Understanding singlehood--to be or not to be
[1 Cor 7:25-38]

man has walked away from the will or desires of God (far away from God)

1) Understand that we have a choice: be content (v25,36-38)

-God is not telling us that we MUST get married/ be single (we have a choice)

3 kinds of singles: by creation, by circumstances, by choice

1.BY CREATION: gift of celibacy
-dont have the desire to get married
-very focused,high flyers.
[1 Cor 7:7]

2.BY CIRCUMSTANCES:
-right person hasnt come along yet, studying, not married

3.BY CHOICE:
-could be married if they want to but they decided not to
BAD: they may have suffered previous hurts b4.
-MOST IMPORTANTLY, they must know why they are doing it.
[Matt 19:12]

ARE YOU SINGLE BY CREATION, BY CIRCUMSTANCES, BY CHOICE?
[Philippians 4:11,13]
Be @ peace with God, no matter what happened.
[Psalms 118:24]
- If we're not whole now, we will see difficulties in our marriage one day.
-to understand why we are where we are.

2)Understand singlehood has its benefits: Be devoted (v26-35)

(a)Singles can easier deal with catastrophes (v26-28)
[Prov 21:9,25:24]
-Are you ready to go thru e problems of marriage?

CRISIS: one crisis is seeing Christ-less ppl march towards Christ-less eternity.
(many ppl are gg to leave this world without coming to know God)
-the media is also playing a part in bringing ppl away from God.

(b)Singles can give a larger and greater portion of time to the Kingdom (v29-31)
-whatever we see on earth is temporary

(c) Singles can have a complete and undivided devotion to Christ (v32-35)
-married women have to think of how to please her husband.

In our hearts, we decide how we want to devote our time for the Lord.
--> be sure of our choice and why we made the choice.

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