Our young adults group at church is doing a series on relationships.
Why?
Because we are all impacted by relationships in one way or another and most people who are going to get married do it in their 20s and it is important for us to take Jesus seriously and help each other follow Him faithfully in this area of life.
After taking a week to reflect on our ideas of relationships, what our parents taught us, what culture says, and what the Bible says, we dove right into a discussion about singleness.
Our world and culture prizes and worships love and romance above all else. Think about the fact that 9/10 times the first song you hear when you turn on the radio is about falling in or out of love. Not to mention the types of movies that are the most popular usually have some element of romance in them. Culture says to be single is to be the story still waiting for the happy ending.
Sadly, it is also often in churches where the vibe exists that it is a shame to be single.
Listen to what John Piper has to say about the subject:
http://www.desiringgod.org/messages/single-in-christ-a-name-better-than-sons-and-daughters
"As long as you are single, this is your calling: to so live for Christ as to make it clearer to the world and to the church
1. That the family of God grows not by propagation through sexual intercourse, but by regeneration through faith in Christ;
2. That relationships in Christ are more permanent, and more precious, than relationships in families;
3. That marriage is temporary, and finally gives way to the relationship to which it was pointing all along: Christ and the church - the way a picture is no longer needed when you see face to face;
4. And that faithfulness to Christ defines the value of life; all other relationships get their final significance from this. No family relationship is ultimate; relationship to Christ is.
To Him be glory in the Christ-exalting drama of marriage and the Christ-exalting drama of the single life. Amen"
I appreciated hearing this message a lot because it shed a lot of Biblical light on singleness and helped me to gain a fresh perspective on this stage of my life, however long it may last for.
1 Corinthians 7:25-40 also speaks a great deal on the subject of singleness and is worth spending time pondering.
Why?
Because we are all impacted by relationships in one way or another and most people who are going to get married do it in their 20s and it is important for us to take Jesus seriously and help each other follow Him faithfully in this area of life.
After taking a week to reflect on our ideas of relationships, what our parents taught us, what culture says, and what the Bible says, we dove right into a discussion about singleness.
Our world and culture prizes and worships love and romance above all else. Think about the fact that 9/10 times the first song you hear when you turn on the radio is about falling in or out of love. Not to mention the types of movies that are the most popular usually have some element of romance in them. Culture says to be single is to be the story still waiting for the happy ending.
Sadly, it is also often in churches where the vibe exists that it is a shame to be single.
Listen to what John Piper has to say about the subject:
http://www.desiringgod.org/messages/single-in-christ-a-name-better-than-sons-and-daughters
"As long as you are single, this is your calling: to so live for Christ as to make it clearer to the world and to the church
1. That the family of God grows not by propagation through sexual intercourse, but by regeneration through faith in Christ;
2. That relationships in Christ are more permanent, and more precious, than relationships in families;
3. That marriage is temporary, and finally gives way to the relationship to which it was pointing all along: Christ and the church - the way a picture is no longer needed when you see face to face;
4. And that faithfulness to Christ defines the value of life; all other relationships get their final significance from this. No family relationship is ultimate; relationship to Christ is.
To Him be glory in the Christ-exalting drama of marriage and the Christ-exalting drama of the single life. Amen"
I appreciated hearing this message a lot because it shed a lot of Biblical light on singleness and helped me to gain a fresh perspective on this stage of my life, however long it may last for.
1 Corinthians 7:25-40 also speaks a great deal on the subject of singleness and is worth spending time pondering.
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