The Sacred Picture of the Church
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A sacred union between a husband and a wife.
A sacred union between a husband and a wife.
The Bible paints for us in a sacred picture of the relationship found between a husband and wife reflects of a day in which Christ is coming for his bride the church. AS he is actively involved in the purifying work as he is adorning his bride for his arrival, for in that day full revelation of this relationship will be known to all.
But as we deal with such a sacred picture of Christ’s love for his church as displayed by a marital relationship between a husband and wife we can be sure that this will be under attack.
For there is one who stands against God and his ways and seeks to disrupt that which honors God. This person is known as the devil and as an army of evil forces, that go forth to taint and pervert that which is sacred before God to lead the world astray. To blur that which God has made clear.
We see these effects played out in our world, communities, and homes today. For if i was to ask for a show of hands of those who are or have grown up in a home that has been recked by divorce i think we would be blown away at the result. For how division reigns in our homes rather than unity. How hatred is given rather than love.
This is a direct response of rebellious men to ignore that which God commands.
The good news is that scripture reveals that we are not bound by our parents way for we can be liberated by the chains that have held back our fore-fathers but not by our trends and movements but rather by the power of God.
You can become what your parents weren’t by the power of God.
And for some of you may wish to aquire a relationship like that of your parents but that i promise you doesn’t come by way of ease.
So the question then must be asked, are you willing to strip your self of your pride and allow the word of God to be your guidance for how you seek this sacred union that will one day take place.
For you may be thinking Im no where near ready to be married. But what you need to understand is these attitudes and characteristics do not begin once you are married but are fundamental to your life here and now.
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“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Laying out a structure that God has ordained since the beginning.
I must be clear and not beat around the bush. God is very clear that this relationship is only between one man and one woman and is the only form of marriage that honors him.
There is much confusion in our day on this topic but i wish to speak through this fog of confusion with the light of truth that will bring freedom to your life.
Relations in our day between man and man and woman and woman, God declares in his word as unnatural and an affront to that which he has made sacred.
This does not bring freedom to your sexuality when you feel as though you are able to practice the sacred act of sex with whoever you wish, whenever you wish but rather it brings greater bondage, heartache, and confusion.
Listen to the words of truth and affection. You do not have to be confused whether you are a boy or a girl. You can know for certain.
God knit you together in your mothers womb and he doesnt make mistakes. He was so intimate involved in creating you that apart from him you could not exist.
And in light of this great truth there is a freedom that comes that brings upon to who your affections should be directed. First to God then overflowing to your future spouse that is of the opposite sex.
For creation screams of this truth in the cycle of life and animals reveal the truth. For life cannot be created any other way.
Wives submit unto your husbands as unto the Lord
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church.
so in retro spec of this truth.
Just as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands.
Plain and simple.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it.
So in retro spec of Christ love for his church that is the love that should transcend into the husbands heart for his wife.
That he might sanctify and cleanse her by the source of the word
That he might present her as a glorious church without spot or wrinkle
So husbands love their wives as their own bodies
you nourish and cherish it, just as Christ does to the church.
So with Christ as his example it is to be the filter for all the actions of the husband towards his wife.
So here we have outlined the basic principles found within scripture as to the relationships found within the home.
In this passage there are two natural tendencies within a marital relationship that a woman and man may be tempted to not live out.
Before i define a little more in detail how this may flesh itself out I wish to begin
For the husband this reveals that he lacks a love for his wife that is pleasing to God
There is much confusion in our day on this topic but i wish to speak through this fog of confusion with the light of truth that will bring freedom to your life.
For the wife this reveals a lack of respect that she may naturally have for her husband.
Relations in our day between man and man and woman and woman, God declares in his word as unnatural and an affront to that which he has made sacred.
Yet in both instances the exhortations come from the word of God not by way of condition upon the others performance but rather are grounded in their love for God.
This does not bring freedom to your sexuality when you feel as though you are able to practice the sacred act of sex with whoever you wish, whenever you wish but rather it brings greater bondage, heartache, and confusion.
Listen to the words of truth and affection. You do not have to be confused whether you are a boy or a girl. You can know for certain.
