There is an undistractedness that comes in the life of an unmarried person.

He has only really one set of cares, and that is his relation to the Lord.

The married person has a divided set of cares, the Lord and his family.

It isn't that they are bad, they're both good, they're both wonderful, they're both designed by God, but they are too thin.

Welcome to Race to You with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Marriage is the one institution that God established before the fall,

part of His creation that He declared very good.

If you're in a Christian marriage, no doubt you've seen how good it can be when couples

serve the Lord together and raise a family to honor Him.

So how then could a commitment to your spouse ever be bad for your spiritual growth?

Today on Race to You John MacArthur explains how to maintain priorities that please God in your marriage.

As He continues a practical study titled Guidelines for Singleness and Marriage.

So follow along now as John begins the lesson.

Take your Bible if you will now, and let's look together at the seventh chapter of First Corinthians.

The relationship that God has designed for most people is marriage.

There's no question about that.

The relationship that God has designed for most people is marriage.

And marriage is good. Marriage is a good thing.

In First Corinthians 7, 2, right there, let every man have his own wife, let every woman have

her own husband. This is acceptable. This is God's standard.

In Proverbs 18, 22, who so findeth a wife, findeth a good thing.

And it goes on to say that God looks on it with favor.

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