Good day, I’m Duane Matz
and this is Today’s Living Word.
Anyone who is considering
marriage, for starters, ought to take the time to read and meditate on Mal
2:11-16.
There is so much to
consider in these passages before you “take the plunge.” Let’s start by looking
at verse 11.
Mal 2:11 Judah has dealt
treacherously, And an abomination has been committed in Israel and in
Jerusalem, For Judah has profaned The LORD'S holy institution which He loves:
He has married the daughter of a foreign god.
Judah….God’s people….believers,
have committed an abomination (something God views as disgusting) They have
profaned (made common) the Lord’s holy institution that HE loves. (marriage) How did they do that? For starters, they have
married an unbeliever.
God loves what He
instituted in holy matrimony! It was His idea from the get go! Ge 2:24
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
and they shall become one flesh.
Since He instituted it,
He knows best of what He wants it to look like, and marrying a fellow believer
ought to be the starting point.
Having said that, I know
this is not always easy. You do not have access to your potential spouse’s
heart. God does! So pray! Pray and do the best you can in this area of discernment.
It’s important, or God would not have included it in His Word.
And if it turns out that
your spouse is an unbeliever. Make the best of the situation. It is not grounds
for divorce. The Apostle Paul addressed this situation in 1Co 7:12-14, “
“ But to the rest I, not
the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is
willing to live with him, let him not divorce her. 13 And a woman who has a
husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not
divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the
unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be
unclean, but now they are holy.
I’m Duane Matz and that’s
Today’s Living Word
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