Sermon preached by Bro.Samson Boodala at a Wedding anniversary. **********************************************************
Marriage is Honorable in All. Hebrews 13:4.
Marriage is honorable in the Lord sight. Marriage is ordained by the Lord. He instituted the marriage between Adam and Eve, the first marriage is done by God the father in the Garden of Eden. LORD God said “it is not good for man to be alone”, I will make him a helper fit for him (Genesis 2:18). So LORD God has caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. (Gen 2:21,22). So it is the LORD God who brought the woman to the man and instituting the first marriage. Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Gen 2:24).
Firstly, Marriage is honorable in all because, God made it. My Lord Jesus mentioning in Matt 19:5-6 – What God has joined let no man separate. Lord Jesus himself says “God has joined”. There is a saying Marriages are made in heaven, seems right. It is the Lord that directs a marriage. It is the Lord’s doing it will be marvelous to the sight. If only the married couples realize that the Lord is the one who joined them not a human decision, the marriage will be a joyful relationship. Even direction on choosing the spouse is from the Lord. There is a marriage mentioned in Book of Genesis Chapter 24, where Abraham sends his servant Eliezer to find a bride for his son Isaac from his father’s household. We can see the Lord directing it, confirming his will and resulting in the successful marriage. There are three key lessons we can learn from that marriage example, which is shared in another sermon that Lord gave me few weeks ago.
Secondly, Marriage is honorable is because it is a covenant in sight of God. She is your companion and your wife by covenant. Malachi 2:14. Covenant is unbroken relation. Covenant in scriptures is related to God and his people. God made several covenants with his people. God was named and mentioned in prayers as covenant keeping God. (Dan 9:4, and Nehemiah 1:5). God always kept the covenant he made, it is the people in their weakness are covenant breakers. God made a covenant with Adam (Gen 3), Noah (Gen 8), Abraham (Gen 12), Moses (Ex 19,20 ) , David (2 Samuel 7) and New Covenant (Jer 31:33, Matt 26:46). Covenant is sacred, that is reason in Gods sight marriage is unbreakable or unseparable because it is a convenant. As the couple takes the vow in marriage, “till death do us part”. It is scriptural (I Corinthians 7:39). God hates divorce (Mal 3:16). So much of divorce in America, the current statistics paints a very bad picture of times we live in, 50% of marriages in church are ending up in divorce. How much Gods heart is greaved by it? Divorce is permitted not a must or compulsion only a marital unfaithfulness (i,e adultery).
Comparing the covenant relation of Marriage, God paints a picture in the minds of people through the scriptures in OT God is spoken as married to the nation of Israel. In Isaiah 54:5 clearly says, for your Maker is your husband, Isaiah 62:4-5, God talks to nation of Israel again through Hosea 2:16, you will call me my husband. In New Testament, Christ is pictured as groom and church as the bride, Ephesians 5:22-32, for I betrothed to one husband, to present as pure virgin to Christ. II Corinthians 11:2.
Thirdly, LORD is a witness in the marriage. (Malachi 2:14), Marriage is not just saying the vows before the people as a witness. The witness who never changes (Mal. 3:6, James 4:17), who cannot be swayed, who never falsifies the witness for his own gain, A faithful witness ( Rev 1:5 ) is Lord Jesus, who is NOT a false witness. The Married couple both the man and woman has the realize that God is watching and Christ Jesus the faithful witness is witnessing everything in the Marriage, every thought, word, action, motive, intent and plans. Many marriages would have not broken, many children saved, if only we realize that LORD is watching. He will neither slumbers nor sleeps, nothing can escape his eyes. In the context of Malachi 2, LORD is judging the Priests for their unfaithfulness to their wives. Man be faithful to your wife, and woman be faithful to your husband knowing that the LORD is watching. Do not be unfaithful. Know that your bodies is the temple of Holy Spirit (I Cor. 6:19) so do not defile it. Stay faithful to your spouse, fulfill your desires in your spouse. Physical, emotional, needs are meet in marriage, examples are in Proverbs 5, I Corinthians 7.
May the Lord bless your marriage, and keep you. May the Lord, through the Holy Spirit, open your understanding to the scriptures about the marriage. Now to him, who is able to keep you from stumbling and present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to only God, our savior through Jesus Christ, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time, and now for ever. Amen.
