Advice on Marriage Pastor Glenn Pon Chinese Grace Bible Church Sunday, November 9, 2014
I Corinthians 7:1-11 (ESV) 1 Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 11/2/2014 4
I Corinthians 7:1-11 (ESV) 2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. 11/2/2014 5
I Corinthians 7:1-11 (ESV) 3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 11/2/2014 6
I Corinthians 7:1-11 (ESV) 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. 11/2/2014 7
I Corinthians 7:1-11 (ESV) 5 Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 11/2/2014 8
I Corinthians 7:1-11 (ESV) 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command. 11/2/2014 9
I Corinthians 7:1-11 (ESV) 7 I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. 11/2/
I Corinthians 7:1-11 (ESV) 8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. 11/2/
I Corinthians 7:1-11 (ESV) 9 Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said. 11/2/
I Corinthians 7:1-11 (ESV) 10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11/2/
I Corinthians 7:1-11 (ESV) 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. 11/2/
I. Fully _____ your ________ enjoy 11/2/ celibacy
I. Fully _____ your ________ A. More _________ enjoy 11/2/ celibacy devotion
I. Fully _____ your ________ A. More _________ B. Less __________ enjoy 11/2/ celibacy devotion distraction
I. Fully _____ your ________ A. More _________ B. Less __________ C. Simple _______ enjoy 11/2/ celibacy devotion delight distraction
II. Fully ________ and _____ your ______ ________ embrace 11/2/ fulfill marital covenant
II. Fully ________ and _____ your ______ ________ A. There is _____ embrace 11/2/ fulfill debt marital covenant
II. Fully ________ and _____ your ______ ________ A. There is _____ B. There is _________ embrace 11/2/ fulfill debt difference marital covenant
II. Fully ________ and _____ your ______ ________ A. There is _____ B. There is _________ C. There is a ___________ embrace 11/2/ fulfill debt dependency difference marital covenant
III. Fully _______ the _______ at whatever stage express 11/2/ gospel
III. Fully _______ the _______ at whatever stage A. _____ yourself express 11/2/ gospel Love
III. Fully _______ the _______ at whatever stage A. _____ yourself B. ______ express 11/2/ gospel Love Follow
III. Fully _______ the _______ at whatever stage A. _____ yourself B. ______ C. _______ yourself express 11/2/ gospel Love Identify Follow