WHEN TWO BECOME ONE: THE PERMANENCY OF MARRIAGE (2 OF 4)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:6-11
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When Two Become One: The Permanency of Marriage (2 of 4)
Series: One: God on Marriage & Singleness
Scott Maze
1 Corinthians 7:6-11
Few who have experienced a divorce would disagree with Margaret Atwood: ''A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.'' Few issues hit as close to home as a divorce. Most of you have been affected in some way by divorce. Baptists have the highest divorce rate of any Christian denomination and are more likely to obtain a divorce than atheists and agnostics. While 25% of American adults have been divorced at least once, 29% of Baptists have experienced divorce. There is at least two ways our church can love on those who are divorced.
1. Is to stand by them as they grieve and point them to the forgiveness in Christ.
2. The second way to love them is to communicate a hatred for divorce.
Our church exists to fly high the banner of the permanency of marriage. We want to push for sturdy marriages throughout the River Valley.
I mention two resources for marriages quickly: Let's Get Real on April 15-16 and Paul Tripp's What Did You Expect?
''Now as a concession, not a command, I say this. 7 I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. 8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband 11 (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife'' (1 Corinthians 7:6-11).
Let's get right to work...
1. To Singles
''Now as a concession, not a command, I say this. 7 I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. 8 To the unmarried and the ...
Series: One: God on Marriage & Singleness
Scott Maze
1 Corinthians 7:6-11
Few who have experienced a divorce would disagree with Margaret Atwood: ''A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.'' Few issues hit as close to home as a divorce. Most of you have been affected in some way by divorce. Baptists have the highest divorce rate of any Christian denomination and are more likely to obtain a divorce than atheists and agnostics. While 25% of American adults have been divorced at least once, 29% of Baptists have experienced divorce. There is at least two ways our church can love on those who are divorced.
1. Is to stand by them as they grieve and point them to the forgiveness in Christ.
2. The second way to love them is to communicate a hatred for divorce.
Our church exists to fly high the banner of the permanency of marriage. We want to push for sturdy marriages throughout the River Valley.
I mention two resources for marriages quickly: Let's Get Real on April 15-16 and Paul Tripp's What Did You Expect?
''Now as a concession, not a command, I say this. 7 I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. 8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband 11 (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife'' (1 Corinthians 7:6-11).
Let's get right to work...
1. To Singles
''Now as a concession, not a command, I say this. 7 I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. 8 To the unmarried and the ...
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