MANHOOD/WOMANHOOD: TO MARRY OR NOT TO MARRY ...
I CORINTHIANS 7:1-16

"NOW CONCERNING THE THINGS ABOUT WHICH YOU WROTE" ... PAUL IS ANSWERING QUESTIONS, THE FIRST ONE HE ANSWERS IS CONCERNING MARRIAGE, SINGLENESS AND DIVORCE ...

THE ISSUE OF CELIBACY VERSES MARRIAGE, VS.1-9

     THE CHRISTIAN IS FREE NOT TO MARRY, VS.1

     MARRIAGE BRINGS RESPONSIBILITY, VS.2

     SEX IS A DUTY WITHIN MARRIAGE, VS.3-4

        MARRIAGE IS NOT A PLACE WHERE SELFISHNESS FINDS A RESTING, PLACE.

        THE PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP IS NOT ONLY FOR PROCREATION BUT PLEASURE.

        WE ARE NOT FREE TO USE AFFECTION AS A MEANS OF REWARD OR PUNISHMENT TO OUR SPOUSE.

        THE PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP IS NOT A NECESSARY EVIL TO BE PUT UP WITH OR TOLERATED, BUT IS A GIFT FROM GOD.

     STOP DEPRIVING ONE ANOTHER, VS.5

        MUTUAL AGREEMENT

        A GOOD CAUSE, "PRAYER"

        WATCH OUT FOR TEMPTATION

THE ISSUE OF DIVORCE, VS.10-16

     BELIEVERS/UNBELIEVERS

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