The One Year Bible Club with Teaching
Commentary by Nick Boork
August 12
1 Corinthians 7:25-40
Commentary by Nick Boork
August 12
1 Corinthians 7:25-40
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August 12 ~ 1 Corinthians 7:25-40
Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy. 26 I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress—that it is good for a man to remain as he is: 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you. 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none, 30 those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess, 31 and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.
32 But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord. 33 But he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife. 34 There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband. 35 And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction. 36 But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin; let them marry. 37 Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well. 38 So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better. 39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
OKAY, HERE’S MY TEACHING COMMENTARY
In the section of Paul’s letter he answers questions about virgins, marriage and being widowed. The first thing that jumps off the pages at me is in verse 28 where it says…Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you.
There is a saying that there are two certain things in this life taxes and death. I would add a third to married couples and that is “Trouble in the flesh!” The Blue Letter Bible defines trouble in this first of scripture as: A pressing, pressing together, pressure. Metaphorically: oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits.
The process of two being made one causes pressure. It starts when a couple says “I do” but from their initial honeymoon onward they are learning to be made one in so many ways and friends this will cause pressure along with all of the adjectives that describe this word trouble. Trouble in the flesh or pressure comes because now we need to learn how to live with one another when we have been living independently having our own way about everything!
Are you seeing my point? There are unlimited ways that married couples will experience trouble in the flesh. This is why Paul writes that it is 100% totally unavoidable if you get married simply because now you have somebody else to argue with. The good news is you can have a very satisfying happy marriage if you will learn the secret of bringing the love of God into your relationship and treat one another as you yourself want to be treated. Learn to put your spouse first and honor them and it will come back to you.
In verse 28 Paul talks about how widows are free to marry but only in the Lord: 28…A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. If you are still single and searching for your future spouse or if you are now widowed and want to get married again take this Scripture to heart. Sometimes Christians get lonely and impatient. It’s super important to marry the right person because once you say “I DO” it’s supposed to be till death do we part. Some people treat marriage like Walmart. If you don’t like if after you have tried and used it just return it to the store and get another.
The phrase here “Only in the Lord” has the connotation for Christians of first marrying only another authentic born again Believer. Second it seems to imply that the person you chose to marry and let me emphasis that it is “YOUR CHOICE, YOUR DECISION” should be also with the leading of the Lord. Why? Because you do not want to marry someone and find out after the fact that you are unequally yoked. In other words, you both should be compatible and have the same values and beliefs in the Lord. “The more time you spend matching the less time you spend patching.”
Back in 1984 right after I graduated from high school I attended Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas Texas for two years. The whole campus was full of beautiful young Christian women. I knew that the Lord wanted me there for his purposes and I decided to seek him with all my heart and wait to pursue a wife. One thing I did to keep myself from making a major mistake was make a list of qualities I would absolutely require in my future wife. She would have to:
After I graduated from Bible school I pursued the call of God to become a cross cultural missionary. I spent nine additional months learning Spanish language at Kings Way Missionary Institute in McAllen Texas. I made a decision I would not seek to date anyone at that time because it would be a total distraction to what I knew was the will of God for me. After I graduated from language school I moved to the Dominican Republic to serve as an apprentice missionary. It was at this time I met my wife Yngris at a church that I attended. She was very beautiful. I came to find out that she has enrolled in the same missionary training program that I was in.
She was saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. By the time I met her she was already doing her own outreaches sharing Christ and felt the call to be a missionary. I absolutely prayed seriously about our relationship. I believe that God was leading us to one another but the decision was still ours to make. So, I ask her to marry me and that’s exactly what happened on August 18, 1990. My point in giving this testimony is that you want to marry someone in the Lord and not just in the flesh. In other words, make sure that the Lord is in your relationship for his purposes because you want to be compatible and actually complement each other with your gifts and abilities as you pursue the plan of God for your lives together.
WHAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE?
1) Marriage is a wonderful gift from God but no matter how spiritual you are you’re going to have trouble in the flesh with your spouse.
2) What has God called you to do on planet Earth for him? Prepare yourself first in this area and become established this way when you get serious about marrying someone you will be able to tell if it’s going to be a good fit are not.
3) If you do not have the gift of celibacy to remain single and you’re not married yet begin to pray seriously that God would prepare and lead you to your future spouse.
4) Don’t get impatient and marry the first person that shows you a little affection.
5) Before you become infatuated in a relationship make sure that you have some principals in mind that are requirements for your future wife or husband.
6) If you’re a born again Christian never marry an unbeliever or someone that you’re not quite sure is saved.
7) There is so much more I could say about Christian marriage. My wife Yngris and I taught a course called the UN-BREAKABLE MARRIAGE which is available to you free as an online course through our school, Diamond Institute. We share 12 topics concerning marriage which we are sure will be a blessing to you! Just enroll for free and you will get access to this teaching. http://www.diamondinstitute.org/enroll
Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy. 26 I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress—that it is good for a man to remain as he is: 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you. 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none, 30 those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess, 31 and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.
32 But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord. 33 But he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife. 34 There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband. 35 And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction. 36 But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin; let them marry. 37 Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well. 38 So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better. 39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
OKAY, HERE’S MY TEACHING COMMENTARY
In the section of Paul’s letter he answers questions about virgins, marriage and being widowed. The first thing that jumps off the pages at me is in verse 28 where it says…Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you.
