Now for my response concerning the issues you’ve asked me to address. (1 Corinthians 7:1)
A pastor’s preaching can also be in response to the issues the church is facing. Paul addressed it and it is still considered as scripture.
Apostle Paul explained God’s will concerning Christian marriage, and he addressed his counsel to three different groups.
1.Christians Married to Christians (7:1–11)
One purpose for marriage is “to avoid fornication.”
2.Christians Married to Non-Christians (7:12–24)
Some of the members of the Corinthian church were saved after they had been married, but their mates had not yet been converted. This had led them to ask the question, “Should we continue our marriage with non-saved partners?”
3.Unmarried Christians (7:25–40)
Unmarried believers who feel a call to serve God should examine their own hearts to see if marriage will help or hinder their ministry.
A wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives (1 Corinthians 7:39)
Marriage is for life. It is God’s will that the marriage union be permanent, a lifetime commitment. There is no place in a Christian marriage for a “trial marriage,”. God has put “boundaries” around marriage, not to make it a prison, but to make it a safe fortress. The person who considers marriage a prison should not get married in the first place.
A wife should stay married to her husband until he dies. Then she is free to marry again, but only to a man who is a follower of the Lord. However, I think I am obeying God’s Spirit when I say she would be happier to stay single. (1 Corinthians 7:39-40)
Apostle Paul closed the section by telling the widows that they were free to marry, but “only in the Lord”. This means that they must not only marry believers but marry in the will of God.
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