![]() If you're looking for a title to put on top of your worship guide there, this is the title usually they're catchier and a little punchier, but this week we're just going to go with exactly what Paul said in the text, and we're going to talk about it is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman. It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." The title of my message today, appropriately I think, is It Is Good for a Man Not to Have Sexual Relations with a Woman. Let's go back to verse 1 to begin our study today where Paul says, "Now for the matters you wrote about. 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." I say this as a concession, not as a command. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. Do not deprive each other, except, perhaps, by mutual consent, and for a time so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but yields it to her husband, and the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but yields it to his wife. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise, the wife to her husband. I cannot possibly address everything in the opening week, so you're going to have to take some initiative for this to really make a difference in your life, and we believe that it will.ฤก Corinthians 7:1-7, Paul says, "Now for the matters you wrote about, It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman, but since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. You'll need to come several weeks of this series or you're going to get an imbalanced view of what we're trying to say. I'll read it really fast, and then I'll back up and take it apart a little bit this week. I'm taking up all my time in introductory remarks, and I've got a lot to say to you God's put a lot of my heart. I mean, this is a supernatural thing that we can have people in the room who are on their fourth marriage, and people in the room who are 14 years old, and God can, through his word, just divide it and get you the portion that you need and the way you need to hear, and we're praying that he would do that, and we're believing for some really great things in this series. I know he'll speak to your situation wherever you are. So, whereas in our last series, we covered, I think twelve chapters of scripture, give or take, we're only going to stay in one for this five-week series and just take these verses and see what God would say to us today. ![]() I didn't want to do that because it's so predictable, so I'm going to let the scripture be our guide, which is probably a good idea anyway, rather than me dividing up my opinions of what I think you need to hear about just let the text set the trajectory of the series. I wanted to do it in a way that would feel fresh, so I have it divided up each week into this is the week for the single people, and this is the week for the married people, and this is the week. I want to teach a little bit over the next five weeks and just get into this one chapter of scripture, and just take it verse-by-verse and see what God has to say to us about the relationships in our lives. So I would say our last series was a pretty preachy series give you a lot of opportunities to get up on your feet and respond to God's word. I don't think that you should come to church and just be addicted to one style of ministry, one style of music, or one style of preaching. ![]() I like to teach and preach in several different styles, as well. I enjoyed preaching about him so much, and I've been in mourning this week, just like not even wanting to move on, but we've got to go now. I have been mourning the loss of Jacob all week. Last week we said goodbye to Jacob in our series Death to Selfie. I say it because I'm going to preach from a chapter of scripture for the next five weeks that I haven't heard a lot of preachers preach from because it's very bizarre. We're starting this series today, which I have boldly called, the title is meant to be but the subtitle says it's the Bible's Best Kept Secrets About Sex, Marriage, and Being Single.
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