3. Advice on Marriage Pastor Glenn Pon Chinese Grace Bible Church Sunday, November 9, 2014

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. I Corinthians 7:1-11 (ESV) 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command. 11/2/2014 9

10. 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. 11/2/2014 10

11. 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. 11/2/2014 11

12. 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. 11/2/2014 12

13. 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. 11/2/2014 13

14. 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. 11/2/2014 14

15. I. Fully _____ your ________ enjoy 11/2/2014 15 celibacy

16. I. Fully _____ your ________ A. More _________ enjoy 11/2/2014 16 celibacy devotion

17. I. Fully _____ your ________ A. More _________ B. Less __________ enjoy 11/2/2014 17 celibacy devotion distraction

18. I. Fully _____ your ________ A. More _________ B. Less __________ C. Simple _______ enjoy 11/2/2014 18 celibacy devotion delight distraction

19. II. Fully ________ and _____ your ______ ________ embrace 11/2/2014 19 fulfill marital covenant

20. II. Fully ________ and _____ your ______ ________ A. There is _____ embrace 11/2/2014 20 fulfill debt marital covenant

21. II. Fully ________ and _____ your ______ ________ A. There is _____ B. There is _________ embrace 11/2/2014 21 fulfill debt difference marital covenant

22. II. Fully ________ and _____ your ______ ________ A. There is _____ B. There is _________ C. There is a ___________ embrace 11/2/2014 22 fulfill debt dependency difference marital covenant

23. III. Fully _______ the _______ at whatever stage express 11/2/2014 23 gospel

24. III. Fully _______ the _______ at whatever stage A. _____ yourself express 11/2/2014 24 gospel Love

25. III. Fully _______ the _______ at whatever stage A. _____ yourself B. ______ express 11/2/2014 25 gospel Love Follow

26. III. Fully _______ the _______ at whatever stage A. _____ yourself B. ______ C. _______ yourself express 11/2/2014 26 gospel Love Identify Follow