Crossroads (Week 17) - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40 (Part 1 – Verses 1-5)

Our culture is obsessed with sex. Whether it is an advertisement, a song, a television show or movie, sex has been distorted and perverted into something that far from what God intended for us. But, does that mean that sex itself is bad?

As we made our way through 1 Corinthians chapters 5 and 6, we saw how some in the church in Corinth had adopted the culture’s view on sex, and had become involved in sexual practices beyond what God intended and the Apostle Paul explained why we should not join the world in its perverted abuses of the gift of sexuality.

But, as we come to chapter 7, we find another problem in the church connected to sexual practices, or more precisely, the lack of sexual intimacy in marriage. Some of the Corinthians were being taught that sex was bad and should not be practiced by followers of Jesus. As we’re going to see today, the Apostle Paul steps in to correct their theologically incorrect ideas about sex. This week, look to God’s word for the correct understanding of sexual expression in marriage.