G0DLY CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE

God ordained Biblical marriages on HIS terms and conditions to replenish earth. God is at the heart of Christian marriage for devotion and trust in Christ. God created marriage relationship companionship, intimacy affirmed by God. Finding a spouse to fulfill a lifelong commitment of the Bible is a specific command. To help build stronger foundation its important both are born again Christians. Making the right decision to please God isn’t a romantic involvement first, before seeking the LORD’S face. Gospel says single be faithful Christians obeying commandments. Marriage needs the Holy Spirit’s guidance to discern the Spirit of God. The Bible says it is sin if a believer marries non-believer hoping to save him. Salvation is a free gift of God in Christ to all nations. If a believer witnessed to a person and later marry its approved by God. Marriage is in God’s image and likeness to produce Godly fruit for dominion in Bible in Genesis 1:26-28. God partners with all HIS creation who acknowledge God’s rule on the earth. God wants an exclusive total devotion and worship from believers not sharing HIM with idol pagan gods. Married couples please the LORD God Almighty not men. The choice of Christian marriage is for their partnership with God in Genesis 2:15-17 Adam was priest prophet/king in Garden Eden God’s Kingdom ruled over God’s riches, resources provided. Eve to bring GLORY to God helps replenished earth. God said it is not good for the man to be alone gave him helpmeet woman Eve in marriage. Christian marriages in Gospel is Christ centred He is head, Bridegroom to His Bride the Church of God in Christ. The head of Christ is God and head of a wife is her spouse. Almighty God is the source of Biblical marriages in Genesis 3:16. Spouses submits to God’s perfect will in Christ in the home at the centre is God’s laws and values. Married believers in the LORD God Almighty direct their lives through prayers, fasting, to seek God’s face, help. In Genesis 24 Abraham chose for Isaac Rebekah a believer in God in Genesis 27:46-28:9. Faith central in training children right and early according to God’s laws. In Genesis 34:8-9, Hamor invited sons of Jacob to intermarry with the daughters of Shechem after mistreating Dinah defiled. So they compromised God’s laws, endangering lives as second generation. In conquests of Canaan the LORD prohibited intermarriages: Don’t intermarry give your daughters to their sons, their daughters to your sons they will turn your children from following God to serve other gods. The LORD’S anger burns and destroys in Deuteronomy 7:3-4; Joshua 23:12. Kings like Solomon in 1 Kings 11, Ahab in 1 Kings 16-19 fell so compromised nation’s faith due to pagan wives. God told all priests, people to repent of intermarriages in Ezra 9-10. Foreign converts stay married: Zipporah, Rahab, Ruth. Jesus said unbeliever spouse is under God’s grace if converted is saved by a good conduct, example of respect, honour. In Proverbs 31:30 the virtuous woman supports husband is industrious, takes care of family.
Ruth married Boaz a believer who provided and protected her. She trusted God respected mother in law a Godly woman. Ruth married after husband died, free to marry Boaz, man who believed in the LORD. In 1 Corinthians 7:39, God said don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers. Righteousness and wickedness or light fellowship not mix with darkness in 2 Corinthians 6:14. A true Church keeps from fellowship with pagans Gospel warns against unbeliever spouse in 2 Corinthians 6:14. In 1 Corinthians 9:5 spouse of apostles and Jesus’ brothers or Cephas if unbelieving wife won’t qualify to be in ministry or elders in Church. Prohibiting intermarriages with unbelievers is saved by the love of Christ for His Church. People living in peace respect the differences so honour God Almighty Yahweh. Ephesians 5:21-33; Revelation 21:9-27 of God the Father, and Son in 1 Corinthians 11:3 is on the Godly submission and obedience. Marriage to non-believer of different faiths can’t force spouse to impose religion on them. Not to control a spouse to live in harmony or result in onflict. A different mindset and interest resolved by mutual respect glorifies God. Marriage is not designed for Christians only but the purpose for believers is to live in Christ. Jesus in John 17 gives eternal life to know only true God in Christ. Believers living for God love, honour, worship God in His Son Jesus Christ name. In living with spouse Church support followers of Christ to grow in eternal life. The LORD is owner of all lives and nations demands an exclusive attention and focus. Godly spouses don’t share wives, God Almighty Yahweh will not share His GLORY with idol pagan gods. It is only name of Christ Jesus of Nazareth that saves mankind in heaven after sins forgiven.

Excerpt updated from post by Mike Gilbart-Smith, pastor of Twynholm Baptist Church in Fulham, England. Twitter at @MGilbartSmith.

TRAIN THE CHILD SAYS BIBLE

Proverbs 22:6 – Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Deuteronomy 11:19 – Teach children, speaking to them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way when you lie down and when you rise up.

