The LORD JESUS on marriage:
Matthew 19:6
King James Version
6 Wherefore they are no more twain,
but one flesh.
What therefore God hath joined together,
let not man put asunder.
Are you married?
Have you been married?
Are you still together?
How has married life been for both of you?
What kind of ceremony did you have?
How would you like things to have been different now?
We'd be all blessed if we live in a GOD-fearing society.
Homes, schools, and workplaces would have respected the sacredness and responsibilities of marriage, and family.
In a world having accepted CHRIST's authority, there would have been leadership, by example.
Everything would have been designed to honor GOD, and His laws.
But as it is, we have all been distracted, deluded, and deceived.
We have all bought into the world system.
What is acceptable to the world, is NOT acceptable to God.
That's why He sent His SON, to correct our ways.
Let the SON of GOD -- JESUS -- tell you Himself:
Luke 16:15
King James Version
15 And he said unto them,
Ye are they which justify yourselves before men;
but God knoweth your hearts:
for that which is highly esteemed among men
is abomination in the sight of God.
We are all guilty of many things, and we need to get back to the LORD now.
These are truly critical days.
It's time to let JESUS into our lives, become born again, and let the HOLY SPIRIT teach us how to live, according to GOD's LAWS.
It's time to stop all this rebellion.
How much do we really know about God's laws?
These verses the Holy Spirit led me to, will enlighten us all.
Proverbs 12:4
King James Version
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband:
but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 19:14
King James Version
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers:
and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 31:10-12
King James Version
10 Who can find a virtuous woman?
for her price is far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her,
so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil
all the days of her life.
Proverbs 31:25-31
King James Version
25 Strength and honour are her clothing;
and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom;
and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household,
and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise up,
and call her blessed;
her husband also,
and he praiseth her.
29 Many daughters have done virtuously,
but thou excellest them all.
30 Favour is deceitful,
and beauty is vain:
but a woman that feareth the Lord,
she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands;
and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Matthew 19:9
King James Version
9 And I say unto you,
Whosoever shall put away his wife,
except it be for fornication,
and shall marry another,
committeth adultery:
and whoso marrieth her which is put away
doth commit adultery.
Romans 7:1-3
King James Version
7 Know ye not,
brethren,
(for I speak to them that know the law,)
how that the law hath dominion over a man
as long as he liveth?
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.
3 So then if,
while her husband liveth,
she be married to another man,
she shall be called an adulteress:
but if her husband be dead,
she is free from that law;
so that she is no adulteress,
though she be married to another man.
1 Corinthians 7:1-17
King James Version
7 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me:
It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless,
to avoid fornication,
let every man have his own wife,
and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife
due benevolence:
and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not power of her own body,
but the husband:
and likewise also the husband
hath not power of his own body,
but the wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other,
except it be with consent for a time,
that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer;
and come together again,
that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 But I speak this by permission,
and not of commandment.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself.
But every man hath his proper gift of God,
one after this manner,
and another after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows,
it is good for them if they abide even as I.
9 But if they cannot contain,
let them marry:
for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 And unto the married I command,
yet not I,
but the Lord,
Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11 But and if she depart,
let her remain unmarried
or be reconciled to her husband:
and let not the husband put away his wife.
12 But to the rest speak I,
not the Lord:
If any brother hath a wife that believeth not,
and she be pleased to dwell with him,
let him not put her away.
13 And the woman
which hath an husband that believeth not,
and if he be pleased to dwell with her,
let her not leave him.
14 For the unbelieving husband
is sanctified by the wife,
and the unbelieving wife
is sanctified by the husband:
else were your children unclean;
but now are they holy.
15 But if the unbelieving depart,
let him depart.
A brother or a sister is not under bondage
in such cases:
but God hath called us to peace.
16 For what knowest thou,
O wife,
whether thou shalt save thy husband?
or how knowest thou,
O man,
whether thou shalt save thy wife?
17 But as God hath distributed to every man,
as the Lord hath called every one,
so let him walk.
And so ordain I in all churches.
1 Corinthians 7:39-40
King James Version
39 The wife is bound by the law
as long as her husband liveth;
but if her husband be dead,
she is at liberty to be married to whom she will;
only in the Lord.
40 But she is happier if she so abide,
after my judgment:
and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
Ephesians 5:20-33
King James Version
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God
and the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 Submitting yourselves one to another
in the fear of God.
22 Wives,
submit yourselves unto your own husbands,
as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife,
even as Christ is the head of the church:
and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ,
so let the wives be to their own husbands
in every thing.
25 Husbands,
love your wives,
even as Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself
a glorious church,
not having spot,
or wrinkle,
or any such thing;
but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives
as their own bodies.
He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh;
but nourisheth and cherisheth it,
even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body,
of his flesh,
and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,
and shall be joined unto his wife,
and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery:
but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular
so love his wife even as himself;
and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Colossians 3:18-19
King James Version
18 Wives,
submit yourselves unto your own husbands,
as it is fit in the Lord.
19 Husbands,
love your wives,
and be not bitter against them.
1 Peter 3:1-7
King James Version
3 Likewise,
ye wives,
be in subjection to your own husbands;
that,
if any obey not the word,
they also may without the word be won
by the conversation of the wives;
2 While they behold your chaste conversation
coupled with fear.
3 Whose adorning let it not be
that outward adorning of plaiting the hair,
and of wearing of gold,
or of putting on of apparel;
4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart,
in that which is not corruptible,
even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit,
which is in the sight of God of great price.
5 For after this manner in the old time
the holy women also,
who trusted in God,
adorned themselves,
being in subjection unto their own husbands:
6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham,
calling him lord:
whose daughters ye are,
as long as ye do well,
and are not afraid with any amazement.
7 Likewise,
ye husbands,
dwell with them according to knowledge,
giving honour unto the wife,
as unto the weaker vessel,
and as being heirs together of the grace of life;
that your prayers be not hindered.
And if you are a minister of GOD:
1 Timothy 3:2-5
King James Version
2 A bishop then must be blameless,
the husband of one wife,
vigilant,
sober,
of good behaviour,
given to hospitality,
apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine,
no striker,
not greedy of filthy lucre;
but patient,
not a brawler,
not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house,
having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house,
how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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