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Prayer
Father, in this brief time with your word, grant your servant boldness that I may speak your truth with clarity and that your Spirit would work in the hearts of all who are gathered here, in Jesus Name.
The problem of marriage
What can a preacher possibly say that would convince you, a young couple moments away from exchanging their wedding vows, that this most beautiful moment of your lives is not about you.
Now, that’s a wierd thing for me to say considering the fact that so much of “this” is about you.
And yet, it’s not really about you.
But allow me in these brief few minutes to take your attention off of all this, and show you what matters most.
To show you all what matters most.
It is often said, and rightly so, that next to placing your faith in Christ, one of the most imporant, if not the most important, decisions of your life is who you get married to.
There is a permanence to the exchange of these vows that you’re about to make to each other, which is grounded in the statement “till death do us apart”.
Jesus tells us in Matthew 19:4-6
However, such a commitment is often tested by two realities.
On the one hand, man has no reason for confidence that he will keep his vows.
And on the other hand, this seemingly permanent vow is a temporary one.
If our confidence rested in our ability to keep our word, then let it be known that since creation, mankind has had a depressing track record of keeping their word.
You need only look around you in this world and see how many marriages have fallen apart, even among Christians.
Although “till death do us apart” has a permanent ring to it, let me remind you that death will do you apart.
Marriage is not a permanent reality, it is a temporary one.
And since life is short, everything about life will pull you to reconsider your vows.
Matthew 22:30
And so, if your marriage, or any marriage, is rooted in your ability to keep your vows, or in a false romantic fantasy of foreverland, you’re building your house upon the sand.
These pillars will not hold your house.
Therefore, we are faced with the question - what then is the foundation and the appeal of marriage?
The problem of life
In order to answer that, we need to ask a more fundamental question.
What is the foundation and appeal of life itself?
The Bible tells us that God created a beautiful world, that was corrupted by the disobedience and sinfulness of man.
And because of our sins, we are guilty before a holy God who must now judge the world and all who live in it.
If man keeps the law, he is still guilty for his sinfulness, and if man were somehow absolved of his guilt, he has no confidence, in fact no ability to keep the law of God.
Romans 8:6-7
All die.
Where is the appeal to live when you know that everything that you do here will come to an end?
Life itself presents us with the same two problems, of our ability to keep our word (to obey God’s law), and of our ability to see the true beauty of life.
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