Marriage is Honorable in All. Hebrews 13:4.
Marriage is honorable in the Lord sight. Marriage is ordained by the Lord. He instituted the marriage between Adam and Eve, the first marriage is done by God the father in the Garden of Eden. LORD God said “it is not good for man to be alone”, I will make him a helper fit for him (Genesis 2:18). So LORD God has caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. (Gen 2:21,22). So it is the LORD God who brought the woman to the man and instituting the first marriage. Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Gen 2:24).
Firstly, Marriage is honorable in all because, God made it. My Lord Jesus mentioning in Matt 19:5-6 – What God has joined let no man separate. Lord Jesus himself says “God has joined”. There is a saying Marriages are made in heaven, seems right. It is the Lord that directs a marriage. It is the Lord’s doing it will be marvelous to the sight. If only the married couples realize that the Lord is the one who joined them not a human decision, the marriage will be a joyful relationship. Even direction on choosing the spouse is from the Lord. There is a marriage mentioned in Book of Genesis Chapter 24, where Abraham sends his servant Eliezer to find a bride for his son Isaac from his father’s household. We can see the Lord directing it, confirming his will and resulting in the successful marriage. There are three key lessons we can learn from that marriage example, which is shared in another sermon that Lord gave me few weeks ago.
Secondly, Marriage is honorable is because it is a covenant in sight of God. She is your companion and your wife by covenant. Malachi 2:14. Covenant is unbroken relation. Covenant in scriptures is related to God and his people. God made several covenants with his people. God was named and mentioned in prayers as covenant keeping God. (Dan 9:4, and Nehemiah 1:5). God always kept the covenant he made, it is the people in their weakness are covenant breakers. God made a covenant with Adam (Gen 3), Noah (Gen 8), Abraham (Gen 12), Moses (Ex 19,20 ) , David (2 Samuel 7) and New Covenant (Jer 31:33, Matt 26:46). Covenant is sacred, that is reason in Gods sight marriage is unbreakable or unseparable because it is a convenant. As the couple takes the vow in marriage, “till death do us part”. It is scriptural (I Corinthians 7:39). God hates divorce (Mal 3:16). So much of divorce in America, the current statistics paints a very bad picture of times we live in, 50% of marriages in church are ending up in divorce. How much Gods heart is greaved by it? Divorce is permitted not a must or compulsion only a marital unfaithfulness (i,e adultery).
Comparing the covenant relation of Marriage, God paints a picture in the minds of people through the scriptures in OT God is spoken as married to the nation of Israel. In Isaiah 54:5 clearly says, for your Maker is your husband, Isaiah 62:4-5, God talks to nation of Israel again through Hosea 2:16, you will call me my husband. In New Testament, Christ is pictured as groom and church as the bride, Ephesians 5:22-32, for I betrothed to one husband, to present as pure virgin to Christ. II Corinthians 11:2.
Thirdly, LORD is a witness in the marriage. (Malachi 2:14), Marriage is not just saying the vows before the people as a witness. The witness who never changes (Mal. 3:6, James 4:17), who cannot be swayed, who never falsifies the witness for his own gain, A faithful witness ( Rev 1:5 ) is Lord Jesus, who is NOT a false witness. The Married couple both the man and woman has the realize that God is watching and Christ Jesus the faithful witness is witnessing everything in the Marriage, every thought, word, action, motive, intent and plans. Many marriages would have not broken, many children saved, if only we realize that LORD is watching. He will neither slumbers nor sleeps, nothing can escape his eyes. In the context of Malachi 2, LORD is judging the Priests for their unfaithfulness to their wives. Man be faithful to your wife, and woman be faithful to your husband knowing that the LORD is watching. Do not be unfaithful. Know that your bodies is the temple of Holy Spirit (I Cor. 6:19) so do not defile it. Stay faithful to your spouse, fulfill your desires in your spouse. Physical, emotional, needs are meet in marriage, examples are in Proverbs 5, I Corinthians 7.
May the Lord bless your marriage, and keep you. May the Lord, through the Holy Spirit, open your understanding to the scriptures about the marriage. Now to him, who is able to keep you from stumbling and present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to only God, our savior through Jesus Christ, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time, and now for ever. Amen.
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