Sleeping Together and Christ's Global Cause

Ray Pritchard
Keep Believing Ministries

I received an email from a man who asked a very particular question. He is a Christian, divorced, and in his forties. He met a Christian woman who seems to be an answer to prayer. Over time they have fallen in love and hope to get married eventually. But they can't marry right now because of financial reasons. Meanwhile they have started having sex together. He used the term "being intimate" to describe it. "We have been intimate and are feeling guilty that we DON’T feel convicted by the Holy Spirit that it has been wrong."

He goes on to say waited to have sex until they knew they were in love. Here is his question put another way: “Why do we not feel convicted by the Holy Spirit but do feel convicted by people? People make us feel guilty but at the same time, the Lord has blessed us and used us in some truly amazing ways." the rest