Eligible Candidates
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· 4 viewsThose who are single have the benefit of doing the will of God on a greater scale. While waiting on God for your forever person, don't get caught not being the best you that you can be.
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The Wait
The Wait
I remember like it was yesterday being in high school and preparing for college. One of the things that most high schools do is take tests that will measure your readiness for college. You know you want to be there, you do the things necessary to take the test, and then you take the test. And then comes the wait. You have to wait around two weeks to find out if you’ll be able to be a part of the college community that you want to be a part of. Now during the wait there are two types of people. There are those who allow their lives to be frozen while waiting for scores and there are those who continue to fill out college application forms and scholarship forms. I think we can all figure out from here who will be the more successful in their school preparations! Being single can be just like this. Living the life of a single person can be at times a crazy waiting process. But what we should not do is stop being productive while we wait on God to send us our spouse. And if we are truly OK with being single don’t let someone else’s relationship push you into a marriage.
25 Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. 26 I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. 29 This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, 31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
32 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. 33 But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, 34 and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband. 35 I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.
36 If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry—it is no sin. 37 But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well. 38 So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.
39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. 40 Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
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Paul’s P.S.A 25-31
Paul’s P.S.A 25-31
25 Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. 26 I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. 29 This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, 31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
25 Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
V25 opinion of Paul
1 cor 7 25-
25 Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. 26 I think that, in view of the impending crisis, it is well for you to remain as you are. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a virgin marries, she does not sin. Yet those who marry will experience distress in this life, and I would spare you that.
26 I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.
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V26 COnsider
present distress
Corinth was a fast changing place at the time of writing
The way of life was changing
Has you considered the environment?
27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
27- Don’t change a thing!
Paul is saying to married people don’t use these words or this SERMON to justify leaving your spouse.
This is focused towards the unmarried.
28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.
Married was not designed for trouble, but it can be troubling.
Worldly troubles= Being pulled in different directions
When you multitask, something else is suffering.
Marriage Comes With Trials
It is a covenant not a contract
Finances (You must consider all before any investments)
How to raise children
Your spouse is NOT going to complete you
You won’t always feel “In Love”
Bad credit doesn’t go away with an “I Do”
Just because you say “I Do” doesn’t mean the children will
29 This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, 31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
v29-31
Paul had the understanding that the world as we know it is coming to an end and I believe that to be the attitude that we should have as Christians.
We are not living to remain in this life.
No physical objects gained in this life can be taken into the next
Relationships created, even marriage, will not be the case in heaven
28 In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”
29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Understanding Anxieties 32-35
Understanding Anxieties 32-35
32 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
Anxieties- without worries.
I remember the Lion King movie as Simba is running away from Scar after believing that he caused the death of his father. He runs into Timon and Pumba singing a song about the phrase “Hakuna Matata”. It means no worries for the rest of your days! It’s their problem free, philosophy!
I understand that no life is really free from worries, but if you want the Hakuna Matata life marriage is not it!
33 But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, 34 and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.
1 cor
The married person must live in submission to one another. It is pleasant when both people participate. But when you take the extra time to be pleasing to spouse and children, God time suffers.
It is impossible for two people to live with each other without burdens of some kind.
Thankfully God commands us to be good to and love our families.
35 I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.
Paul uses an idiom “To throw a bridle on”
God wants ALL Christians to be devoted to Him!
Will marriage help or hinder your service to God?
Remarriage V39
Remarriage V39
39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
Conclusion
Conclusion