Morality and Christian Marriage

Helping one another to live moral lives by committing to the obligations of marriage.

1 Corinthians 7:1-9

Getting Started:

1. Let’s begin by re-reading 1 Corinthians 7:1-9 and refresh our memories about

this week’s focal text. Take your time and really let the text sink in.

receive instruction for the church regarding sexual immorality in their

Fellowship. What does this imply about some of the marital relationships

at Corinth and both sexual purity and marital health in the body?

2. We learned this week that sexual immorality should not be excused or

ignored in a Christian’s life, but often we hear Believers making excuses

for their sins. Romans 13:13-14 instructs us to make no provision for the

flesh. What does this mean, and how does this relate to Paul’s admonition

to the Corinthians? What even is a “provision” and how would we make a

provision for the flesh?

3. We discovered this week that intimacy in marriage isn’t only about passion

another in marriage, and what did Paul mean by saying that the spouse

has authority over our bodies? How should this practically impact a marital

relationship?

5. Dictionary.com defines fraud as: deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach

of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest

advantage. How is withholding affection and intimacy in a marriage a form

of fraud? How is a marriage different from other relationships...like a

strong friendship?

6. Paul wrote about an exception to the intimacy rule and stated that there

are times when a husband and wife could refrain from the usual obligations

Digging Deeper:

1. James writes about the process of falling to temptation in Jas 1:13-15. In

this text, he likens the fall to a child being birthed. There are three steps

outlined by James. Let’s identify them and discuss them as it relates to our

focal text this week.

a. A person is D_____ A______ by his own desires and enticed.

b. When desire is C_________ it gives birth to S___.

c. Once sin is full grown it brings forth D_______.

2. When Christians think about infidelity in marriage, often we automatically

think of a cheating spouse. Based on our study this week, how could a