Live As We're Called

1 Corinthians 7 is jam packed with content about marriage, divorce as well as the single life. There's a lot to take it, but here's the major gist of it.

Marriage. This has always been encouraged, we're called to multiple the earth, we're made to love and be loved, and most people are always looking for that one life partner they can reside with in love and support. When one does marry, they are called to be faithful in their marriage. Marriage has become something taken extremely lightly the past few years, people getting together and then filing for divorces, years, months later, but God made marriage to be sacred. A special and strong bond between two people. This is a firm commitment one makes in their life and it should not be broken. In the chapter, Paul makes a few statements about marriage, as well as divorce.

If a husband and wife do decide to separate, they must seek reconciliation (v.10-11).

I think this is applicable to both marriages and all relationships, that even as friends, if one decides to end or cut the relationship, it should end without tension or drama, a neutral cut with reconciliation.

If an unbelieving spouse seeks to stay, do not seek divorce (v.12-13).

Again, marriage is meant to be a life long commitment, and if you made it, you should do everything you can do to sustain and maintain a strong healthy relationship with one another.

If the unbelieving spouse separates, the believer is not bound (v.15).

If a spouse dies, the one that lives is free to remarry (v.39).

On the other hand, singleness. I remember going through a study on love, marriage and singleness, and what really stood out to me most about this topic was that one should glorify Christ with their singleness while they are single. When one gets into a relationship, it can almost seem like they are bounded by the other, but when you are single, you are much more free and can serve God in many many ways. There are both good and bad things about singleness and marriage, but no matter where you are on the spectrum, you can always be honouring God with who you are with. One should live as they are called, whether to singleness or to marriage, now or later, we are ultimately living for Jesus Christ and nobody else.

verse of the day: 1 Corinthians 7:24

²⁴ Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.