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THE GLORY OF GOD... IN MARRIAGE
BY JOHN PIPER AND PAUL WASHER
EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY: ROSAINE DALILA SCRUFF
MARK 10, THESE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS, VERSES 8 AND 9
JESUS QUOTES GÊNESIS 2:24: FOR JESUS THIS VERSE WAS THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL VERSE ABOUT MARRIAGE IN ALL OFF THE BIBLE
THIS WAS JESUS' FOUNDATION STONE FOR THE BEGINNING OF ALL OF HIS TEACHINGS ABOUT MARRIAGE
VERSE 8... MARK 10
"THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH, SO..." JESUS SAYS, "THEY ARE NO LONGER TWO, BUT ONE FLESH."
"WHAT THEREFORE... GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER LET NO MAN SEPARATE."
THAT'S HUGE...
DO YOU FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THAT... ENGAGED COUPLES AND MARRIED COUPLES?
WHEN A COUPLE SPEAKS THEIR VOWS AND CONSUMATES THEIR VOWS WITH *** UNION...
IT IS NOT MAN, WOMAN, PASTOR, PARENT...
WHO'S THE MAIN ACTOR...
GOD IS!
GOD JOINS A HUSBAND AND A WIFE IN ONE FLESH...
GOD DOES THAT! GOD DOES THAT!
FROM WHICH JESUS DRAWS THE AWSOME CONCLUSION...
WHAT GOD HAS JOINED, NO MAN MAY SEPARATE!
GOD WILL BRING YOU INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE...
MOST OF THE TIME, WHO IS NOT ONLY IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH YOU...
BUT IS WEAK... TREMENDOUSLY WEAK IN THE VERY AREAS WHERE YOU WOULD MOST WANT THEM TO BE STRONG
NOW WHY DOES HE DO THAT?
I'LL TELL YOU WHY...
REMEMBER OUR TEXT: ROMANS 8:28 E 29.
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF EVERYTHING GOD DOES IN HIS PROVIDENCE FOR HIS CHILDREN?
TO CONFORM THEM TO THE IMAGE OF CHRIST
NOW WHEN YOU THINK OF THE IMAGE OF CHRIST, WHAT ARE SOME CHARACTERISTICS THAT JUST AUTOMATICALLY SPRING TO THE FOREFRONT?
WELL, FOR ME THREE...
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE...
MERCY...
AND GRACE...
IF I COULD PICK OUT THREE THINGS IN WHICH THEY TOLD ME YOU CAN IMITATE CHRIST IN THESE...
THAT'S WHAT I THINK ABOUT... UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, MERCY AND GRACE...
NOW I HAVE SOME THINGS HERE I WANT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND READ THAT I HAVE WRITTEN OUT SO I CAN GET THEM OUT SO I CAN GET THEM RIGHT... LET ME ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS
HOW WOULD YOU EVER LEARN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE IF YOU WERE MARRIED TO SOMEONE WHO MET ALL THE CONDITIONS?
QUESTION...
HOW WOULD YOU EVER LEARN: MERCY, PATIENCE, LONGSUFFERING, HEART FELT COMPASSION... IF YOU WERE MARRIED TO SOMEONE WHO NEVER FAILED YOU?
WHO IS NEVER DIFFICULT WITH YOU? WHO NEVER SINNED AGAINST YOU? WHO IS NEVER SLOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SIN OR ASK FOR FORGIVENESS?
HOW WOULD YOU EVER LEARN GRACE, TO POUR OUT YOUR FAVOR ON SOMEONE WHO DID NOT DESERVE IT... IF YOU WERE MARRIED TO SOMEONE WHO WAS ALWAYS DESERVING OFF ALL GOOD THINGS?
DO YOU SEE THAT?
LISTEN TO ME: THE MAIN PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE
... IS THAT THROUGH YOUR MARRIAGE YOU BECOME CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST
MARRIAGE, I BELIEVE, IS THE GREATEST INSTRUMENT OF SANTIFICATION.
YOU ARE MARRIED TO A PERSON WHO DOES NOT MEET ALL THE CONDITIONS...
SO THAT YOU MAY LEARN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE...
YOU ARE MARRIED TO A PERSON WHO NEEDS MERCY SO THAT YOU LEARN TO GIVE IT...
YOU ARE MARRIED TO A PERSON WHO DOES NOT DESERVE SO THAT YOU LEARN TO POUR LAVISHLY YOURSELF...
OUT ON A PERSON WHO DOES NOT RESPOND APPROPRIATELY AND THUS YOU BECOME LIKE THE GOD YOU WORSHIP!
YOU SEE, YOU WORSHIP GOD FOR THESE THINGS, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM TO OTHERS!
YOU WORSHIP GOD FOR GRACE, BUT YOU DEMAND THAT YOUR WIFE LIVE IN SUCH A WAY THAT SHE IN NOT NEED OF IT
YOU WORSHIP GOD FOR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, BUT YOU GET MAD AT YOUR OWN WIFE WHEN SHE DOESN'T MEET THE CONDITIONS...
DO YOU SEE?