How is courtship different from dating?
Dating stems from the selfish “me” culture of the world; e.g. “What do I want from you?”, or “What can you do for me?”… And courtship stems from the surrendered and eternal mindset of a genuine believer in Jesus Christ; e.g. “What suits God’s eternal purpose for both of us?”… We were called by Christ to “come out” of the world. So, I believe most of our actions should look completely and radically different from the world! That being said… – Courtship is a process of decision by two servants, who are equally surrendered to the Lord Jesus; regarding whether they could serve God and one another better as husband and wife… Or not… So, in spending continuing time with a person of the opposite sex, we should have the long-term goal of marriage. And if marriage becomes an inadvisable future goal for the relationship. Then, I believe the relationship should end as quickly as possible, in order to spare both parties any further grief. So before I can have a courtship, someone has to
Dating stems from the selfish “me” culture of the world; e.g. “What do I want from you?”, or “What can you do for me?”… And courtship stems from the surrendered and eternal mindset of a genuine believer in Jesus Christ; e.g. “What suits God’s eternal purpose for both of us?”… We were called by Christ to “come out” of the world. So, I believe most of our actions should look completely and radically different from the world! That being said… – Courtship is a process of decision by two servants, who are equally surrendered to the Lord Jesus; regarding whether they could serve God and one another better as husband and wife… Or not… So, in spending continuing time with a person of the opposite sex, we should have the long-term goal of marriage. And if marriage becomes an inadvisable future goal for the relationship. Then, I believe the relationship should end as quickly as possible, in order to spare both parties any further grief. So before I can have a Courtship, there has to be
