3. Gospel Speed Pastor Glenn Pon Chinese Grace Bible Church Sunday, November 30, 2014

4. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 25 Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. 11/2/2014 4

5. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 26 I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is. 11/2/2014 5

6. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 11/2/2014 6

7. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. 11/2/2014 7

8. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 29 This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 11/2/2014 8

9. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, 11/2/2014 9

10. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away. 11/2/2014 10

11. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 32 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. 11/2/2014 11

12. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 33 But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, 11/2/2014 12

13. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 34 and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband. 11/2/2014 13

14. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 35 I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. 11/2/2014 14

15. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 36 If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry—it is no sin. 11/2/2014 15

16. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 37 But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well. 11/2/2014 16

17. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 38 So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better. 11/2/2014 17

18. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. 11/2/2014 18

19. I Corinthians 7:25-40 (ESV) 40 Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God. 11/2/2014 19

20. I. Traveling at Gospel Speed will have its shares of ______________ 11/2/2014 20 TURBULENCE

21. I. Traveling at Gospel Speed will have its shares of ______________ A. HARDSHIP 11/2/2014 21 TURBULENCE

22. I. Traveling at Gospel Speed will have its shares of ______________ A. HARDSHIP B. HURDLES 11/2/2014 22 TURBULENCE

23. I. Traveling at Gospel Speed will have its shares of ______________ A. HARDSHIP B. HURDLES C. HURTS 11/2/2014 23 TURBULENCE

24. I. Traveling at Gospel Speed will have its shares of ______________ A. HARDSHIP B. HURDLES C. HURTS D. HASSLES 11/2/2014 24 TURBULENCE

25. I. Traveling at Gospel Speed will have its shares of ______________ A. HARDSHIP B. HURDLES C. HURTS D. HASSLES E. HEARTACHES 11/2/2014 25 TURBULENCE

26. II. Traveling at Gospel Speed involves living ___________ 11/2/2014 26 TELLINGLY

27. II. Traveling at Gospel Speed involves living ___________ A. PARTNERSHIP 11/2/2014 27 TELLINGLY

28. II. Traveling at Gospel Speed involves living ___________ A. PARTNERSHIP B. PAIN 11/2/2014 28 TELLINGLY

29. II. Traveling at Gospel Speed involves living ___________ A. PARTNERSHIP B. PAIN C. PLEASURE 11/2/2014 29 TELLINGLY

30. II. Traveling at Gospel Speed involves living ___________ A. PARTNERSHIP B. PAIN C. PLEASURE D. PURCHASING 11/2/2014 30 TELLINGLY

31. II. Traveling at Gospel Speed involves living ___________ A. PARTNERSHIP B. PAIN C. PLEASURE D. PURCHASING E. PLANETARY Concerns 11/2/2014 31 TELLINGLY

32. III. Traveling at God’s Speed involves being spiritually ___________ 11/2/2014 32 TENACIOUS

33. III. Traveling at God’s Speed involves being spiritually ___________ Those unattached may face less _____________ and have more time to _________ to the LORD 11/2/2014 33 TENACIOUS DISTRACTION DEVOTE

34. III. Traveling at God’s Speed involves being spiritually ___________ Those unattached may face less _____________ and have more time to _________ to the LORD while Those attached may face more ___________and have less time to ______________ on the Lord 11/2/2014 34 TENACIOUS DISTRACTION DEVOTE CONCERNS CONCENTRATE