1. C O R I N T H I A S N IT S F R 7. 25 - 40 A free CD of this message will be available following the service It will also be available for podcast later this week at calvaryokc.com

2. C O R I N T H I A S N I T S F R 7. 25 - 40 Virgins - PARTHENOS – used of men in Rev. 14:4

3. C O R I N T H I A S N I T S F R 7. 25 - 40 DIVORCE RE- MARRIAGE BEING SINGLE VIRGINS SEX WIDOWS $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $600 $600$600 $600 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 COUNT THE COST $600 $200 $800 $600

4. C O R I N T H I A S N I T S F R 7. 25 - 40 Elizabeth I (1533-1603) - “I would rather be a beggar and single than be a queen and married.”

5. C O R I N T H I A S N I T S F R 7. 25 - 40 NIV - But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

6. C O R I N T H I A S N I T S F R 7. 25 - 40 C. T. Studd - “Only one life, 'twill soon be past, Only what's done for Christ will last.”

7. David Brainerd - “As long as I see anything to be done for God, life is worth having; but O how vain and unworthy it is to live for any lower end!” C O R I N T H I A S N I T S F R 7. 25 - 40

8. C O R I N T H I A S N Robert Murray McCheyne (from Andrew Bonar's biography): “He cared for no question unless his Master cared for it; and his main anxiety was to know the mind of Christ.” I T S F R 7. 25 - 40

9. wife C O R I N T H I A S N I T S F R 7. 25 - 40 God Husband wife

10. C O R I N T H I A S N Leash – literally, noose I T S F R 7. 25 - 40 St. Basil the Great (4 th Century) - “We must always be on our guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another.”

11. C O R I N T H I A S N NIV - If anyone thinks he is acting improperly toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if she is getting along in years and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married. I T S F R 7. 25 - 40

12. C O R I N T H I A S N NLT - But if a man thinks he ought to marry his fiancée because he has trouble controlling his passions and time is passing, it is all right; it is not a sin. Let them marry. I T S F R 7. 25 - 40

13. C O R I N T H I A S N Message - If a man has a woman friend to whom he is loyal but never intended to marry, having decided to serve God as a “single,” and then changes his mind, deciding he should marry her, he should go ahead I T S F R 7. 25 - 40

14. C O R I N T H I A S N and marry. It’s no sin; it’s not even a “step down” from celibacy, as some say. I T S F R 7. 25 - 40

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