Ephesians
5:31
The
Bond of Marriage
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- 5:31
For this reason a man will leave his
father and mother and be united to his
wife, and the two will become one
flesh
This
is the Word of the Lord ... It is meant to
change the way that we think, and the way
that we live.
Commentary
by Bob
Pardue
Bond of
marriage
While I was reading
this verse from Ephesians I was thinking
that people seem to take marriage so
lightly these days.
They hastily get
involved with the other person, get
married, and then end it in divorce when
everything doesn't go exactly as
planned.
There's an old
saying that "many couples today spend more
time planning the wedding than planning
the marriage."
But, that's another
story.
The passage today is
more about the close relationship between
a man and woman and their relationship
with the outside world.
Paul mentioned in a
broad sense the word "oneness" but this
does not mean that a husband and wife must
give up their own individualism and mold
into the same person as the
spouse.
This verse (and the
ones preceding) means that you should love
your spouse as much as you love
yourself.
It is almost equal
to the golden rule in that you treat your
spouse the way you would like to be
treated.
After all, you
wouldn't deliberately do anything to harm
yourself, would you?
You promised to love
and cherish your spouse so remember this
vow when the disagreements come and count
to ten.
God loves you in
this way; so much that He sent His only
son to die so that we may live. All He
asks of us is that we love Him and love
each other, especially our spouses. Is
that so difficult to do?
Love in
Christ
- Bob
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Bob
Pardue is a
member of First
Baptist Church
in Lancaster, SC. He is ordained from Rich
Hill Baptist in Lancaster.
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