1 Coríntios 7
H.A. Ironside · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 Coríntios 7
Ironside - Paul does not mean that they are to disown their wives, to be cold and indifferent toward them, or hard and unkind. Nothing like that, for he has already inculcated the very opposite principle (ED: And will emphasize this even more in later letters - see Eph 5:25-29+). He means that the one thing to live for is not your own happiness as husband and wife, but if you are united in the Lord, see that your great business is to live for Him. (ED: OF COURSE THIS IS MAXIMIZED, IF YOUR WIFE IS ALSO A WORD CENTERED, SPIRIT FILLED BELIEVER!) ILLUSTRATION - A dear friend of mine spent a great deal of his time traveling around the world giving out the gospel and his precious wife remained at home perhaps two-thirds of the year caring for the little family. I once said to her, “It must get awfully lonely for you. You hardly have any married life living like this.” Her eyes filled with tears, and she said, “The day my husband and I were married we promised each other we would never let our personal comfort interfere with our devotion to the work of the Lord, and I believe He called my husband for this great evangelistic ministry, and therefore I am glad to keep the house while he goes out to his work.” I said, “I have a choice tidbit for you. Have you noticed what David said concerning those that abide by the stuff while the others go out to war? He said, ‘As his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff’ (1 Samuel 30:24). And so if you carry out your part, when the judgment seat of Christ is set up and you and your husband stand there before God (2 Cor 5:10+), if he has thousands of precious souls to his credit for whom he is to be rewarded in that day, you will get half of it, even though you could not go out and do the preaching, for the Lord says that those who abide by the stuff shall share with those that go to battle.” That is the principle. Every one is to act in view of the fact that the time indeed is fleeting, the Lord’s return is nearing, and no consideration of personal comfort is to be allowed to hinder devotion to the will of God. (Ironside)
1 Coríntios 7
Ironside - The apostle says, “Whatever you do, keep in mind that you are here for only a little while, and you are here to glorify God and that is far more important than to seek your own happiness. You are living in difficult times, in perplexing days, but your hope is the Lord’s near return.” This is always the blessed hope for the Christian, and they were to live with that in view.... In other words, we are not to allow any temporal relationship or any human occupation to hinder our fellowship with God or our obedience to His will....The causes of weeping will soon be over and God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes. It does not say that you must not weep; but if you do, it is to be as though you wept not. Who are the folk who weep not? They are the happy people; and though you weep you can be joyful, even in the midst of sorrow, if you are looking on to the glad day of the Lord’s return.(Ironside) and those who (present tense - continually) buy, as though they did not (present tense - continually) possess - Use but don't abuse possessions! Paul is saying yes possess possessions but don't let possessions possess you, especially in view of the fact that the time has been shortened (1 Cor 7:29). Hold your possessions loosely (after all they are not really YOURS but the LORD'S!) We have only today to live for the Lord and do His Kingdom assignment (and each of us has an assignment - e.g., each has a good work as Eph 2:10+ says and each has a spiritual gift in 1 Pe 4:10+ which they need to steward well because one day they will give an account to the Master - 2 Cor 5:10+).
1 Coríntios 7
Ironside - You cannot get through this world without buying; it is impossible to live in this scene without something for physical comfort as you go along. But do not set your heart upon such possessions, do not let your affections be entwined about earthly things. As you go through this world it is perfectly right and proper to enjoy many privileges: “He giveth us richly all things to enjoy”; “and they that use this world, as not abusing it.” In other words, do not let the spirit if the world get hold of you. While enjoying the good things that God in His grace lavishes upon you do not set your heart upon them, for they are all fleeting, they will be gone someday. If your treasure is all here, if your heart is set upon things here, when everything here has disappeared, what will you have left? If you have Christ, you will have that which satisfies the soul when everything else is gone. (Ironside) Possess (hold fast) (2722) katecho from katá = intensifies meaning + écho = have, hold) means to retain whether by avoiding the relinquishing of something. Paul uses katecho with the meaning of or keep in possession in 1 Cor 7:30 and 2 Cor 6:10 "as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things."