Dynamaniac
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Your definition of love is very important in this situation. Love, as dictated by the world (ruled by Satan) is full of emotion, happiness, romance, etc. This is a lie dictated by Satan, fooling unbelievers into the belief that love is something that we are supposed to feel. Love is not an emotion. Love is an action.
Jesus did not die for us because he was emotionally tied to our lives. He died for us because he loved us and wanted us to be with him for eternity. Because of our unbelief, we were separated from him. HE loved us enough to allow our unbelief and our sin kill him so that in his death, He died for forgiveness of ALL sin -- the sin of the entire world. All we have to do now is believe in him and we are saved. But whether we believe in him or not, he still loves us, and He still died for us.
Believers are his bride, and as such he has entered into a covenant with us that no matter what we do, we are his. Nothing can separate us from the love of God, not even us. This is why works can never save us or keep us saved. Marriage is a picture of this covenant. We enter into this covenant with each other (man and woman and God) and agree that no matter what, we will stay married until death we are separated. This covenant has nothing to do with sex or emotional love (although joining together as one flesh is how we seal this covenant). This covenant is our commitment and our promise to love -- the action -- each other no matter what.
The act of marriage in the Bible did not consist of vows for the purposes of legalism. It was a ceremony, far different from what we do today (no need for government involvement, etc.; except that the priesthood was considered the law in their culture) so that the community knew that these two were married, keeping others from committing the sin of lusting after another's spouse, thus being condemned by God for adultery, and countless other sins dictated by the law (ten commandments).
We are not called to judge the relationship between any man and his wife because we simply do not agree with their portrayal of what they believe marriage to be. It is not our place to judge their covenant. Judgment belongs to God and God alone. God never promises us happiness (an emotion), He only promises hope in Him, joy (not an emotion, a belief) in Him, and peace in Him.
Jesus did not die for us because he was emotionally tied to our lives. He died for us because he loved us and wanted us to be with him for eternity. Because of our unbelief, we were separated from him. HE loved us enough to allow our unbelief and our sin kill him so that in his death, He died for forgiveness of ALL sin -- the sin of the entire world. All we have to do now is believe in him and we are saved. But whether we believe in him or not, he still loves us, and He still died for us.
Believers are his bride, and as such he has entered into a covenant with us that no matter what we do, we are his. Nothing can separate us from the love of God, not even us. This is why works can never save us or keep us saved. Marriage is a picture of this covenant. We enter into this covenant with each other (man and woman and God) and agree that no matter what, we will stay married until death we are separated. This covenant has nothing to do with sex or emotional love (although joining together as one flesh is how we seal this covenant). This covenant is our commitment and our promise to love -- the action -- each other no matter what.
The act of marriage in the Bible did not consist of vows for the purposes of legalism. It was a ceremony, far different from what we do today (no need for government involvement, etc.; except that the priesthood was considered the law in their culture) so that the community knew that these two were married, keeping others from committing the sin of lusting after another's spouse, thus being condemned by God for adultery, and countless other sins dictated by the law (ten commandments).
We are not called to judge the relationship between any man and his wife because we simply do not agree with their portrayal of what they believe marriage to be. It is not our place to judge their covenant. Judgment belongs to God and God alone. God never promises us happiness (an emotion), He only promises hope in Him, joy (not an emotion, a belief) in Him, and peace in Him.
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