Thirsting Souls Bible Teaching

 (1Co 7:24) “Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.”   The idea here is to teach us to be submitted to God’s will over our own. Every person is self-willed, making decisions multiple times daily. From the beginning of our walk with the Lord we should learn to submit and seek His will in every decision. That starts with contentment of heart that He is now in me and desires to control my life.

(1Co 7:23) “Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.”  The Lord owns the saved soul. Don’t sell yourself to another; not to anything else before the Lord. Example: Are you faithful, service after service to the Lord’s House, or have you sold yourself to pleasure, or ease, or money, taking possession of self away from your Master?

(1Co 7:21) “Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.  (22) For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.” A person can be used of God no matter their circumstance of life. All the world needs to see the result of the salvation experience, that the Lord makes us new creatures.

(1Co 7:20) “Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.”  Changing one’s circumstance does not add to one’s salvation. Your salvation is perfect and complete, for the saved person does not stand in self, but in Christ Jesus before God. Our efforts could only taint that which is already perfect. We are to rest in the completed work of our precious Savior!

(1Co 7:18) “Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. (19)  Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.”  Law does not save. For a Jew to keep this portion, yes, identifies him with the promise of the land. But for the Gentile, it has no purpose. All are saved through grace by the blood of Christ Jesus!

(1Co 7:17) “But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.”  The moment one is saved, they are fully accepted by God, for they are seen as “in” Christ Jesus. Nothing can be added to make us more saved. Yes, we are to separate ourselves from sinful practices. This does not make us more saved but more usable, for we become more like our Savior.

1Co 7:16) “For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?”  Love that fails is not love at all. Love is a commitment to seek the best for the other person, in marriage all the days of our life. Therefore, their soul would be the dearest thing on earth; their salvation the uttermost desire of our heart.

(1Co 7:15) “But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.” Bondage: the bond of marriage. The unsaved are not governed by desire to please the Lord. The saved are and thus allow the Law of Love to dictate their actions and reactions. We never have an excuse to do wrong.

(1Co 7:12) “But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.” This is not to be dismissed, for the Word of Truth tells us “All Scripture (This is that, right?) is given by inspiration of God” (2 Tim 3:16). What is being penned is principle perceived: one, our bodies are the temple of God; two, the soul of another is of infinite value  – blood bought. The desired result: (1Co 7:16)  “For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or…man,…thy wife?”

(1Co 7:10) “And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: (11)  But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.”  Marriage is to honor God Who instituted it. It is to reflect the love of Himself towards the church and the church’s fidelity towards Him. Obeying this teaching demonstrates us honoring Him.