Something to Consider

DEVOTION

1 CORINTHIANS

SOMETHING TO CONSIDER

1 Cor 7:8-11

8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am. 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

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This is a hard command which does not seems to bear much weight in the modern church in this cultural we now find ourselves in. We not going to concern ourselves with what it looks like what Paul thought, as a man, we are not really sure why that was included as breathe by God. Although it is very evident that if a person is not married then they should be absolutely chaste. That may not bear much weight either in the modern church when we consider it. But we should deal with this idea of marriage, divorce and remarriage in the church for it seems as though we, the church have taken on the values of society rather than of God. It may be true that there is always extenuating circumstances in certain situations and there is no possible to way to reconcile between a husband and wife, if in fact, both are believers. There are words from God after these which deal with believers and non-believers, but this certainly is about everyone being believers. This is what it is and we simply have to accept it as it is. As believers once married we should not divorce. Death does bring freedom to remarry, but it would appear divorce does not. Yet in our modern culture that surely seems not to be the case as this kind of behavior is considered acceptable and normal. But have we allowed that kind of thinking to infiltrate our thoughts as well? Again, we must always allow for those situations of which there is not control. There will be relationships so damaged by abuse or infidelity that no repair is possible and divorce is the only recourse, but we have to understand that all of that is not pleasing to God. Yes, do we make mistakes; make bad judgments, bad decisions? Absolutely! But we cannot allow those choices to separate us from God. If we seek him and ask for His forgiveness, we can be assured He will forgive and make the best of our lives from then on. God is a God of mercy and forgiveness, and we cannot walk away from Him if we do fail, after all, every form of sin, is still sin and still disobedience. This behavior is just another form of disobedience as all sin is, like gossip for instance and as such is forgivable if we seek the Lord for it. But still we must acknowledge it for what it is and then move on with our walk with Him. But this does give us something to consider.