KISSING: THE BIBLICAL STANDARD 1

KISSING IS THE ACT OF TOUCHING OR PRESSING ONES LIPS AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON OR OBJECT.

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PEOPLE KISS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. FOR EXAMPLE; IN NIGERIA, KISSING ON THE LIPS CONNOTES INTIMACY AND SEXUAL PASSION BUT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD IT MIGHT ONLY MEAN A MERE GREETING AND EXCHANGE OF PLEASANTRIES.

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KISSING ACTUALLY STARTED FROM THE PROCESS OF KISS FEEDING; A PROCESS IN WHICH MOTHERS FEED THEIR BABIES PASSING CHEWED FOOD TO THE BABY’S MOUTH. ALTHOUGH A SCHOOL OF THOUGHT BELIEVES THAT INSTINCTUAL AND INTUITIVE.

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SOMETIMES KISSING CAN BE SEEN AS A RITUAL, FOR EXAMPLE; IN A WEDDING IN THE CHURCH, A KISS IS ALWAYS REQUIRED AT THE END OF SAYING THE VOWS TO OFFICIALLY CEMENT THE UNION OR KISSING A DEAD LOVED ONE AS A MEANS OF SAYING GOOD BYE.

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IN THE BIBLE, KISSING HAPPENED FREQUENTLY BUT MOSTLY AS A

SIGN OF HOMAGE (ESTHER 5:2)

SUBJECTION (1 SAMUEL 10:1)

RECONCILIATION (2 SAMUEL 14:33)

VALECDICTION (RUTH 1:14)

APPROBATION (PSALMS 2:12)

HUMBLE GRATITUDE (LUKE 7:38)

WELCOME (EXODUS 18:7)

LOVE AND JOY (GENESIS 20:11)

THERE WERE ALSO SENSUAL AND HYPOCRITICAL KISSES.

ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF THE BIBLE STORIES IS THE KISS OF BETRAYAL, WHERE JUDAS ISCARIOT BETRAYED JESUS CHRIST WITH A KISS SPECIFICALLY IN THE GOSPELS OF MATTHEW AND MARK.

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IN SUMMARY, KISSING IS NOW AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR SOCIETY MODERN CULTURE, WE SHOULLD TRY AS CHRISTIANS TO UNDERSTAND IT , USE IT WELL AND TRY NOT TO ABUSE IT.

DO NOT LET A FOOL KISS YOU OR A KISS FOOL YOU.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS.