☼ Understanding Culture in Corinth…
□ Roman Law → 4 Types of Marriage
● Contubernium
● Usus
● Coemptio in Manum
● Confarreatio
☼ 1st Century Marriage Advice……I Corinthians 7:1-7
● Spouses should have sexual relations with each other.
● Spouses should fulfill their marital duty to each other.
● Spouses do not have authority over their own body.
● Spouses are too yield to each other.
● Spouses are not to deprive each other.
□ An Attitude of Surrender
□ Fire Your Inner Lawyer
□ Prepare to Run to Jesus
□ Ask → How Can I make your life better today?
□ Learn to express Gratitude…..
☼ Divine Guidelines…….I Corinthians 7:8-16
□ For Single Christians ….vs. 8-9
►Spirituality is not determined by marital status.
□ For the Married Christians …. vs. 10-11
□ For those Married to Unbelievers ….vs. 12 -16
☼ Your Calling……I Corinthians 7:17-24
⌂ God assigns your situation.
⌂ Your Identity…..
• Circumcised?
• Uncircumcised?
• Slave?
• Free?
☼ Application….
⌂ What is my attitude toward sexuality?
⌂ Is my attitude biblical? Do I have a problem
with surrender?
⌂ What is my calling….my situation?
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