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God Has Made Us For A Purpose, Not For Being Inadequate.

Romans 7:4. Most of us at one time or another have had feelings of being inadequate. In most cases, the root of the problem is that our feelings of inadequacy are based on us measuring ourselves against the wrong rules or the rules of yesteryear. God has give all of us a purpose and a means for us to carry out our purpose.

What the Bible Tells Us About Christian Marriage Relationships

Bible Summary. The Bible is clear that a Christian marriage relationship is a life-long commitment. From a Christian perspective a key part of your marriage relationship is to please your spouse. Christian marriage relationships are based on unconditional love. A person can remarry into another Christian marriage relationship if their spouse has died.

Christians Can Enter Into Another Marriage Relationship If They Become a Widow or Widower

Matthew 15:34. The Bible is clear that a person can remarry into another Christian marriage relationship if their spouse has died.

Christians Are to Please Their Spouses in the Marriage Relationship

1st Corinthians 7:33. From a Christian perspective a key part of your marriage relationship is to please your spouse. A marriage relationship based on self-interest or even mutual self-interest is bound to fail. As none of us are perfect, the other marriage partner will at some time or another fall short of our expectations.

Christian Marriage Relationships Are A Life-Long Commitment

Romans 7:2. The Bible is clear that a Christian marriage relationship is a life-long commitment (Romans 7:2, “For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.”).

Illustration on Family and the Strength of a Nation

Family, Morality: Facts. British anthropologist John D. Unwin conducted an in depth study of eighty civilizations that have come and gone over a period of some four thousand years. He discovered that a common thread ran through all of them. In each instance, they started out with a conserative mind-set with strong moral values and a heavy emphasis on family.

What the Bible Says About Living Together Before Marriage

Bible Summary. The Bible is clear that sex is part of marriage and sex should not happen outside of marriage. If you do not have a marriage partner (as when you are single), then it follows that you should not live together before marriage. Fornication may seem like a harsh word to describe the act of two people living together before marriage, but it is the truth.

The Bible Advises Us Not To Live Together Before Marriage

Hebrews 13:4. The Bible is clear that sex is part of marriage and sex should not happen outside of marriage. There are a lot of arguments to live together before marriage, but none of them are supported by the Bible. If you live together before marriage it is a sin because you are being disobedient to God. God holds the marriage relationship as sacred.

Coping With, Surviving, and Forgiving Adultery

Bible Summary. The Bible provides ample guidance with how we should cope when our spouse commits adultery. Adultery is one of the few things that justifies divorce in the New Testament. Christians can divorce because of adultery, but it should be a last resort. According to the Bible another option is to separate for a season in the hope that the separation will heal the relationship.

Bible Says For You To Love and Trust Your Wife

Proverbs 31:11. According to the Bible the marriage relationship is the only human relationship where you should both trust and love one another. Proverbs 31:11 says, "The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil". The Bible teach us to love one another, but only in Proverbs 31:11 does the Bible tell us to trust someone other than God.

Adultery Defined

Deuteronomy 22:22. The basic definition of adultery is from Deuteronomy 22:22. Adultery is “…lying with a woman married to an husband…” Adultery is any time a married person has sex with someone outside the marriage. God considers adultery a sin and it is one of the ten commandments (Exodus 20:14, “Thou shalt not commit adultery”).

Dealing With Adultery – Realize You Are Dealing With Fire

Proverbs 6:29. Adultery is just like a kid playing with fire. Everyone in their heart of heart knows that adultery will not end well, but they are all caught up in the heat of the moment. With certainty adulterers will be burnt when they commit adultery.


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