Keeping the Marriage Bed Holy – A Kingdom Catechism

Keeping the Marriage Bed Holy

A Kingdom Catechism

Focus all sexual activity on marriage alone.

Q 105: How do the redeemed of the Lord keep the marriage bed holy?

A 105: The redeemed of the Lord keep the marriage bed holy by each partner in the marriage fulfilling his or her marital obligations and by concentrating all their sexual affections on their marriage partner. (1 Cor. 7:1-5; Prov. 5:7-19)

If this instruction were taught children from an early age, and if parents were able to demonstrate obedience to and joy in keeping the seventh commandment, then the bridling of lust and the taming of our hearts would not be nearly as great a challenge as it is today. We cannot give mere lip-service to sex-within-marriage-alone as an ideal. We must discipline ourselves and train our young people to direct all their sexual desires toward rich and fruitful expression within marriage alone. Think of the social problems that would be alleviated, and the great good which all members of our society would enjoy, if Christians were to take the lead in taking the seventh commandment seriously.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.