The husband is to love his wife as long as she does what he wants?
God knit you together in your mothers womb and he doesnt make mistakes. He was so intimate involved in creating you that apart from him you could not exist.
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And in light of this great truth there is a freedom that comes that brings upon to who your affections should be directed. First to God then overflowing to your future spouse that is of the opposite sex.
As long as his emotional desire is still the same continaully.
For creation screams of this truth in the cycle of life and animals reveal the truth. For life cannot be created any other way.
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Listen this is what liberates a man to be what God has commanded him to be
The husband is to Love his wife (whether or not she respects him) unconditionally.
Love is not an
How exactly did Christ love the church?
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Christ act of love towards sinners was void of an expectation of love in return. Christ didnt die for those who loved him but rather for those who didn’t.
So in light of this passage you are to love your wife, provide for her, protect her, cherish her, and nourish her.
This means that you are not king tut sitting on your throne barking orders at a servant girl in your house but rather that you are continually sacrificing and laying your life down for your wife.
God holds you accountable for what happens in your future home not your wife.
He expects you to lead. He expects you to provide and protect.
Im just saying someone breaks into my house, my wife is no the one who is going to go and check it out.
The man rises to the occasion to lay down his life for those who God has entrusted to him. whether or not you are strong or of size. No man will get to my wife or kids with me still standing.
This also means that when things get tight your wife is not working two jobs so you can stay at home and play video games.
Now woman let me ask you this if you were to find a man like this, would you submit unto his leadership?
I wish i could tell you girls that your husband will always love and treat you in such light but i would be lying because they are human.
But listen whether or not they do what God expects of them, does not change what God expects of you.
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:
Your submission is not grounded in your husbands love for you but rather Gods love for you, who sees all things.
Understand submission has nothing to do with worth, dignity or voice, but has everything to do with your love for God and his design, as he knows all things, and for order in your home, attitude in your heart, and longevity in your marriage.
Willing placing yourself under the authority of another. Encouraging your husband to be the leader that God has called him to be. Make it easy for him. Do not seek to take that which God has not given you.
We can see and understand this concept in our churches, in our military, in our work places, in our government but why cannot we not see it in our homes.
Submission is not for just woman within the home but all people throughout life.
submitting to one another in the fear of God.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
This is an attitude that begins at home from the youngest of ages for all people. First learning the act of submission.
Listen to me young men. I am going to give you wisdom here. If you like a girl and you want to know if she would make a good wife, look to see how she treats her parents. IF she cannot learn submission in that realm unto the Lord your home very well may end up in ruins.
Listen to this description of the virtuous woman.
Who can find a virtuous wife?
For her worth is far above rubies.
The heart of her husband safely trusts her;
So he will have no lack of gain.
Proverbs 31:26-
Her children rise up and call her blessed;
Her husband also, and he praises her:
“Many daughters have done well,
But you excel them all.”
Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
Give her of the fruit of her hands,
And let her own works praise her in the gates.
A good woman is hard to find. You will do good to find one like describe here in this passage.
I am blessed for this describes my wife very well.
But understand a virtuous woman that you would do good to find is not going to fall in love with a couch potatoe that cares more about games than become a valiant man himself.
I am saying this because i want you to have the marriage of a lifetime.
Not just married for life but full of life.
For in it is some of the greatest blessings that God has given man.
But listen to me young people. This begins today. Developing today the characteristics necessary for tomorrow.
Be like Daniel, purpose in your heart not to defile your body, choose today to honor the Lord.
IF you cannot learn obedience to Gods word now what makes you think that you will later on.
Young men a future spouse is not your answer to giving up pornography. IT is seeking today to honor the Lord. If you cannot be faithful to your wife today what makes you think you will be then.
If you are in a relationship that dishonors God quit it. Leave it at the altar. Girls if you are in a relationship with a man that says he loves you, yet demands proof from you that is not love.
Start today to save yourself for marriage the only God honoring realm in which sex is to be performed in alls its splendor.
This begins today.
So will you be bold enough by the power of God to dedicate your life the sacred biblical view of marriage, though it is not popular or even politically correct but in this is found freedom from the confusion of our day.