Marriage and the Law of God

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humbledbygrace25

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This evening as I was doing my laundry a very interesting thought came to me, and then a Bible verse.

I had been reading a series of posts on the Sabbath, and something hit me. The debate over the Law of God to many people is not necessarily whether we should keep it or not, but rather why we keep it. I think that in any Christian's mind there is always a desire to want to love God.

So how does the Law relate to all of this? The answer to this question actually has to do with marriage. When we choose to commit our lives to someone in a covenant we agree to stay with them. When I think about my relationship with my wife, I look for ways to make our marriage better. I have a high regard for her feelings and needs. In the same sense she has those feelings for mine.

The Law of God is the same way. The Law expresses God's keys to having a good relationship with Him. Ten different principles to guide our lives by.

So I keep the Law perfectly? No. Does this mean then that I stop striving to keep the law? Do I stop doing those things that will help me grow closer to God? No, no more than I would try to stop doing things to show my wife I love her.

Just because our best love is broken and God's is perfect does not in any way negate the need to offer that broken love to Him.

So as Paul says "Do we then make void the Law through Faith? God forbid. Yea we establish the Law."
 
1Jn 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

1Jn 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Joh 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Joh 14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

Moral laws,laws of love.
 
Some quotations.

"Whoever keeps the law controls his thoughts, and the fulfillment of the fear of the Lord is wisdom."

"I take pleasure in three things, and they are beautiful in the sight of God and of mortals: agreement among brothers and sisters, friendship among neighbors, and a wife and a husband who live in harmony."

1 Thessalonians 5:

19 Do not put out the Spirit's fire;
20 do not treat prophecies with contempt.
21 Test everything. Hold on to the good.
 
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