Scripture Post #200: *MARITAL CONSENT*
1st Corinthians 7:
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Note: This Scripture was from Apostle Paul and Sosthenes, unto the Church at Corinth (1st Cor. 1:1-2).
1st Corinthians 7:4-5
The Voice (VOICE): [verse 4:] In marriage neither the husband nor the wife should act as if his or her body is private property—your bodies now belong to one another, and together they are whole.
[verse 5:] So do not withhold sex from one another, unless both of you have agreed to devote a certain period of time to prayer. When the agreed time is over, come together again so that Satan will not tempt you when you are short on self-control.
This Scripture means that if you wish to fast and pray, your spouse must agree for you to do so. In true Biblical fasting you aren't to eat or drink anything at all. (Esther 4:16: "Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish."
Ex. 34:28: "And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments."
Luke 4:2: "Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.") Now, Luke 4:2 doesn't state whether or not JESUS drank. But why would Moses go without drinking and JESUS not? Isn't CHRIST greater than Moses? If Moses did it, surely the KING of Kings can! I'm not sure why it's not stated that JESUS didn't drink. But it's not stated that HE did drink either.
Anyway, if you've ever gone on a true Biblical fast, you know that it is impossible to have a sexual appetite while doing so. True fasting puts your body and fleshly appetites under, so that your spirit-man can be strengthened and more sensitive to GOD. So if you're married, your spouse has to agree that it's okay for you to fast or not. Because in your fasting you won't see your spouse as sexually desirable until you eat again. No matter how fine she/he is, L.I. (Laughin' Inside)!
Originally Published: Sun. 3/31/13 (Resurrection Day!)
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