10/18/20 THE ONE ANOTHER’S IN THE NT #11 —  1 Corinthians 7:5 (CSB) Do not deprive one another — except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

I was tempted to omit this one from my posts—Paul is speaking about sexuality here. Ours is a sex-saturated culture.  The vast majority of advertisements on TV these days appeal to our over-active sex drives to keep us interested and watching. “Let it all hang out,” (whatever that meant) was a popular saying from the late 20th century. But all over our culture, males and females seem determined to do just that.

Like America today, the NT city of Corinth was infamous for its sexual abuses. The Apostle Paul was reminding the believers in Corinth (and us) that all our explicit sexual expression should occur within a godly marriage—one man, one woman, together for life. If husbands or wives “deprive” their spouses, they very well may be tempted to break their marriage vows. Believers, let’s make sure that our marriages are strong examples to the world.