WHAT IS MARRIAGE SUPPOSED TO BE?
BY KATHLEEN PUCCIO
HOW CAN WE CHRISTIANS HAVE HAPPY MARRIAGES NOW-A-DAYS?
ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES, WE HAVE NO BUSINESS HANGING OUT WITH UNBELIEVERS.
2 CORINTHIANS 6:17
…..COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM; AND BE YE SEPARATE
IF WE DO AS THE LORD HAS INSTRUCTED AND KEEP OURSELVES SEPARATE, THERE IS NO DANGER
OF FALLING IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT SHARE OUR BELIEFS.
2 CORINTHIANS 6:14
BE YE NOT UNEQUALLY YOKED TOGETHER WITH UNBELIEVERS; FOR WHAT FELLOWSHIP HATH
RIGHTEOUSNESS WITH UNRIGHTEOUSNESS; AND WHAT COMMUNION HATH LIGHT WITH DARKNESS?
FROM THE START WE ARE ATTRACTED TO THE ONE WE DATE, SO WE WISH TO BELIEVE THEM
WHEN THEY SAY THEY LOVE US AND WISH TO CARE FOR US. BUT CAN THEY BE TRUSTED?
CAN YOU BE TRUSTED TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS? WE WANT TO BELIEVE ALL THEY PROMISE.
LADIES --WHEN YOU MARRY A BELIEVER, IT IS NOT DIFFICULT, AS A WIFE, TO SUBMIT TO YOUR HUSBAND.
AFTER ALL, HE IS THE HEAD OF THE HOME, AND HIS INTEREST IS TO UPLIFT YOU AND BLESS THE MARRIAGE.
MEN—YOU ARE COMMANDED BY GOD TO LOVE HER AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH.
A MAN OF GOD WANTS TO PROTECT AND CHERISH HIS BRIDE.
BUT IF YOU MARRY SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT GIVEN THEIR LIFE TO JESUS,
YOU ARE GIVING CONTROL TO SOMEONE WHO IS ONLY RULED BY THEIR OWN EMOTIONS;
WITHOUT GOD’S INFLUENCE IN THEIR DECISIONS.
TAKE YOUR TIME MAKING THE DECISION TO MARRY. MAKE SURE HE OR SHE TRULY LOVES THE LORD.
YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY.
LADIES—WHEN YOU DO MARRY, GIVE HIM YOUR COMPLETE ATTENTION. STAY FAITHFUL ALWAYS.
DON’T FLIRT OR LUST AFTER SOMEONE ELSE. ALL MARRIAGES HAVE SOME DIFFICULT TIMES.
STAY TRUE TO THE ONE THAT YOU CUT COVENANT WITH. THE MAN YOU MARRY DESERVES A
LOVING WIFE HE CAN TRUST. BE THE WIFE HE WANTS TO COME HOME TO.
EPHESIANS 5:22 - 33
WIVES, SUBMIT YOURSELVES UNTO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS, AS UNTO THE LORD.
FOR THE HUSBAND IS THE HEAD OF THE WIFE……
MEN—YOU CANNOT LOVE YOUR WIFE, AS GOD HAS COMMANDED, AND NOT BE FAITHFUL TO HER.
A BRIDE DESERVES A MAN WHO KEEPS HIMSELF FOR HER ONLY.
MATTHEW 5:28
WHOSEOVER LOOKETH ON A WOMAN TO LUST AFTER HER HATH COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH
HER ALREADY IN HIS HEART.
EPHESIANS 5:25
HUSBANDS LOVE YOUR WIVES, EVEN AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR IT……
WE CAN ALL COME UP WITH EXCUSES AND REASONS FOR NOT ADHERING TO THE WORD OF GOD,
BUT NONE ARE VALID OR HONORED BY GOD.
IF YOU ARE IN AN ABUSIVE MARRIAGE, GET OUT. BUT THAT DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE GO-AHEAD
TO COMMIT ADULTERY. ACCORDING TO YOUR MARRIAGE VOWS “TILL DEATH DO WE PART”
WILL HOLD UNTIL YOU, OR YOUR SPOUSE, IS TAKEN FROM THIS LIFE. THIS IS NOT A POPULAR STANCE,
BUT IT IS WHAT IS COMMANDED ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE.
MATTHEW 5:32
WHOSOEVER SHALL PUT AWAY HIS WIFE, SAYING FOR THE CAUSE OF FORNICATION, CAUSETH HER TO
COMMIT ADULTERY; AND WHOSOEVER SHALL MARRY HER THAT IS DIVORCED COMMITTETH ADULTERY.
READ THE SCRIPTURES. THEY ARE A GUIDEBOOK TO WHAT WE SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO.
THE BIBLE IS LIKE A ROAD MAP. YOU WON’T KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN WITHOUT IT.
BUT MOST OF IMPORTANT OF ALL. THE FOUNDATION OF YOU MARRIAGE MUST BE THE LORD.
HE SHOULD BE OUR MARRIAGE’S VERY CENTER. WITHOUT HIS GUIDANCE THE MARRIAGE WILL FLOUNDER.
PRAY TOGETHER EVERY DAY. START YOUR DAY IN PRAYER AND MAKE SURE YOU PRAY TOGETHER BEFORE
YOU RETIRE AT NIGHT. THIS UNIFIES US, AND EMPOWERS US AS A COUPLE. AND GOD WILL BLESS YOUR
MARRIAGE.
EPHESIANS 5:33
LET EVERY ONE OF YOU IN PARTICULAR SO LOVE HIS WIFE EVEN AS HIMSELF;
AND LET THE WIFE SEE THAT SHE REVERENCE HER HUSBAND.
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