One of the things
that really bothered me as a young Christian was hearing
about so many
other Christians getting divorced. If followers of Christ
were failing in
their marriages, what hope was there for anybody else? Here
were people who
supposedly were filled with the Holy Spirit, who supposedly
knew the Holy God,
and yet they couldn’t seem to live together and
get along. If that
was true, we might as well forget the whole thing!
It took me a
little while to learn that success in marriage depends on
more than just
being saved. It takes more than just being in love. Being a
believer and being
in love are both important in marriage, but they carry no
automatic
guarantee of marital success. We need knowledge of biblical
principles; the
design parameters that God Himself established. Biblical
principles never
change. The principles for a successful marriage and family
that God gave Adam
and Eve still work today. They are universally
applicable in
every age and in every culture. Trouble comes when we violate
or ignore those
principles.
Ultimately,
marriage will not survive on love alone, or on feelings. By
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itself, just
being born again is not enough to guarantee success. A successful
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marriage
hinges on knowledge—knowing and understanding God’s principles.
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God designed marriage for success, and
only His counsel
can make it successful.
Marriage is
honorable. God instituted marriage, and He alone has the
right to dictate
its terms. The institution of marriage is subject to the rules,
regulations, and
conditions that God has set down, and He has revealed
them in His Word.
God designed
marriage for success, and only His counsel can make it
successful. No one
is better at making something work than the person who
designed it. It
would be a mistake to use Toyota parts to repair your Ford
automobile. Toyota
parts are designed for Toyotas, not Fords. Instead, you
should take your
Ford automobile to a licensed Ford service dealer. No one
knows Ford cars
better than the Ford Motor Company. Would you take your
Mercedes-Benz to a
Ford dealer for repairs? Not if you’re smart. Only a
Mercedes dealer
could guarantee to repair it properly. Guaranteed success
means using the
right “service man.” It means referring back to the designer.
Marriage is the
same way. Success in marriage means using the right
“service man” or
“authorized dealer”—referring back to the designer for
guidance. No one
knows a product like the manufacturer. No one understands
marriage better
than God does. He created it, He established it, He
ordained it, and
He blesses it. Only He can make it work. Marriage is honorable
because it is of
divine rather than human origin.
If we want our marriage
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to be
honorable and successful, we must know, understand, and follow
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the
principles that God has set out in His “manual,” the Bible. That is the
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only sure
corrective for the ignorance and misinformation that characterizes
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so much of the world’s view of marriage.
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Knowledge is a
critical key to success in anything, and marriage is no
exception. Even
Spirit-filled believers may fail in marriage unless they
know and
understand the fundamental differences between marriage
“inside the
garden” and marriage “outside the garden.”
………….Even though they
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are born
again, many believers have trouble in their marriages because they
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have
unknowingly embraced the world’s values and views rather than
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God’s.
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They need to learn
how to look to the Holy Spirit for the wisdom and
knowledge to bring
their marriage “inside the garden.”
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