Gods Game Plan for Marriage

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1 Corinthians 7
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2 Extremes Concerning Sexual Purity

• Taking it too lightly

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2 Extremes Concerning Sexual Purity

• Taking it too lightly
• Going overboard

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• Origen (185-254 A.D.)
• Adam did not have sexual knowledge of his wife
  until after the fall. If it had not been for the
  fall, the human race would very likely have
  propagated in some mysterious angelic manner
  without sex therefore, without sin.

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• Jerome (345-420 A.D.)
• Its not good for a man to touch a woman. It is
  evil to do so. Marriage can not be good because
  it makes prayer difficult Those individuals who
  have become saints, even though they were
  married, did so because they remained virgins
  even in their marriage.

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Days of Sexual Abstinence

• Thursdays ?Jesus arrest
• Fridays ?Jesus death
• Saturdays ?virgin Mary
• Sundays ?Jesus resurrection
• Mondays ?the faithful departed

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Days of Sexual Abstinence

• Thursdays ?Jesus arrest
• Fridays ?Jesus death
• Saturdays ?virgin Mary
• Sundays ?Jesus resurrection
• Mondays ?the faithful departed
• T.G.I.T.
• T.G.I.W.

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2 Extremes Concerning Sexual Purity

• Taking it too lightly
• Going overboard

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Gods View of Sex Marriage

• Theres nothing wrong with celibacy (v.1,7)

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Gods View of Sex Marriage

• Theres nothing wrong with celibacy
• v.1 marry to touch have sexual relations

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Gods View of Sex Marriage

• Theres nothing wrong with celibacy
• v.1 marry to touch have sexual relations
• good beautiful acceptable noble

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Gods View of Sex Marriage

• Theres nothing wrong with celibacy
• v.7 Its a God-given gift

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Gods View of Sex Marriage

• Theres nothing wrong with marriage
• v.7b Its a God-given gift
• v.2 Its something good

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Gods View of Sex Marriage

• Theres nothing wrong with celibacy
• Theres nothing wrong with marriage
• Theres something very wrong with
• celibacy in marriage (v.3-6)

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Gods View of Sex Marriage

• Theres something very wrong with
• celibacy in marriage
• v.3 duty debt

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Gods View of Sex Marriage

• Theres something very wrong with
• celibacy in marriage
• v.4 doesnt belong to doesnt have
  authority over

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Gods View of Sex Marriage

• Theres something very wrong with
• celibacy in marriage
• v.5 dont deprive isnt demanding

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Gods View of Sex Marriage

• Theres something very wrong with
• celibacy in marriage
• v.5 dont deprive isnt demanding,
• its releasing my rights

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Gods View of Sex Marriage

• Theres something very wrong with
• celibacy in marriage
• v.5 dont deprive isnt demanding,
• its releasing my rights
  exceptagree, temporary, for spiritual purpose

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Gods View of Sex Marriage

• Theres something very wrong with
• celibacy in marriage
• v.5 dont deprive isnt demanding,
• its releasing my rights
• exceptagree, temporary, for spiritual
  purpose or I invite Satan into my marriage

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To the Unmarried

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To the Unmarried
• Stay single if possible (v.8)

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To the Unmarried
• Stay single if possible
• Why? Easier to handle tough times (v.26)

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To the Unmarried
• Stay single if possible
• Why? Easier to handle tough times
• Ill avoid some difficulties in life (v.27-28)

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To the Unmarried
• Stay single if possible
• Why? Easier to handle tough times
• Ill avoid some difficulties in life
• Allows me to do more for God (v.29-35)

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To the Unmarried
• Stay single if possible
• Why? Easier to handle tough times
• Ill avoid some difficulties in life
• Allows me to do more for God
• Marital Distortions
• Putting family needs secondary

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To the Unmarried
• Stay single if possible
• Why? Easier to handle tough times
• Ill avoid some difficulties in life
• Allows me to do more for God
• Marital Distortions
• Putting family needs secondary
• Ignoring family to realize my potential

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To the Unmarried
• Stay single if possible
• Its better to marry than to sin (v.9)

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Christian Married Couples

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Christian Married Couples
• Plan A Stay together (v.10)

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Christian Married Couples
• Plan A Stay together
• Plan B Seek reconciliation instead of
  remarriage (v.11)

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• Stay together (v.12-13)

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• Stay together
• Be the best mate you can be.

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• Stay together
• It no longer matters how it started.

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• Stay together
• It no longer matters how it started.
• (e.g.) David Bathsheba

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• Advantages to unbelieving spouse kids (v.14)

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• Advantages to unbelieving spouse kids
• Brings added blessing

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• Advantages to unbelieving spouse kids
• Brings added blessing
• Increases spiritual protection

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• Advantages to unbelieving spouse kids
• Increases spiritual protection

I looked for a man among them who would build up
the wall stand before me in the gap on behalf
of the land so I would not have to destroy it,
but I found none. Ezekiel 2230
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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• Advantages to unbelieving spouse kids
• Increases spiritual protection

God said He would destroy themhad not Moses
stood in the breach before Him to keep His wrath
from destroying them. Psalm 10623
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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• Advantages to unbelieving spouse kids
• Increases spiritual protection

Those who fear the Lord are secure
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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• Advantages to unbelieving spouse kids
• Increases spiritual protection

Those who fear the Lord are secure He will be a
place of refuge for their children. Proverb 1426
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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• Advantages to unbelieving spouse kids
• Brings added blessing
• Increases spiritual protection
• Expands spiritual influence

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Dear GodAbout Marriage

• To Spiritually-Mixed Married Couples
• If unbeliever leaves, let them go (v.15-16)

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