Tag: Marriage
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Looking at Unchastity and Immorality
Looking at unchastity and immorality is important for God hates these things. It is essential that as a Christian if you are practicing such things, you do all you can to repent and change your ways.
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Husbands and Wives in Christ
One of the things that never ceases to amaze me is how some Christians seem to have taken this section of scripture in Ephesians 5:21-33 completely out of context. They ascribe roles to the husband and wife in a marriage that are completely out of sync with what these verses are saying.
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Marriage and Freedom From Law
(1 Corinthians 7:36-40) Most of this section of scripture talks about the unmarried being able to remain in control of their natural desires of a man for a woman, and it says that if they cannot be in control they should marry. But there is a principle that is snuck into the end of this…
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Prevention Is Better Than Cure
(1 Corinthians 7:25-31) This is an interesting section of scripture for although Paul spends a significant amount of time in this whole chapter speaking about issues of marriage and those who are married or seeking to be married, in this section of scripture he is teaching a principle that extends to all parts of our…
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On Marriage and Divorce
(1 Corinthians 7:8-16) This section of scripture gives some great advice to those who are married or contemplating marriage. It also talks to issues of divorce, and unlike the views of some churches, divorce and separation are permitted. They are not steps a married couple should take lightly, but there is a reason why in…
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Celibacy and Marriage Equality
(1 Corinthians 7:1-5) This whole chapter is devoted to matters of marriage and principles that should guide certain aspects of married life. This first part focuses upon temptations to immorality and overcoming them in marriage, but I do not want to specifically look at those issues. What I noted as I read these first few…
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How Freedom From Law Works
(Romans 7:2-4) In my last post we saw why it is necessary that we are set free from the law to negate and remove the power of sin so that God can help us to grow mature in Jesus Christ. In these next few verses of Romans 7 we see how this works and we…
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Till Death Us Do Part
(Luke 20:27-40) When people are married at some point in the relationship they often give or exchange eternity rings. This is often on the first anniversary of the marriage. I am certain this is a process developed and marketed by the jewellery industry to increase sales, because it certainly has no basis in scripture. In…
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Marriage in Heaven
(Mark 12:18-27) After the Pharisees and Herodians tried to entangle Jesus and failed, the Sadducees came to try and confuse him. The only trouble with their line of argument was that first they did not even believe in what they were questioning Jesus about, and second they didn’t know what they were talking about as…
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Marriage and Divorce
(Mark 10:2-12) The Pharisees tried to test Jesus with a question about divorce. Is divorce lawful? Did Jesus say that two people could not divorce? Should people be allowed to divorce? These are very serious matters and Jesus’ answer was interesting. Note his first response to the Pharisees. He said, “What did Moses command you?”…
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Marriage in the Resurrection
(Matthew 22:23-33) The Sadducees were testing Jesus again after he had silenced the Herodians. The Sadducees believed there is no resurrection, but showed their malice towards Jesus by questioning him over a matter to do with resurrection, marriage in the resurrection. They concocted a situation of a man who had a wife and the man…
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Eunuchs for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven
(Matthew 19:10-12) In the previous section Jesus spoke of matters of marriage. I commented that I did not fully understand that section, as it seemed quite harsh. It is clear also that Jesus’ disciples struggled with this teaching to for in this section they said, “If such is the case of a man with his…
