Many of these chapters in 1 Corinthians 8-10 deal with freedom, authority, and personal rights. Your freedom in Christ is not a call to do whatever you want but an opportunity to serve others in love.

Even in our culture, which seems to be drifting from marriage as the norm, it can be easy for singleness to be viewed as a problem to be solved rather than a gift to be invested in the Kingdom of God. What would it look like to recognize, accept, and leverage my calling for the mission of God?

We can flourish in our current circumstances knowing that God has placed us there on purpose for his purpose. Contentment is not about finding something new as much as it is about seeing what God has given you as the gift it is. The reason can abide in our circumstances is because we can abide with God.

In this section of 1 Corinthians, Paul deals with questions the church had relating to sex, marriage, and singleness

Jesus Christ is the light that shines in the darkness of our world.

We should rejoice at the advent of Jesus, our Savior.

The depth of God’s love is revealed by the value of his sacrifice.

The gospel calms our fears and brings peace to our hearts, compelling us to joyfully worship and gladly tell others about Jesus!

Jesus is the hope of all the earth.

When we recognize that God has rightful authority over us, including our bodies, we can joyfully glorify him by fleeing sexual immorality.