says: Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness?

The Bible says Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 2 Corinthians 6: 14-15

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Missionary dating Can a Christian date a non Christian with the aim of making that person his/her mission in life? NO

If you being a Christian declare he/she is the best happens to me in my life You are worshiping a person rather than God.

How did people choose in the Bible?

Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.

And Abraham said to his servants, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, Put your hand under my thigh,

that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell

But will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac. Genesis 24: 1-4

Thats not fear, Isaac couldnt even choose her!!!! and does she has to accept him anyway?

They said, Let us call the young woman and ask her. And they called Rebekah and said to her, will you with this man? She said, I will go Genesis 24: 57-58

What did happen with Isaac? And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel and said to the servant, Who is that man, walking in the field to meet us?

The servant said, It is my master, So she took her veil and covered herself. Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah, his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her.

The servant said, It is my master, So she took her veil and covered herself. Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah, his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her.

Another one Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me. What shall your wages be?

Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. ….Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance. Jacob loved Rachel and said

I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel Genesis 29: 15-18

They wait for 7 years but did not date Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed. Genesis 29:21

Another man choosing wife But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabals wife, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master and he railed at them. Yet the man were very good to us 1 Samuel 25:14-15

And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hands.

For as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male. 1 Samuel 25:32-34

And then Nabal died!! When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife 1 Samuel 25: 40

What did Abigail say? And she followed the messengers of David and became his wife 1 Samuel 25:42

So be very careful, because the Bible says twice!!!!! Speaking about love and sex I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases Song of Solomon 2:7; 3:5

Dating and sex are like fire In the marriageOut of marriage

The Bible says Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of you heart. Psalm 37.4

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? I the Lord search the heart and test the mind Jeremiah 17:9-10

What if I did wrong? Jesus stood up and said to her, Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? She said, No one, Lord And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more. John 8:10-11

What if I did wrong? Jesus stood up and said to her, Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? She said, No one, Lord And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more. John 8:10-11