There is a saying that there are two certain things in this life taxes and death. I would add a third to married couples and that is “Trouble in the flesh!” The Blue Letter Bible defines trouble in this first of scripture as: A pressing, pressing together, pressure. Metaphorically: oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits.
The process of two being made one causes pressure. It starts when a couple says “I do” but from their initial honeymoon onward they are learning to be made one in so many ways and friends this will cause pressure along with all of the adjectives that describe this word trouble. Trouble in the flesh or pressure comes because now we need to learn how to live with one another when we have been living independently having our own way about everything!
- Trouble in the flesh happens when there are disagreements!
- Trouble in the flesh happens when one’s spouse squeezes the toothpaste tube and the other rolls it up from the end!
- Trouble in the flesh happens when one of you wants to do one thing and another wants to do something else and neither one of you want to give up your plan!
- Trouble in the flesh happens when one spouse over spends money!
- Trouble in the flesh happens when one spouse takes a really long hot shower and uses up all the hot water!
- Trouble in the flesh happens when one spouse takes for granted the other to the point the other starts to feel used!
Are you seeing my point? There are unlimited ways that married couples will experience trouble in the flesh. This is why Paul writes that it is 100% totally unavoidable if you get married simply because now you have somebody else to argue with. The good news is you can have a very satisfying happy marriage if you will learn the secret of bringing the love of God into your relationship and treat one another as you yourself want to be treated. Learn to put your spouse first and honor them and it will come back to you.
In verse 28 Paul talks about how widows are free to marry but only in the Lord: 28…A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. If you are still single and searching for your future spouse or if you are now widowed and want to get married again take this Scripture to heart. Sometimes Christians get lonely and impatient. It’s super important to marry the right person because once you say “I DO” it’s supposed to be till death do we part. Some people treat marriage like Walmart. If you don’t like if after you have tried and used it just return it to the store and get another.
The phrase here “Only in the Lord” has the connotation for Christians of first marrying only another authentic born again Believer. Second it seems to imply that the person you chose to marry and let me emphasis that it is “YOUR CHOICE, YOUR DECISION” should be also with the leading of the Lord. Why? Because you do not want to marry someone and find out after the fact that you are unequally yoked. In other words, you both should be compatible and have the same values and beliefs in the Lord. “The more time you spend matching the less time you spend patching.”
Back in 1984 right after I graduated from high school I attended Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas Texas for two years. The whole campus was full of beautiful young Christian women. I knew that the Lord wanted me there for his purposes and I decided to seek him with all my heart and wait to pursue a wife. One thing I did to keep myself from making a major mistake was make a list of qualities I would absolutely require in my future wife. She would have to:
- First, She had to be a born again Christian and love the Lord.
- Second, She had to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
- Third, She had to be called to be a missionary.
After I graduated from Bible school I pursued the call of God to become a cross cultural missionary. I spent nine additional months learning Spanish language at Kings Way Missionary Institute in McAllen Texas. I made a decision I would not seek to date anyone at that time because it would be a total distraction to what I knew was the will of God for me. After I graduated from language school I moved to the Dominican Republic to serve as an apprentice missionary. It was at this time I met my wife Yngris at a church that I attended. She was very beautiful. I came to find out that she has enrolled in the same missionary training program that I was in.
She was saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. By the time I met her she was already doing her own outreaches sharing Christ and felt the call to be a missionary. I absolutely prayed seriously about our relationship. I believe that God was leading us to one another but the decision was still ours to make. So, I ask her to marry me and that’s exactly what happened on August 18, 1990. My point in giving this testimony is that you want to marry someone in the Lord and not just in the flesh. In other words, make sure that the Lord is in your relationship for his purposes because you want to be compatible and actually complement each other with your gifts and abilities as you pursue the plan of God for your lives together.
WHAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE?
1) Marriage is a wonderful gift from God but no matter how spiritual you are you’re going to have trouble in the flesh with your spouse.
2) What has God called you to do on planet Earth for him? Prepare yourself first in this area and become established this way when you get serious about marrying someone you will be able to tell if it’s going to be a good fit are not.
3) If you do not have the gift of celibacy to remain single and you’re not married yet begin to pray seriously that God would prepare and lead you to your future spouse.
4) Don’t get impatient and marry the first person that shows you a little affection.
5) Before you become infatuated in a relationship make sure that you have some principals in mind that are requirements for your future wife or husband.
6) If you’re a born again Christian never marry an unbeliever or someone that you’re not quite sure is saved.
7) There is so much more I could say about Christian marriage. My wife Yngris and I taught a course called the UN-BREAKABLE MARRIAGE which is available to you free as an online course through our school, Diamond Institute. We share 12 topics concerning marriage which we are sure will be a blessing to you! Just enroll for free and you will get access to this teaching. http://www.diamondinstitute.org/enroll
ORDINATION
Remember, if you’re looking for Ministry Credentials and Ordination visit our website Diamond Institute to apply! http://www.diamondinstitute.org/ordination
ONLINE COURSES
For more Bible courses and ministry resources see our online school Diamond Institute. Enroll free today and get access to our free and pay as you go courses. http://www.diamondinstitute.org/enroll
Remember, if you’re looking for Ministry Credentials and Ordination visit our website Diamond Institute to apply! http://www.diamondinstitute.org/ordination
ONLINE COURSES
For more Bible courses and ministry resources see our online school Diamond Institute. Enroll free today and get access to our free and pay as you go courses. http://www.diamondinstitute.org/enroll