“Now concerning the things whereof you wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”
Marriage is to avoid fornication. It is not for the romance novel. God gave us specific instructions on marriage, and we are wise if we heed them. He says, “But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn”, and we are wise to believe what God says, rather than the story book romance of this world (I Cor 7:9). If God gives sexual attraction between believers, then to avoid fornication, we marry, because we seek the glory of God who gave us marriage, which is better than burning in lusts.
This burning is forbidding yourself from having what God gave you to satisfy your needs. He has given marriage, and the bed is pure between husband and wife. We are to use those things that God GIVES us, in order to live the best we can and the happiest we can in the world.
He says, “But he that is married cares for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife”, and He gives the recipe for happiness in this (I Cor 7:33). If we are single, then we live to serve God in holiness. If we are married, then we please our spouse, which is how happiness comes our way. In every station of life, doing it God’s way is the way of peace amidst the storm. Sin says, “Serve me”, but it doesn’t give the peace that it promises. Obedience says, “Serve me, and in due time, you shall reap, if you faint not”. You and I may not be in love with someone in worldly sense, but if we have attraction and shared faith, if we yearn to be together sexually, then we have found our spouse and just cause of marriage.
You may have married the wrong person or come to Christ after wedlock, but the path of peace is SERVING that spouse to the glory of God, living that He would be worshiped, and obeying Him, entrusting your peace to Him who commands and gives power. He, not we ourselves or anyone else, is our Rewarder. And, our Reward is believing upon, seeing, and being in harmony with God. He will reward us with Himself. Christ said, “You shall make me full of joy with your countenance”, so that seeing God is the cause of joy, and He reveals Himself to the faithful (Acts 2:28). We will see more of God obeying God, than we can see in sin. And, it is better to obey than to serve the lusts of men.
Don’t take what anyone says over Christ and the scripture. This is peace.
This burning is forbidding yourself from having what God gave you to satisfy your needs. He has given marriage, and the bed is pure between husband and wife. We are to use those things that God GIVES us, in order to live the best we can and the happiest we can in the world.
He says, “But he that is married cares for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife”, and He gives the recipe for happiness in this (I Cor 7:33). If we are single, then we live to serve God in holiness. If we are married, then we please our spouse, which is how happiness comes our way. In every station of life, doing it God’s way is the way of peace amidst the storm. Sin says, “Serve me”, but it doesn’t give the peace that it promises. Obedience says, “Serve me, and in due time, you shall reap, if you faint not”. You and I may not be in love with someone in worldly sense, but if we have attraction and shared faith, if we yearn to be together sexually, then we have found our spouse and just cause of marriage.
You may have married the wrong person or come to Christ after wedlock, but the path of peace is SERVING that spouse to the glory of God, living that He would be worshiped, and obeying Him, entrusting your peace to Him who commands and gives power. He, not we ourselves or anyone else, is our Rewarder. And, our Reward is believing upon, seeing, and being in harmony with God. He will reward us with Himself. Christ said, “You shall make me full of joy with your countenance”, so that seeing God is the cause of joy, and He reveals Himself to the faithful (Acts 2:28). We will see more of God obeying God, than we can see in sin. And, it is better to obey than to serve the lusts of men.
Don’t take what anyone says over Christ and the scripture. This is peace.
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