Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man,
but in the end it leads to death.
As a student at Criswell Baptist University and a licensed Baptist minister, I'd like to weigh in on this issue since it has been brought up. It doesn't matter if it should or should not have been mentioned. It's out there now.
Of all the world view opinions that have been posted about marriage and premarital sex and having children out of wedlock, none are close to God's truth. Marriage is a sacred commitment between one man and one woman. The Bible says that a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one. It's a life long commitment. It's not meant to be entered into frivolously.
You better make sure you're with the right person and that does not mean jumping into bed on the first date to see if the sex is any good. Of course, you want that part of your marriage to be good. It's the reason we're made the way we are. But it was never meant for us to act like animals in heat. And, do you love that person enough to stay with him/her if that part of the relationship is suddenly taken away? If he or she is paralyzed in an automobile accident for example, and that part of the marriage is suddenly gone, do you have enough to stand on so that the marriage will endure? Believe it or not, while sex is a very important of marriage, it's not the most important part, and it's certainly not the only part. It's important to make sure you have found the right person so that the chances of a divorce at some point in the future will be minimized.
Too many people jump into marriage or into a relationship based on sex, but when something happens to that part of the relationship or when the passion just tapers off or dies, they find there's nothing left, that they had nothing else in common, and the relationship fails. All too often, innocent children get caught in the middle. Is it any wonder the divorce rate in this country is at 60%?
If the worry over "losing half your stuff" keeps you up at night, I'd say a shift of priorities is in order. In the Bible, God says, "The earth and everything in it is mine." It's not really yours. A hundred years from now it'll all be dust and no one will care that you owned this or that. There was a billionaire who died a few years ago whose name I cannot recall offhand. His attorney was asked, "How much did he leave behind? to which his attorney replied "All of it!" You cannot take it with you. But if that's still a concern, it's called a pre-nup.
Finally, and this may come as a shocker, but those who say they don't want to get married or aren't meant to be married are exactly right. Not everyone is meant for marriage. 1 Corinthians 7 has much to say about this. Paul actually wrote that it's better not to marry, but if you cannot control your urges, then you should marry so you won't commit sin by sleeping with multiple partners you aren't married to. And yes boys and girls, it is a sin in spite of what our society tells us, and one I myself committed before I knew God's truth. Fortunately, I've been redeemed by the blood of Christ. He paid the price for my sins.
As for whether to sell the bike or not, that would depend on your personal finances. It also depends on how much risk you care to take with your own well being. Don't get me wrong, because I'd love to have another motorcycle someday. But it is inherently more risky. Make this decision based on what's truly important in your life.
