 Welcome everybody to unfiltered Pastor David. Welcome and thank you for joining us. Thank you I got a follow-up question a couple of maybe it was probably our last interview We were talking about one before that because we're talking about Those who feel that they don't need to be married in God's eyes because they live together. They love each other What is a piece of paper going to do? They really asked that really they had asked that so we discussed it Yeah, I thought I had the follow-up was well then and it's more in regards of Sex within the confines of marriage I received a follow-up in regards to that saying well if God is love and I know we're gonna get married and I love my partner my spouse my significant other Then it should be permissible to have sex before marriage. Well, I should have I think what we need to do is just tell God that You know because my goodness I you know seeing that we know What what should be done because we know more than God, you know, maybe we should advise him, right? You know God you said in your word that that it's a sex outside of marriage is a sin you've said that sex outside of marriage is referred to as fornication and You have said that that what we're intended to do is we're intended to bring glory to you in our body Which belongs you in our spirit and that our bodies are intended to be saved for The proper place of expressing sexual Satisfaction within the confines of marriage, you know and you in your word have said that Adulters and fornicators are going to be judged and he was chapter 13 and You also said in in Galatians as well as Ephesians Do not be deceived because of these things comes God's judgment And so when somebody says well, we love each other and and God is a God of love God is also a God of holiness and a God of order and the God who created all things and intense things to be done in a certain way so Anybody who tries to argue as quote-unquote a believer John is telling me they don't read their Bible first and foremost The second thing they're telling me is they don't want to obey those things that they find to be difficult three They're saying that love and lust are pretty much the same thing And so what we need to do is we need to learn what the difference is between love and lust Because there are people who say, you know, well, I'm in love. Therefore We have sex because we're in love and I heard someone say no, you're not in love You're in heat and there's a difference between those two things and they need to learn the difference And so, you know, I anybody and I don't mean this to be as mean as it sounds I'm just trying to be honest within the confines of a short conversation anybody who approaches Me or you or anybody who opens and divides in and presents the word Had better be able to give proof text as to why God has said in his word not to do this, but for you It's okay because in fact, it's a sin It's a sin where even in the book of Revelation the final chapter says outside our fornicators and adulterers They're outside. They don't come in why because that sin has caused them to to not be Qualified and able through the beloved Christ forgiveness of sins regeneration all the rest They're they're not able to enter into into the presence of the Lord because their sin has excluded them. So John, it's a it's a It's sad that we have people who who perhaps profess to be Christians and Try and say that God's blessing is on them because they have decided that they're in love My definition of love comes from the scripture Their definition of love is not in the scripture. It's in the world and in the world which is passing away There's judgment. So if we're going to be speaking about Sex it is something that is confined to the marriage bed and it's honorable before the Lord but he said but Adulterers and fornicate a fornicators will be judged and so no the word of God says that that I don't define what relationship is. I Ask God for guidance through his word To know what is pleasing to him and there must be a reason why he in his word said to avoid it And I would say that after many years of ministry John and you've been serving the Lord for a while now, too How many how many broken-hearted young women have you seen or how many? Defeated young men have you seen who have become in bondage to? Sexual sin or have become the victims of someone using them for their own purposes and have broken their hearts one last thing I still remember this And and I'll close this because I don't want to go too long Discussing this but many years ago. I had a Young lady who called up called the office I was an assisting pastor at the time and asked for an appointment to speak to one of the pastors and so the Senior pastor at that day at that time said can you meet with her? And so I set up an appointment to meet with this young lady. I was a young man at the time I was about 29 years old and she was I would say somewhere around 20 or 21 She came into the office. I sat down with her I spoke to her and I it was a weekend and I asked her a couple of questions and she had said I just want to ask you questions about Sexual things whether certain things are right and I said are you having a relationship? She said yes, I said are you married and she said no so I explained to her what scripture said concerning that and I remember saying something like You're concerned about this and she said yes, I said where's the young man? Oh, he's playing football with some of his friends right now I said so this young man didn't love you enough to come in and Speak to me about this. He left it in your hands, right? And she said yeah, I said do you go to church because she didn't go to the church I was in she said yes, I do I go to such and so church I said have you ever been taught the Bible as it relates to this she says I've never had a study On this I said so you've been raised in the church and nobody ever told you this is wrong She said nobody's ever said that to me. I said well here's what the scripture says I opened some passages I said this young man that you're with is he a believer well me kind of says he is I said so he's not she goes Well, not really. I don't think so, but you are and she said yes I said then you present to him the facts of what scripture says I said you no longer submit yourself to sexual favors for him and I said get right with the Lord. I said and you need to go to a church that teaches the word of God That was a conversation we had and she left crying. She was so broken-hearted about two years later. I got a letter and She wrote about three years. She wrote and she said this you may not remember me But I always have broken-hearted little girl crying in your office. She said and when you spoke to me about that She said I never I never Followed up on this. She says but I want you to know what happened. She said after I left the office I went to him and I broke up with him She said I went to school to become a nurse and in the school. I was becoming a nurse in She said I got involved in the Christian club. She said in the Christian club I became the president as a president of the Christian club I met a young man this young man and I are going to get married and I would like you to perform Our wedding wow and see there are good things that happen when you when you Repent and do things the way that the Lord has ordered John But when we put our will in front of his there's not going to be a blessing in that so when somebody says I'm in love No, you're not because love is sacrificial and love serves And if you're having biblical love then it's going to be aligned to what God's word says concerning those things Amen, and again, that's where the confusion comes in with the love or lost not understanding the scriptural Definition of love so well pastor. Thank you so much Siri was giving me God save It was trying to tell me what intense love is so thank you sir Pastor thank you so much for sharing and and I hope this ministers to the one that sent it in and is able to hear and Understand that this it's it's about Jesus and the love of Christ and focusing on that And so I do hope they tune in and hear this and I want to thank you pastor I want to remind you that we do have our Wednesday evening service tomorrow at 7 p.m.. And pastor You're taking us through first John chapter five tomorrow, and it's it's an interesting Conclusion and I encourage every person that can be with us Especially those who are part of our fellowship to come and it's been amazing to see what God's been doing on Wednesday evenings I'm blessed by that and and then men we have our Super Bowl breakfast on Saturday, February 4th We have a limited amount of breakfast burritos You can call the front desk stop by the guziba if they haven't sold out already But we also have day of morning of to come here Anthony To move you know share his testimony and be with other men and fellowship and and so hopefully you guys can make it Pastor again. Thank you so much for your time. Hope you guys enjoy this. God bless you. We'll see you soon