The Exceptional Value of Singleness
Michael White
1 Corinthians 7:25-40
The past several weeks we have been talking about marriage and the family. We've discussed the foundation of marriage. God owns the patent on marriage and we look to his design and order in roles of submission and authority. We've seen biblical definition of love. What does love in marriage actually look like? And this morning we;re looking at singleness. How do singles play part in the church and in the family?
We have a lot of questions in life and probably one of the most important questions is should I get married? because how you answer that question will have massive implications for your life. The corinthian believers asked the apostle Paul this very question- and you have probably asked yourself the same thing because...
Singleness can be a frustrating experience, especially as you get older.
One contemporary American Philosopher and poet named Beyonce expressed this frustration when she said:
'Cause if you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
All the Single ladies. A ll the single ladies
oh oh oh oh oh oh
If you don't know who beyonce is, that is a good thing. I'm happy for you!
But there is much to say about the experience of being single.
As you grow up You see some friends get married right out of high school and you say ''good for them! Not for me quite yet!''
Then you graduate a Christian university, where dating is thoroughly engrained in the culture.
You don't give or receive that ''ring by spring'' of your final semester and you watch as more of your friends get married in their early twenties right out of college.
For some this is a deplorable experience Yet still you are young. You don;t want to be burdened with a husband or a wife. You want to travel!!
As time goes on you get a job, you work for a number of years and you see more of your friends getting married, having ...
Michael White
1 Corinthians 7:25-40
The past several weeks we have been talking about marriage and the family. We've discussed the foundation of marriage. God owns the patent on marriage and we look to his design and order in roles of submission and authority. We've seen biblical definition of love. What does love in marriage actually look like? And this morning we;re looking at singleness. How do singles play part in the church and in the family?
We have a lot of questions in life and probably one of the most important questions is should I get married? because how you answer that question will have massive implications for your life. The corinthian believers asked the apostle Paul this very question- and you have probably asked yourself the same thing because...
Singleness can be a frustrating experience, especially as you get older.
One contemporary American Philosopher and poet named Beyonce expressed this frustration when she said:
'Cause if you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
All the Single ladies. A ll the single ladies
oh oh oh oh oh oh
If you don't know who beyonce is, that is a good thing. I'm happy for you!
But there is much to say about the experience of being single.
As you grow up You see some friends get married right out of high school and you say ''good for them! Not for me quite yet!''
Then you graduate a Christian university, where dating is thoroughly engrained in the culture.
You don't give or receive that ''ring by spring'' of your final semester and you watch as more of your friends get married in their early twenties right out of college.
For some this is a deplorable experience Yet still you are young. You don;t want to be burdened with a husband or a wife. You want to travel!!
As time goes on you get a job, you work for a number of years and you see more of your friends getting married, having ...
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