"Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband." - Ephesians 5:22-33
Week number two of the series on relationships at young adults was about marriage as you might have guessed by the post title.
There is a lot that can be said about marriage. First of all that it is God's design as described in the passage above that a man and a woman should reflect the relationship between Christ and the church in their marriage, that their marriage might show the world what true love is.
On the contrary, a consumer relationship says, "I will like you and be with you until I don't like you anymore." Which is what our world deems acceptable for marriage relationships.
God's design is a covenant relationship that says, "I will be faithful to you no matter what, until death do us part." This kind of relationship provides the safety and security needed for honesty and vulnerability because you know the other person is not going to walk away.
The link below is to a video that contains three stories of Christian marriages that may change the way you see marriage.
https://vimeo.com/104466254
Our discussion was summarized with the following three reasons for Christian marriage:
1. Marriage can bring relief to sexual temptation and free an individual up to put more energy into serving Christ (1 Corinthians 7:9, 36).
2. Marriage can help you double your ministry effectiveness if you are married to someone with similar life goals and interests (1 Corinthians 7:32-35).
3. Marriage has a sanctifying effect on our lives and its purpose is not to make us happy, but holy.
As you can see I was left with a lot to ponder when I got home and I am still not done thinking it all through but I know that I am committed to, if God's plan for me is to get married, making a marriage that will best glorify God and show the world the kind of love that exists between Christ and his church.
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband." - Ephesians 5:22-33
Week number two of the series on relationships at young adults was about marriage as you might have guessed by the post title.
There is a lot that can be said about marriage. First of all that it is God's design as described in the passage above that a man and a woman should reflect the relationship between Christ and the church in their marriage, that their marriage might show the world what true love is.
On the contrary, a consumer relationship says, "I will like you and be with you until I don't like you anymore." Which is what our world deems acceptable for marriage relationships.
God's design is a covenant relationship that says, "I will be faithful to you no matter what, until death do us part." This kind of relationship provides the safety and security needed for honesty and vulnerability because you know the other person is not going to walk away.
The link below is to a video that contains three stories of Christian marriages that may change the way you see marriage.
https://vimeo.com/104466254
Our discussion was summarized with the following three reasons for Christian marriage:
1. Marriage can bring relief to sexual temptation and free an individual up to put more energy into serving Christ (1 Corinthians 7:9, 36).
2. Marriage can help you double your ministry effectiveness if you are married to someone with similar life goals and interests (1 Corinthians 7:32-35).
3. Marriage has a sanctifying effect on our lives and its purpose is not to make us happy, but holy.
As you can see I was left with a lot to ponder when I got home and I am still not done thinking it all through but I know that I am committed to, if God's plan for me is to get married, making a marriage that will best glorify God and show the world the kind of love that exists between Christ and his church.
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