The Marriage bond

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The Marriage bond

• 1 Corinthians 7 vs. 8 to 16
• Inverkeithing Baptist Church
• 8th of March 2009

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Introduction
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Introduction
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Introduction

• Now to the unmarried and the widows I say It
  is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am. But
  if they cannot control themselves, they should
  marry, for it is better to marry than to burn
  with passion.
• 1 Corinthians 7 vs. 89

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1/ To the married

• He answered, "Anyone who divorces his wife
  and marries another woman commits adultery
  against her. And if she divorces her husband and
  marries another man, she commits adultery.
• Mark 10 vs. 9

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1/ To the married

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• "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries
  another woman commits adultery, and the man who
  marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
• Luke 16 vs. 18

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1/ To the married

• I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife,
  except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries
  another woman commits adultery."
• Matthew 19 vs. 3

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1/ To the married

• To the married I give this command (not I,
  but the Lord) A wife must not separate from her
  husband. But if she does, she must remain
  unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.
  And a husband must not divorce his wife.
• I Corinthians 7 vs. 1011

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1/ To the married

• Porneia

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2/ Believers and unbelievers

• To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord) If
  any brother has a wife who is not a believer and
  she is willing to live with him, he must not
  divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is
  not a believer and he is willing to live with
  her, she must not divorce him.
• 1 Corinthians 1213

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2/ Believers and unbelievers

• For the unbelieving husband has been
  sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving
  wife has been sanctified through her believing
  husband. Otherwise your children would be
  unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
• 1 Corinthians 7 vs. 14

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3/ Possibility of conversion

• By association with a believer, a person
  receives the opportunity to examine a living
  example of Christ
• Anon

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3/ Possibility of conversion

• How do you know, wife, whether you will save
  your husband? Or, how do you know, husband,
  whether you will save your wife?
• 1 Corinthians 7 vs. 16

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3/ Possibility of conversion

• Nevertheless, each one should retain the
  place in life that the Lord assigned to him and
  to which God has called him. This is the rule I
  lay down in all the churches.
• 1 Corinthians 7 vs. 17

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