So we are to get married then because if we don't we're going to put ourselves in a terrible place of

Temptation, but that doesn't mean that you run out without really considering what you're doing and marry the first available person

Just so you don't get in trouble. You'll be in more trouble and then you ever thought you were in

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson

Who needs marriage? That was the title of a time magazine cover story some years back

The article looked at the falling marriage rate here in the US and the rising number of couples living together before marriage

And in the end the author said that marriage wasn't as popular these days as in years past

But he said quote it's still the best avenue most people have for making their dreams come true

Well, is that really the benefit of marriage making dreams come true bottom line?

What is the point of marriage and why did God create it? Why should believers

Embrace the institution of marriage and is marriage right for every Christian?

Today on Grace to you John MacArthur answers those and other questions as he continues his practical study

Guidelines for singleness and marriage so turn with us to the book of first Corinthians and here is John

Now I want you to look and we'll look at the seventh chapter. I want you to look at four key ideas that appear in the first seven verses

And they deal with the whole problem of whether to be celibate or married whether to be single or married number one

celibacy is good

Verse one now concerning the things about what you wrote unto me. It is good for a man not to touch a woman

So

Verse one is saying it is good not to have a sexual relationship and he's simply saying it is good to be single

He does not say it is the only good

It is also good to be married

He is simply saying it isn't evil to be single your single. It's good. It's not bad. It's not evil. It's not wrong. It's good

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