Marriage, How Permanent Is It?

Marriage, How Permanent Is It?

Series: First Things First:Corinthians
Date: June 14, 2009 By: Steve DeWitt Campus: Crown Point
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Summary

Senior Pastor Steve DeWitt teaches from 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 on the permanence of marriage and the influence of lasting marital unity on unbelieving spouses and children. Through the passage he also examines the biblical grounds for divorce and the importance God places on permanent marriages.

Passage

10 To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband 11 (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. 12 To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. 15 But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. 16 Wife, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife? 1 Corinthians 7:10 — 1 Corinthians 7:16 ESV