Christian Marriage

-

Marriage is an institution that was created by God to be experienced by one man and one woman for the rest of their lives (Gen. 2:24). A Christian marriage, when done according to God’s plan, is supposed to be a blessing for each couple (Gen. 2:18), as the couple submits to one another in their marital roles to the Lord (Eph. 5:21). The wife is called to submit to her own husband in obedience to the Lord (Eph. 5:22-24), and the husband is called to submit to the Lord, by fulfilling his role as the spiritual, loving, servant-leader of the home (Eph. 5:25-31).

When both husband and wife consistently strive to fulfill their marital roles in this manner, it blesses both partners, and paints a beautiful picture of what a relationship with Jesus is supposed to look like for others to see (Eph. 5:32).

And yet, the reality of marriage, even Christian marriage, is that the only perfect individual was Jesus, and therefore marriage takes a lot of work, and needs a lot of grace being offered up by one another on an ongoing, never-ending basis, due to the fact that both husband and wife are both a work in process with God (Gal. 5:17), and will not be perfect until Jesus returns and takes us to heaven (Phil. 1:6).

Though painful and emotionally exhausting, disagreements can be a beautiful thing in a Christian marriage from time to time, simply because it enables the couple to extend, and receive grace and forgiveness to and from one another on a regular basis, and is a beautiful picture to the watching world of how the power of God, and His love and forgiveness works in each couples life (cf. 1 Peter 3:1-7). It is truly a beautiful picture of the gospel being lived out in each couples marriage when this takes place.

However, the goal of course for each marriage, is to obviously be filled with (Eph. 5:18), empowered by, and led by the Holy Spirit, allowing Him to form Christ in both the husband and wife, so that the fruit of the Spirit will be at work in both of their lives (Gal. 5:22-23), and the world will see something extraordinarily special (Eph. 5:32).

RELATED ARTICLES
1. The Secret to a Thriving Marriage
2. Saving your Marriage from Disaster

Popular posts from this blog

What is godless chatter?

-
Image
What is godless chatter? The term godless chatter is used by the apostle Paul when he exhorts Timothy to, “Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some” (2 Timothy 2:16-18, NIV). In context, this passage of Scripture is dealing with the godless chatter of false teachers who were sneaking into the church and trying to corrupt the truth of God’s Word (2 Timothy 2:14-3:9). Paul clearly warns Timothy about them when he points them out by saying, “Their teaching will spread like gangrene” (2:17). Paul likens the godless chatter of false teachers to gangrene, which was a deadly disease that spread rapidly and ate away at a persons flesh. This Greek idiom truly emphasizes the repulsiveness of the ministry of the false
Read more

Sermon Outline: 1 John 4:7-21

-
Image
I.       Introduction: On June 25, 1967 the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) commissioned the Beatles to write a song for the United Kingdom’s contribution to a T.V. show, called Our World, which was the first live global television link. The Beatles were asked to write and perform a song that would contain a simple message to be understood by all nations. What was the song that they wrote? “Love is all you need.” And with that song the Beatles struck a nerve that was felt around the world, as it hit home in the heart of over 400 million television viewers. After playing this song to over 400 million viewers, they quickly released it in the UK, where it soared to the top of the charts to number 1, and then after that they released the song in the US where it also reached number 1 on the billboard charts. The concept of love reaches down into the deepest part of almost every human being’s heart and soul. It has such an appeal to the human race that Amazon has over 245,000 books w
Read more

Sermon Outline: 1 John 3:18-24

-
Image
1 John 3:18-24 Conquering Condemnation Pastor Jason Stewart I.       Introduction:    A little boy visiting his grandparents was given his first slingshot. He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit his target. As he came back to Grandma's back yard, he noticed her pet duck, and like a sniper quietly approached the duck, not really believing he would hit the duck of course, as he hadn’t hit anything he was aiming at all day. However, as this young sniper approached this poor unsuspecting duck, he took aim and let his rock fly. Wouldn’t you know it, the rock ended up hitting the duck right on the head, and as the duck fell dead, the little sniper panicked. He then desperately began trying to hide the dead duck before Grandma found out, and so he buried it in a nearby woodpile, only to look up and see his sister watching. Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing. After lunch that day, Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes." But Sally said, "Johnny t
Read more