Study Desk

The unbelieving husband will be looked favorably upon to an extent by God because of the believing wife. And the unbelieving wife will be looked favorably upon to an extent by God because of the believing husband. If this wasn't the case, then their kids would be like outsiders to God, but that ain't the case. God loves them and looks favorably on his kids.

But if the one who does not believe wants out, let 'em out. In this case, the believer is free and not bound by marriage anymore. Do it this way because God has called us to live in peace, not conflict.

Don't forget though that an unbelieving husband might be saved because of the believing wife and vice versa.

Because life is so hard and temptations are so strong, I think it is best to remain a virgin your entire life.

Do you see how he is trying to do two things at once? He's trying to ride for the Lord and take care of his family. The same goes for a widow or a virgin. They concern themselves only with the Lord's work because they are dedicated in body and soul. But a married woman has to worry about worldly matters and pleasing her husband.

So let us answer the question about eating meat that has been sacrificed to idols once and for all. An idol is not a god because there is only one true God.

But just because you are free to eat what you want doesn't mean you should intentionally flaunt your freedom at a weaker person's expense.

It might not be good to express your freedom by going an eating a steak in an idol's temple just because you can. Someone might be watching, and even though you don't struggle with this dilemma, he might.

This might set the weaker cowboy on a path away from God. Just because you understand the truth doesn't mean everyone else does.

I'm not saying these things because it fits my agenda. God's code says the same thing.

But I've never used this "ace in the hole" even though I could. And I'm not going to start using it because I've been called to something different than the rest of them. I preach without pay and I can brag about it.

We should not commit the same sexual sins as they did during their parties. Because of this, twenty-three thousand �people died in one day.

Some of them even decided to test Christ and died because of snake bites.

You might be saying to yourself, "I would never do anything like that," but remember that the angel of death came in and killed. Why? Because of their complaining and grumbling.

We all eat from the same loaf because we are all of the same body.

Y'all keep saying, "I'm allowed to do whatever I want." But I'm telling you that just because you can doesn't mean you should. Some things don't help people, and that's our main mission.

Y'all just watch what I'm doing because I'm watching what Christ does.

For this reason, and even the angels are watching to see if we do this, a woman shouldn't ride in front of a man because he was given authority over her.

You listen to what I'm telling you because Jesus himself told it to me. On the night Jesus was double-crossed, the Lord Jesus took some bread

That's why a lot of you are sickly and weak. Shoot, some have died because of their irreverence.