what
is chaste? - The Bible and Chastity
Chaste
as opposed to abstinence - is a concept which goes beyond saving
sex until marriage, and in fact is a lifestyle which Christ calls
us to live out through our entire lives, be we single or married,
man or woman.
This
website exists to encourage people of all ages to live lives of
chastity. Old fahioned mabe - but the key to real life!
for our own good, sexual desires/activities are best under Christ's
control, I Thessalonians 4:3-5, TLB.
"God wants you to keep clear sexual sin so that each of you will
marry in holiness -not in lustful passion in ignorance of God
and his ways."
behaviour
to avoid Romans 13:13,
TLB.
"Be decent so that all can approve your behavior. Don't spend
time at wild parties, getting drunk, adultery and lust, fighting,
or jealousy."
keep
yourself pure, I John 3:3, TLB.
"everyone who believes this will try to stay pure
because Christ is pure."
dating
should not include a sexual relationship, I
Corinthians 6:13,18, TLB.
"But sexual sin is never right: our bodies were not made for that,
but for the Lord. . .That is why I say to run from sex sin. No
other sin affects the body as this one does. When you sin this
sin it is against your own body."
drinking
The Bible offers a powerful alternative to drinking.
Ephesians 5:18, TLB.
"Don't drink too much wine, for many evils lie along that path;
be filled instead with the Holy Spirit and controlled by Him."
dictionary
defintion of chaste
1. Pure from unlawful
sexual intercourse; virtuous
2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness
and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste
mind; chaste eyes.
3. Pure and simple in design and expression; correct; free
from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style
in composition or art. That great model of chaste, lofty, and
eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. --Macaulay.
4. Unmarried; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate; spotless.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998
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