THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS

CHAPTER 7

          Pleased to have you back again for more Daily Bread. Aren’t you glad that we have the writings of the New Testament to guide us along our Christian walk? Think of how difficult it must have been for the early Christians to find out things that we take for granted are at our fingertips any time we want to know them.

          The Corinthians indeed did have questions about how to live in their new Faith and they wrote to Paul asking for his advice even on Bible Divorce and Remarriage. Paul answers their Bible Divorce and Remarriage questions in this part of his letter. We don’t know exactly what their Bible Divorce and Remarriage questions were, because all we have are Paul’s answers in Chapters 7 & 8, but we can make a pretty good guess.

          If you’ll remember back to the book of Acts when Christianity was first being introduced to the Gentiles, the Jewish leaders wanted to impose their laws on the Gentiles, but Paul and Barnabas, among others, strongly disagreed with this idea, so James suggested that they only require that the Gentiles abstain from pollutions of (meat offered to) idols, fornication, things strangled, and from blood Acts 15:20-29. It bears mentioning that this was inspired by the Holy Spirit.

WHAT DO THE BIBLE DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE VERSES SAY AND HOW DOES THE BIBLE DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE TRUTH AFFECT YOUR CHRISTIAN WALK?

In Verse 1 of this chapter, the first thing Paul suggests about the Bible Divorce and Remarriage laws is that it's good for a man not to touch a woman ... This actually means "live in marriage with." But let's look ahead a bit to Verse 26 ... Paul says that it is good "for the present distress". At that time, Christians were being persecuted heavily, so one might assume that he meant, "for the time being, because Paul himself also teaches us that ...

Paul also teaches us ...

 Let's get back to today's Bible Divorce and Remarriage study ... Paul continues and sort of sums things up ... A man that is unmarried cares for how he may please the Lord, but a married man cares for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. The same goes for a woman.

          An important thing to remember through all of this Bible Divorce and Remarriage laws and Bible Divorce and Remarriage rules is the part about remaining in your calling from God. Remember that your purpose in life is to glorify Him. Confide in Him. Ask Him what direction He wants you to take and what paths to go down in your life. Search for His answers. Start out with small things, so that when a big decision comes around, you’ll know how to seek His answer. Maybe a period of prayer before you ask may help you to recognize His answer better. Maybe you’ll find His answer in the Word. Maybe He’ll show you in a completely different way. Maybe you like to write it in your journal to Him. His plans for you are the only ones that will truly make you happy, so why not ask Him what they are?