Page 55 The only boundary the Lord gives us in relation to marriage has to do with the spiritual state of the potential spouse. Paul says that widows in the church are ,at liberty to be married to whom they will, but only in the Lord. Notice the first part of that sentence: ,She is at liberty to be married to whom she will. That’s the parking space. But ,only in the Lord. That’s the parking lot. A Christian is free to marry anyone as long as that person is a Christian of the opposite sex. (The Scriptures condemn homosexuality–1 Cor. 6:9.) Paul put it another way in 2 Corinthians 6:14ff. He exhorted the Corinthian Christians not to be ,unequally yoked together with unbelievers. Marriage is the heaviest yoke of all. Consequently, when it comes to marriage, the choices of whether or not to marry, when to marry, and who to marry are all parking spaces within God’s moral will. The boundaries of the parking lot are simply that it is God’s will that a believer marry a fellow believer of the opposite sex. What, then, is the criteria for deciding on which parking space is the best choice? The Importance of Wisdom I’m going to write this with red fire in the sky. In making non- moral (but important) decisions, the Lord has given us a criteria by
Christ was all anguish that I might be all joy, cast off that I might be brought in, trodden down as an enemy that I might be welcomed as a friend, surrendered to hell's worst that I might attain heaven's best, stripped that I might be clothed, wounded that I might be healed, athirst that I might drink, tormented that I might be comforted, made a shame that I might inherit glory, entered darkness that I might have eternal light. My Savior wept that all tears might be wiped from my eyes, groaned that I might have endless song, endured all pain that I might have unfading health, bore a thorned crown that I might have a glory-diadem, bowed his head that I might uplift mine, experienced reproach that I might receive welcome, closed his eyes in death that I might gaze on unclouded brightness, expired that I might for ever live.
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