Marriage and Sexual Purity

1 Corinthians 7:1-9

1. What are God’s purposes for marriage?  Look up the following texts in addition to the one for this sermon: Ecclesiastes 4:7-12; Malachi 2:10-16; Ephesians 5:22-33
2. How would you respond to someone who says, “Paul was a sexist”?  How would you respond to someone who says, “Paul is down on marriage”?
3. Read and discuss Proverbs 5:15-21.  What is the message of the text?  Why do you think that vs. 21 seems to have such little import into the lives of modern people?
4. Talk about the role of sex in marriage.  How would you characterize a biblical concept of sex in marriage?  In what ways has our culture polluted the biblical view of marital sex?  In what ways does marital sex take on a selfish dynamic?  What does it mean for your spouse to have “authority” over your body?
5. What is the gift of celibacy?  How could it be misunderstood?
6. Formulate your own question from this text to share with the group.
7. Pray for the marriages in the group.  Pray that God would make selfless spouses out of each individual.  Pray for each to be given to self-control in the sexual arena of their lives.

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