Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
A topic has been discussed widely in the media during the past several weeks: sex! But the Bible teaches fidelity in marriage. Paul says, "Let every man have his own wife, and every woman have her own husband, ... and let not the wife depart from her husband, ... and let not the husband put away his wife" (1 Cor. 7:2, 10, 11). What God wants to see is a life-long union. Why?
(1) He wants us to be happy, and fidelity in marriage brings happiness. (2) The lasting prosperity and stability of a nation depend on upholding solid family values. (3) Fidelity in sexual relationship opens a window where we can see the relationship of Jesus Christ to humanity. His name is "Immanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us" (Matt. 1:23). The Son of God has fallen in love with the church, which is that remnant of humanity who have come to appreciate His love for humanity.
In Ephesians 3 Paul has prayed a profound prayer that the Father would grant His church "to comprehend" the grand dimensions of the love of Christ, agape"which passeth knowledge"; then in chapter 5 he tells us that the love of a husband for his wife is a reflection of that of Christ for His church. "A great mystery"? Yes, and a solemn, holy one, no topic for jokes; and in this great Day of Atonement the "mystery" is unfolding. While the world is sinking steadily ever deeper into the morass (or shall I say cesspool) of sexual depravity, the Holy Spirit is lifting a people higher and higher into a concern that the deepest yearnings of the Son of God for His people be understood, appreciated, and realized in preparing for "the marriage of the Lamb."
Yes, two opposite phenomena displayed before our eyes: the worldly ones becoming ever more corrupt, and a remnant church becoming ever more Christlike. Which side do you choose to dwell in?
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: February 6, 1998.
Copyright © 2011 by Robert J. Wieland.
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