Goodmorning and welcome in everyone. Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture, but before we do that, I wanted to share something with you.
Many of you might know already that bald eagles stay together until death do they part. Our family has noticed many huge eagle nests over the years, even on our lake, and have had the opportunity to watch both the male and female returning back home to be together. Both of them continue to work on their home, adding on additions each year to make it even bigger for their family. It’s a birthplace for their offspring, and an ancestral home for many years to come. When you see one eagle, the other is close by, beloved mates flying together through any stormy weather.
This reminds me of the Christian Life.
Its amazing that you can see such commitment and fidelity between two creatures of the animal kingdom, the very same commitment that we are supposed to share together in a Christian marriage. We are called to a higher standard in the Christian faith, then people in the world. As I have taught for 20 years, divorce is forbidden within the Christian Life, because it is completely contrary to divine charity, and the bond of Holy Matrimony.
Mark 10:11-12 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
When a woman is baptized into the name of Christ Jesus by complete submersion, (which is the true baptism, known as the water grave)… She rises up out of the water to a brand new life. At that point, all of her previous sins are expunged. She may have been married several times before, but now that period of her life is over, as she commits to doing the will of God. Like the eagles, a marriage is a lifelong commitment, through whatever good or bad times they may have to experience together. There are numerous rights and wrongs that either spouse can commit, but in the Christian marriage, they must show fidelity through thick and thin, being merciful and forgiving with each other, as Christ has forgiven them. When a man and a woman are married they become one flesh, connected for life.
A woman who departs her husband, is like someone in the church departing from Christ. Its treachery, which means to betray someone, just as Judas walked off on Christ and the disciples.
Jeremiah 3:20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
God clearly hates this behavior. In fact, He commands commands in the new Testament, that a wife is not supposed to leave her husband side. If she truly loves Christ Jesus, she will obey His commands, otherwise she is outside the Christian faith.
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
Because this is a command of the Lord, a professing Christian women doesn’t have permission to reject it. It doesn’t matter what happens within a marriage, it is outside the parameters of our faith. Many modern forms of Christianity teach that it’s acceptable behavior to leave your husband. The reason why is because they are heretics. When a woman chooses to do so, she goes against Christ, and she abides in a state of sin. Those who encourage a wife to do so, are no different than the devil, who persuaded Eve and even convinced her to go against God’s commands. The Apostle is teaching that if she departs, she needs to remain unmarried. This is so she can recover herself out of the snare of the devil, by whom she is caught in. The longer that she refuses to reconcile with her husband only proves that her actions are purposeful and wilful. Willful sin has no heartfelt desire to repent, and humbly return to compliance with God’s will. It is proud and haughty. Its purposeful rebellion, not only against her husband, but the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
Hebrews 10:26-27 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Divorce is forbidden to both husbands and wives. It doesn’t matter what you may have to endure during a marriage, divorce is unacceptable and a sin. It goes against everything that Christ stands for, charity and commitment to the one you chose to live your life with. Divorce is completely void of love for Christ. I beg anybody who is married, in the name of Christ Jesus, never divorce your spouse if you truly desire to maintain a life of faith. A woman is bound to the husband all the days of his life. The duty of the Christian woman is to follow her husband as he leads and commands the household.
Romans 7:2-3 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. 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.
She sins against the command of Christ, yet justifies herself as doing no wrong.
Proverbs 30:20 – Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness
A husband with whom she has shared numerous memories and companionship with, she turns away from wickedly, and joins up with a complete stranger.
Ezekiel 16:32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
What the wife needs to do, is return and reconcile with her husband and stand by her man. She needs to admit the truth of her error. If she goes a step beyond and gets remarried while her husband liveth, she becomes an adultress, living a life outside the teachings of Christ. It is the Lord Jesus that she will ultimately have to answer to, and suffering will surely come.
Revelation 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
My council to any woman who professes to love Jesus Christ; be obedient to the husband that Jesus has placed over you in this life. Submit and obey Him in everything. God is watching from above and He rewards meek obedience. Marriage is a commitment to remain with each other until death separates you, just like the…..
……The Bald Eagles.
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