Covenant Reformed News – July 2005, Volume X, Issue 15
This article from Covenant Reformed News examines the spiritual dangers and challenges facing single Christians, including the temptations toward selfishness, loneliness, and feelings of failure. Drawing on biblical principles from 1 Corinthians, Philippians, and Romans, the author provides pastoral guidance for singles seeking to live faithfully and obediently before God while navigating their particular life circumstances.
The Danger of Singleness (1) Though singleness is good (as we saw in the last two issues of the News), there are also dangers associated with it (I Cor. 7:2, 9). First, it can be abused in a selfish way. It is true that single people avoid the cares of marriage (26, 28, 32), but they may then sinfully choose to live unto themselves. Instead of using their greater freedom as singles to serve the Lord, they may simply use it to please themselves. The single person is thus tempted to satisfy...