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1 Peter 3 Good morning church! Baby Dedication- Axel Wallace Choiniere Eli and Tori Pray and pray for service 1 Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, 2 when they observe your chaste…

Introduction: Good morning, If you have your Bible let me invite you to open with me to 1 Corinthians chapter 7. I want to begin with the theological foundation for this week’s passage. Here it is. God loves you. He desires an active and forever relationship with you. He has proved his love for you through…

Good morning, If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of 1 Corinthians chapter 7. We have been journeying through 1 Corinthians since August, with a short break for Advent, and now we are picking back up with 1 Corinthians chapter 7. Chapter 7 marks a significant transition…

Luke 20:19-21:4 Outline & Discovery Full Manuscript By Calvin Dorsey Intro: Nick name was straight lace or straight edge. They saw the outside but they didn’t see my daily struggle I didn’t always do what is right In Genesis 18 , I believe verse 25, Abraham is having a conversation with God about the…

The Corinthians wrote questions to Paul. This letter, in part, is his answer to them. Their Question: 1 Corinthians 7:1 “1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”” is this in the context of persecution, over-compensation to environment…

Luke 20:19-21:4 Outline & Discovery Full Manuscript By Calvin Dorsey Intro: Nick name was straight lace or straight edge. They saw the outside but they didn’t see my daily struggle I didn’t always do what is right In Genesis 18 , I believe verse 25, Abraham is having a conversation with God about the…

The Corinthians wrote questions to Paul. This letter, in part, is his answer to them. Their Question: 1 Corinthians 7:1 “1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”” is this in the context of persecution, over-compensation to environment…

Today we conclude our Family Matters series. I have saved this topic for last not because it is the least significant, but because it is often overlooked. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 46.6% of American adults are unmarried. This includes all adults over the age of 18 who are either widowed/widower,…

Holy Ambition Hannah’s home life was sometimes hard, as she had to contend with a second wife in the marriage. 2 He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. This second wife tended to make fun of Hannah…

I. The Genesis Model - Genesis 2:22-25 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” 24 Therefore a man…

I have some good news and some bad news for you today. The good news is that studies show there is an overall decrease in divorce rate over the last ten years. The divorce rate in the U.S. was only 2.5 per 1,000 people. In 2011 it was 4 per 1,000 people. However, the bad news is the marriage rate has…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Intro: These passages regarding marriage in 1 Corinthians are so personal to me. If you don’t know, my mom abandoned my dad when I was 8 months old. When I came to maturity as a young person, I looked beyond my own selfish hurt and mourned for my dad. I cannot imagine the hurt he felt, with a young son…

Intro: Review: I. The Command to Married Believers (vs. 10-11) A. Paul teaches how Marriage among Believers reflects Christ and the gospel In the end, the scope of the covenant of marriage is that God would be honored in his creation and his character would be reflected in those who love him. In the…

You most likely read or skim read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel, The Scarlett Letter in high school literature class. Hawthorne’s story of Hester Prynne is a tale of a married woman sent ahead to America as her husband finished up affairs. Thought to be dead after his delayed arrival to their new…

What forms our conduct? 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. I am God’s temple. We, the church, are God’s temple. Unity as God’s temple. 1 This is…

Intro: Why did you get married? -Family Pressure -Social Pressure -Sexual longing -You want kids -You fell in love -You got in trouble -You wanted a tax break As beleivers, God desires for you to value and honor the covenant of marriage that he design at the creation of the world. Context: In Chapter…

Visions of Assurance Good afternoon. Chapter fourteen is a continuations of this lengthy interlude that we have been looking at for some time now. In chapter ten the seventh trumpet brought us right up to the time of the end. But before that time begins John is given visions of the lengthy struggle that…

Announcements Are there any announcements? We need to pull out the AC unit out of the window, so men, please stick around to help. Potluck is next week, so bring your favorite dish and enjoy a sweet time of fellowship! Priscilla’s baptism will be rescheduled as she is not feeling well. Please pray for…

1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3 The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and…

When Jesus told us to live in the world, but not become a part of it, how did he mean for us to relate to our family? And what about friends? Should we even have non-Christian friends? Can we both love God above all else and also be a light to the little part of the world we live in: our friends and family?

Today is the final message from 1 Corinthians 7 , in which Paul addresses Marriage Matters. In this chapter, Paul was answering some specific questions from the believers in Corinth concerning marriage and marriage relations. We have seen already that what is necessary for marriage relationships, and…

Two weeks ago, we began looking at Marriage Matters addressed in 1 Corinthians 7 . In the first section of this chapter we saw how a major part of the marriage relationship is built upon considering the other person. All-to-often in our culture, we are looking at love as something we get. Love is how…

Today we will be looking at 1 Corinthians 7:1-7 . In this chapter, Paul is addressing some questions that came to him from the Corinthian believers. In this chapter he will address marital relations, decisions to marry, remarriage and divorce. We will only be addressing the first seven verses today,…

Introduction The content of the letter written to the Apostle Paul is not completely disclosed. His response to it indicates that there were questions about the relationship. Marriage, Divorce, Singleness and what to do when your spouse has died. All of these issues are important. The decision to marry…