Ephesians 6:4 – Fathers, provoke not your children to anger bring them up, nurture and instruct them as the LORD GOD requires.

Psalms 78:5-7 – Established testimony of Jacob is appointed laws of Israel as God commanded our fathers to make them known to your children.

Proverbs 29:15 – The rod and reproof give wisdom but a child left to himself brings shame to the family.

Proverbs 29:17 – Teach and correct your son, he shall give you rest yes, he shall give delight to your soul.

Ephesians 6:2 – Honour your father and your mother is the first commandment with promise so you will live long so will be well you.

Colossians 3:21 – Fathers, provoke not children to anger to be discouraged.

Ephesians 6:1-4 – Children, obey your parents in the LORD for this is right.

Psalms 127:3 – Children are heritage of the LORD and fruit of womb is reward.

Ephesians 6:1 – Children, obey your parents in the LORD for this is right.

Proverbs 22:15 – Foolishness is found in the heart of a child but rod of correction drives it far from him.

2 Timothy 3:16 – All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

Acts 5:29 – Peter and apostles answered and said we must obey God than men.

Psalms 34:11 – Come, children, listen to all who teach you to fear the LORD.

Psalms 127:3-5 – Children are heritage of the LORD and fruit of womb, reward.

2 Timothy 2:15 – Study to show yourself approved to God as workman not ashamed rightly applying word of truth.

Proverbs 13:24 – If you spare rod you hate your son but love him if you teach, train and correct him properly.

Deuteronomy 6:5 – Love the LORD GOD with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your might.

Hebrews 12:5-11 – Remember the Godly teachings taught to you as children, my son despise not discipline of the LORD, or be discouraged to rebel if corrected.

Titus 2:4 – Teach young women to be sober to love their husbands and love their children.

Matthew 15:4 – God commands, honour father and mother, so those who curse father or mother, let him die.

Luke 1:44 – Voice of salutation sound in ears made baby leap in womb for joy. A baby hears voice in womb so rejoices by family reunion of Mary and Elizabeth.

1 John 4:1 – Beloved, believe not every spirit but try the spirit if they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Proverbs 18:12 – Before destruction the heart of man is so rude, haughty, proud, arrogant, very rebellious, disobedient egotistic, high-minded, selfish, ignores God’s Truth but true honour is humility.

Ephesians 6:3 – Life is well with you to livelong on earth by applying protective safe instructions from God as shield.

Mark 16:16 – Believe, be baptized to be saved but he who believes not, damned.

The world’s numerous laws prevent the children being properly trained to cope with real practical life. If wrapped in a bubble virtual world criticise families training child hands on with skill talents as ‘child slavery.’ Past experiences of an extreme child labour of chimney sweepers has paradigm shifts of absolutely no work laws for children in the West. Sits idle all day addicted to playing the computer games cause mental health disorders, not allowed to help family cook, clean, do chores is your majesty the child. But grow up unable to follow basic simple instructions for 5-year-olds. Wants expensive latest gadgets doing nothing it is parents who slave and toil to indulge the child. They grow unable to keep jobs have an attitude of entitlement. The properly trained child does amazing things in life is a great delight to watch confident child working hard without fear in him. High youth unemployment in the world needs to rethink such ideas teach children to work hard safely, supervised as seen in video. Some older generations grow its robots used but billions of fit, able, unemployed youth remain lazy by “child slavery” policies. GOD says HE hasn’t given child spirit of fear but love, power, sound mind. Fear is a spirit to control mind to keep child playing the computer game market worth trillions of dollars per year. Addicted youths incapable of holding down jobs, affects academic life’s achievement. Countries have no welfare benefits for families, and so all work hard. Is it better to keep children addicted to games for life making money for the capitalism abusing them? Mentally ill zombies on drugs of pharmaceutical companies for life?

UN deeply concerned about children abused by computer games does the world prefer damage done to children or is it better to train the child to be a hardworking well – adjusted citizen. The ones making “child labour laws” have teams of housekeepers, servants, butlers and nannies, personal assistants who care for all their wants paid for by state. Impose laws on villages with elderly parents too old to work codependent on youth guide them by their wisdom, experience. One size fits all society laws forced being upon subsistence communities are unrealistic new world order trying to control the people and their resources. People self-sufficient or independent are not approved by a capitalist mindset. Those educated at the university on zero hour contract menial jobs without appropriate wages saddled for years with student loans. The rich who can employ them refuse to create jobs, hiding their money in offshore accounts. Harass parents for not educating children or fine those who go on a cheap holiday in school term. Real compulsory education has failed a majority of young people globally. Overwhelmed without jobs, frustrated; angry deceived in education without a long term work. Depend on their parents, live at home and are unfairly treated by wealthy who force young people into debt. Well done to a wonderful boy properly trained to work hard. God bless him.