QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD - Why would God give us all of these rules?" Well, let's look at some of these rules and see if you can tell me why God would give them to us. Here are some of His rules: • Don't kill anyone. • Don't steal from anyone. • Be faithful to your husband or wife. • Don't get drunk. • Only have sex with your husband or wife. • Take care of widows and orphans. • Loosen the chains of injustice. • Love your neighbor. • Honor your parents. • Love the people that society has rejected, and anything you do for them I will look at it as though you have done it for me.

When you look at these rules you see a God who has love for mankind instead of hatred. Let me ask you this: "IF you were God and you created mankind and you loved them, what rules would you give them? Would you change any of Gods' commandments? Would you change "Don't murder", "Don't steal", "Honor your parents", "Don't give false testimony about anyone", "Take care of widows and orphans", "Love others as you love yourself", "Love the God that created you", "Be faithful to your wife", "Don't get drunk."  Notice this: Gods' rules don't say, "Don't drink and don't have sex." The reason God didn't tell us not to do these things is because He created them for our enjoyment. God does not want to take all the fun out of our lives. Rather, He says that He wants you to enjoy them, but He knows that without rules and regulations you have chaos. And if God did not put into place guidelines on sex and alcohol he knew it would destroy many lives, as the misuse of them is presently doing.

A society without rules would be a absolutely terrible place to live. Could you imagine living in a society where it is okay to murder, rape and steal. You would live in constant fear for your life and your possessions. After living in a society like this for one day you would thank God for his rules and His laws.

On the other hand, could you imagine how wonderful society would be if we all followed Gods' commands. No one would ever be murdered or stolen from. There would be no homes destroyed by alcoholism and nobody killed by a drunk driver. There would be no unfaithful husbands or wives, which would greatly reduce number of broken homes. There would be no sexually transmitted diseases such as aids, herpes or gonareah. There would be no homeless or starving people. The earth would be a place of peace, love, and security. In my opinion the problem with society is not Gods' rules but our choices to ignore them, because all of Gods' rules are designed to help mankind.

You might say, "I understand why God gave us rules for society, but why would he give us rules about sex". Let me answer your questions with some questions: Who do you think designed sex? Who do you think designed the body with its shapes and curves? It was God. If God didn't want us to enjoy sex, He wouldn't have made men/women look so great and sex feel so good. But He did. Why? Because He wanted His children to enjoy it.

At the same time, what gives great pleasure can also cause great pain if done outside God's guidelines. I am not just talking about external consequences such as disease, unwanted pregnancy and emotional trauma. I am talking about the effects it can have on the family. Imagine if there were no limitations on sex, and you were to come home from work one day, and a man was sitting on the couch with your kids. You ask your wife, "Honey who is he"? And she says, "Oh, that's just Bob, he did a good job fixing the car and he is kind of cute, so I just thought I would take him home to meet the kids and I am going to go ahead an spend the night with him. Would you mind maybe sleeping on the couch tonight."

I hope this illustration, as ridiculous and offensive as it might be catches your attention and makes you seriously consider what it would be like if there were no limitations on sex. How would you feel if you were that husband or if that woman were your mom? Hollywood and the media focus so much attention on the pleasure you might be missing out on if you maintain purity in and before your marriage. But so little attention is focused on the reality of the consequences of sex outside of God's guidelines. You see, having you and your family's best interest at heart, God put guidelines in place to help keep the family together. He not only knew this was best for you, but that it was best for your children. For in His incredible wisdom, God knew that the best way to raise children was with a mother and a father. And God knew that sex is more than a physical experience. He created sex to be an emotional bond between two people. So if this bond is destroyed, the family unity is weakened and many times destroyed.

When you examine the rules and guidlines that God gave mankind to live by you will find that at the foundation of all of God's laws there is LOVE! Let me Explain. Jesus, when He was asked what the greatest commandment God gave to man kind was, gave this reply:

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." What this verse is saying is that all of the laws that God has given to mankind can be simplified into 2 basic commands, Love God and Love others! If you will live your life following these commandments you will fulfill all of God's laws. For instance, If you murder, steal, rape, or lie about someone you have not behaved in a loving manor to your fellow man so you would have broken God's law. God's laws are not tedious or pointless as some people think, but rather they are practical and beneficial to all mankind.

I hope now that you have a better understanding why God has given us Rules. It is because He loves us, and he wants us to enjoy life. The rules he gave are not intended to take a way your joy or your fun but rather to add to them. In fact, I bet if you were to look back to some of the most painful times of your life you will find they are a result of either you or someone else breaking God's Laws that were intended to prevent that pain!