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Apr 17, 2016

Conjugal Rights and Wrongs

Passage: 1 Corinthians 7:1-7

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: God's Love Letter to an Unlovely Church

Category: 1 Corinthians

Summary:

Main Text - 1 Corinthians 7:1-7; OT Reading - Genesis 1:26-31; NT Reading - 1 Corinthians 7:1-7

Detail:

"God’s Love Letter To an Unlovely Church”  

“Conjugal Rights and Wrongs”

1 Corinthians 7:1-7

 

  1. Conjugal Reasons – 1-2

 

     Three Interpretations, Two Purposes and a Reason

 

     Three Interpretations

               (1) Paul answers a question with “No sex outside marriage due to… “

               (2) Paul answers a question with “No marriage due to…”

                             

               Paul answers a slogan with The “Escatological W______ or “Christian ____”

    

     Two Purposes and a Reason - (WCF 24:2)

              

               Pre-Fall Purposes for:

                              Procreation –   Gen 2

                              Pleasure  - Song of Solomon

 

               Post Fall Reason for:

                              Prevention  –– vss 2 & 5–  

 

  1. Conjugal Rights – 3-4

              

                This is a shocking and  radical concept at the time

 

               If this is practiced there will be …

 

               This corrects the notion that the Bible teaches  

 

  1. Conjugal Rules – 5

 

               “deprive” =                        Not only is sex not sinful but…

 

               Paul teaches that sexual relations in marriage should be:

 

                              Mutual -    “by agreement”          

                              Regular –  “for a limited time,   but then come together again”

                              In Perspective – “that you may devote yourselves to prayer;”

 

  1. Conjugal Ruminations – 6-7

 

                Why would Paul advise against something that is normal and good?

 

                   1 Cor 7:26   What is the distress?


               When you have a hard time with giving up rights… think of the………