Marriage: An Act of Godly Devotion-Sermon

Kowloon International Baptist Church - Dr. James "Butch" Tanner's sermon titled "Marriage: An Act of Godly Devotion" 1 Corinthians 7:1-7 delivered on 18 August 2024. Please visit us at: www.hkkibc.org
Sermon Notes:
1 Corinthians 7:1-7
Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband. The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. But this I say by way of concession, not of command. Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.
We live in a time where marital confusion is being multiplied. Marriage is being redefined to mirror pre-Christian thoughts. The first century that Paul lived in was more open than any place in the world that I know of currently. The Corinthians were asking how they should look at marriage from a Christian viewpoint. We can re-learn some valuable lessons in Paul’s response.
1. Marriage is a place where we honor God in our relationships.
Genesis 1:28, 2:18, Proverbs 5:18-19, Ephesians 5:25-28
2. Marriage is a place of commitment.
Ephesians 5:31, Matthew 19:3-8 (7-8), Hebrews 13:4
3. Marriage is a place of blessing.
2 Corinthians 6:14, Acts 20:32, 26:18, 1 Peter 3:14-15