318 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 2 - Book 27 - Solutions to Problems of Marriage

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 27 SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS CONCERNING MARRIAGE - PART 2 Now verse 17: I Corinthians 6:17 Now again I always have to clarify that when Paul teaches that Christ is the Groom, and we are the Bride, and there is that marriage relationship. Let's look at Romans Chapter 7 for a moment where Paul uses that marriage relationship analogy there also. The concept here is that as soon as we become a child of God we are literally brought into union with Christ just like a husband and wife in the marriage relationship. And you find this concept all through Paul's writings as he always writes to the Church, the Body of Christ, that's you and I as believers. Now let's look at one more in the Book of Ephesians Chapter 5, and verse 22, this is a series of verses that we have used over the years, but here again the marriage relationship is likened to our relationship spiritually with Christ. "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, (not like a slave master over his slaves, but what is again the comparison?) even as Christ is the head of the church;...." Praise God the power of the resurrection overcame that death, but nevertheless He suffered and died for us as members of the Body. We should be ready to die for our wives if necessary. Verse 23 again: "For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church; and he is the saviour of the body, Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ,..." And here is where I always teach that you can't find anywhere that Christ is the King of the Church. A King rules over his subjects, and we're not Christ's subjects. Now verse 25: Ephesians 5:25 "Husbands, love your wives, (that's a command) even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it:" Now let's come back to I Corinthians again, and verse 18. I Corinthians 6:18 "Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without (outside) the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body." Now what's Paul trying to scream at these Corinthians? The believer has absolutely no business involving himself in extra-marital relationships. The marriage and family relationship is holy, it's sanctified, and God has ordained it that way. If wild geese can be monogamous then why in the world can't intelligent human beings? Well Paul is going to deal with that in the next chapter. I Corinthians 6:18b Fire under control is one of the greatest things that God has given mankind. Ruined lives, ruined families, ruined marriages, and all because of misappropriating this gift from God that we call sex. I Corinthians 6:19 "What? know ye not that your body (this body of flesh and blood in which we live) is the temple (or the dwelling place) of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, (he's there because of an act of God) and ye are not your own?" Now let's turn to I Peter, Chapter 1, and verse 18 to follow this up. I know some people don't think I know anything but Paul, but here's one from Peter. I Peter 1:18 The blood of Christ, and you don't hear that much any more do you? Hebrews 9:22 There is no forgiveness of sin without the shed blood of Christ. Now reading verse 20 again in I Corinthians Chapter 6: I Corinthians 6:20 Well it's there for since we've been bought with a price, the blood of Christ) glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." If you're going to be hobnobbing with the prostitutes, or with the immoral, then you do not glorify God in your body. I Corinthians 7:1 Well you must again realize the situation. Now don't misinterpret the last half of verse 1 when Paul says that it is good for a man not to touch a woman. No, he is not anti-marriage. We've already seen what God said back there in Genesis concerning the marriage relationship, and that they were to replenish the earth, they were to have children, and they were to enjoy the marriage relationship. Now look what Paul writes in the Book of Hebrews, Chapter 13, and verse 4. Hebrews 13:4a Hebrews 13:4b "... but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge." God is not going to wink at that. I Corinthians 7:2 "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, (or falling into the trap of immoral activity) let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband." So Paul says, "rather than being tempted with that, have your own wife." Now verse 3: I Corinthians 7:3 "Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: (we're living in a day where you see so much wife beating, and wife abuse. Well again it's because these people have not been taught plain, simple Biblical principals. I had a letter recently asking why God condoned slavery? The husband and wife relationship, if it's as God intended to be, should be a happy situation 365 days a year. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible