The Mirror of Marriage

Ephesians 5:31–33 | The Mirror of Marriage |

Today, the general public wants to make marriage flexible enough to incorporate nearly any kind of relationship.

Believers, however, must maintain firmly that marriage has a divinely determined purpose. 

It is called holy matrimony for a reason: the Lord has set apart the one-man-one-woman marital bond as a one-flesh relationship to communicate spiritual realities.

These realities include God’s deep love for His people, the exclusivity of the Christchurch bond as the ordinary arena of salvation, and the faithful devotion that the covenant community owes its covenant Lord (Gen. 2:24; Hos. 2:14–23; Eph. 5:31–32). 

Marriage is the means by which the created order depicts the relationship between Jesus and His church.

Unlawful divorce, adultery, spousal abuse, and neglect are so evil.

Each of these violations, in their own way, convey untruths about God’s relation to His people, especially when they occur in Christian marriages.

Adultery or abuse on the part of a husband who is a professing believer conveys that Christ is unfaithful to His own and has so little regard for His bride that He is willing to injure her.

Wives who profess faith in Jesus and commit adultery, disrespect their husbands, or abuse them tell creation that Christ can be spat upon with impunity.

Unlawful divorces between those who claim the name of the Savior depict the Christ-church relationship as playful and unimportant.

God forbid that any of us should tell such lies to the world through any of these actions.

God’s call for husbands to love their wives and for wives to respect their husbands. This must be put into practise.

It is a call for two people to set aside their own preferences in the interest of living before the face of God in such a way that shows the world why the Christ-church bond is the most beautiful relationship in all creation.

Prayer: Dear Lord, help us to understand the reason that you have established order in everything. Help us not to overlook but to comply and work according to the order that you have provided.

In Jesus Name. Amen.

 

Blessings & Prayers 

Pastor. Bobby Leonard