Thoughts on Premarital Sex
Dear children, I had a great time with you guys this weekend. It was fun playing at the park and hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa. We love you so much! I’d like to share some thoughts on an important topic—why wait to have sex until you’re married. First, God’s word affirms that premarital sex is immoral, regardless of what many people say. Being in love is not enough reason to have sex. The only condition allowed by God is within the sacred bonds of marriage. This is a matter of faith—faith that modern prophets have correctly communicated that marriage between a man and woman is the only approved setting for sex. In “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” prophets and apostles declared that “God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.” This is true doctrine. God’s power of bestowing life involves the deepest of emotions, and He guards that power by commanding that it be rese