1 CORINTHIANS 7:25\u201328<\/b><\/p>\n
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife<\/i><\/p>\n
(1 Cor. 7:27)<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Paul urges the married and unmarried to remain as they are because of the \u201cthe present distress.\u201d While he maintains that marriage is not sinful, he still considers the burden and troubles of marriage in light of external calamities and trials. But what \u201cpresent distress\u201d is Paul talking about? Most commentators agree that the \u201cpresent distress\u201d was probably not some particular trouble which the Corinthian Church faced, but something more general. Paul might have had in mind the troubles that would precede the second coming of Christ, but how and when those calamities would come was not known. The desolation which would soon fall upon Jerusalem, a destruction that had been predicted by the prophets, might have been in the back of Paul\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n
But, despite these concerns, the context calls for something more general. \u201cIt is not necessary, therefore, to assume, as is so often done, that the apostle anticipated the second advent of Christ during that generation, and that he refers to the calamities which were to precede that event,\u201d Hodge wrote. \u201cSuch expectation would not, indeed, be incompatible with his inspiration. It was revealed to him that Christ was to come a second time; and that He was to come as a thief in the night. He might, therefore, naturally look for it at any time.\u2026 Still, he knew not \u2026 when Christ would come. It was not, however, to the calamities which are to precede the second advent to which Paul here refers, but rather to those which it was predicted should attend the introduction of the Gospel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Christians can expect persecution because of their faith, as Jesus warned in Matthew 5. Paul describes these final days as \u201ca present evil age\u201d (Gal. 1:4), wrought with hardship, struggle, and fiery trials. Whenever one considers marriage, he or she must take into consideration the struggles that life holds and how those struggles might be eased or, as Paul indicates, increased by marriage. It would be unwise to enter blindly into marriage without weighing the pros and cons and examining one\u2019s willingness and ability to deal with the difficulties that await. This is what Paul wants to emphasize here as he maintains that marriage is good, but is attended with troubles especially in the evil days in which we live.<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
2 Samuel 17\u201319<\/p>\n
Luke 22:39\u201353<\/p>\n
If someone were to come to you for advice about getting married, what would you advise them to consider? What are some pros and cons of marriage? If you are unmarried, ask a married person you know well to tell you some of the troubles and advantages of marriage that you should consider before getting married.<\/p>\n
For further study: Micah 7:1\u20137 \u2022 2 Cor. 4:7\u201318 \u2022 2 Tim. 3:1\u20139<\/i><\/p>\n
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1 CORINTHIANS 7:25\u201328 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife (1 Cor. 7:27). Paul urges the married and unmarried to remain as they are because of the \u201cthe present distress.\u201d While he maintains that marriage is not sinful, he … Continue reading “\u201cTHE PRESENT DISTRESS\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}