The Corinthians had rationalized their sexual activity just like people today do.

And of course, the city of Corinth was synonymous with sex, in fact, the verb to Corinthian

eyes meant to have sex with a prostitute.

So here are the Corinthians.

Carrying another one of the cruddy things of their former life into the church.

Paul's going to hit another one of them.

Here it is.

He's going to hit the sin of immorality.

He's going to take apart their rationalization.

Welcome to the start of what promises to be a compelling, if not eye-opening.

A couple of weeks on Grace to you as John MacArthur kicks off a study that has implications for

you, whatever your marital status.

From first Corinthians, the title of his study, guidelines for singleness and marriage.

And John, before we begin this series, a question to sort of set the stage.

I think it's obvious that since history began, men and women have had problems in their

relationships.

And I think every generation probably thinks that things weren't this bad 30 or 40 years

ago.

But is that really true?

Would you say that the problems single people and married people face today are worse than

they've ever been?

No.

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