Podcast Audio and Video:
The Creation of Marriage, Part 10 – YouTube
Show Notes:
Marriage is a powerful proclamation. We pledge before God and witnesses, “Unto death do us part.” We promise on our very life to do all that’s in the covenant vows; and it’s not to be taken lightly.
We have failed in traditional churches and in relationships because we have had flimsy foundations and flimsy vows.
If our marriage doesn’t revolve around Christ Himself, how can we be called Christian? We need to make sure we are not just participating in religious practices. The first thing we have to be able to do as a Christian is walk this out with our spouses. Our marriage is the first test of our witness. If we can’t do this at home, we are just playing a religious game. It’s easy to make a quick statement but living for somebody is a big deal.
We can only love because we have first been loved. When we receive the love of God, we become a conduit and the love of God can flow through us. It starts with your spouse who is the first beneficiary of true, agape love in the home.
Marriage is designed with a permanency in mind. When the New Covenant tells us about marriage, it starts with our relationship with Jesus Christ. What is emphasized is the Lordship of Christ in each one of our lives and the blood covenant we have with Him.
Home is a church. The two become one. Christ is in us and we in Christ. The three-fold cord is not easily broken. The two can have powerful prayer agreement. There’s power in the ability to reach God when we are walking in agreement in the right way with God. We have to keep it right with one another because when we get it right with God and one another, God is powerful to work through that.
We need to seek the new birth with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength, and with persistence say “I won’t let You go until I find this and You bless me.” You pursue until you come into the new birth. If this happens to one person, God will set your home in divine order. The whole place can be saved, sanctified, and filled with the Holy Ghost. The Kingdom can come, and everyone can get healed.
We are not in a bondage of fear again. There’s no fear in love because perfect love casts out all fear. The new covenant is based on love. God laid down His own life in our place to save us. That should so impress us that we are not driven by fear but by love. If we are not walking in love, we are walking in rigid disciplines. Enjoy it. We are not in bondage to death but in a covenant of life and love. We are in a higher law, the spirit of life and grace; the life of God enjoyed by each other.
Your love could be the Garden of Eden if you do this right. It can be a beautiful thing as you walk in the covenant of grace and peace with one another, your home full of love to the glory of God.