Good Morning Friends,
“Now for the matters you wrote about: It is
good for a man not to marry. But since there is so much immorality, each man
should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should
fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The
wife’s body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same
way, the husband’s body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Do
not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may
devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not
tempt you because of your lack of self-control.” (1 Corinthians 7:1-5)
People in New Testament times were not so
different from people today and the issues they faced were not so different,
either. Immorality was rampant then, just as it is today. The temptation to
sexual sin was very strong. As a suggestion for overcoming the temptation to
sexual sin, Paul recommends marriage. What he says about marriage indicates
that the issues married couples faced then were also the same as the issues
married couples face today.
The primary difficulty in today’s marriages is
selfishness. Husbands and wives hurt their marriage relationships by focusing
exclusively on their own needs, rather than being equally concerned with the
needs of their spouse. As Paul says, that is true in the sexual relationship of
marriage, and it is also true in every other aspect of marriage.
The key to a healthy marriage is to recognize
that you’ve entered into a relationship in which you have taken responsibility
for the needs and desires of your spouse. Her needs are now to be your needs. Her
desires are now to be your desires. And the same is true from the wife’s
perspective.
His, by Grace, Steve
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