My friends, are you struggling to keep
Christian vows long enough for your marital relationship or facing the decision
making whether get married or remain in single? How to find the peace within in order to
please Heavenly Father and fulfill His will that you will not lose your faith
in Christ?
In my personal marital relationship ever moment when I faced
unreasonable vocally abused by my husband who suffered many illness and has
been on medication since 2005. Each conflict, disagreement, and struggle, “Word
of God”, “Prayers”, and “Fasting”
are the essential elements to bring me back to the sense of peace and let go
all the strive. Word of God is the light of our path and the lamp of our feet. By
the divine power of Light enlightens our heart to discern “what is best
and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ filled with the fruit of
righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.”
(Phil.1:10). Many times God unveils Jesus’ lesion of forgiveness, forgive your
brother, not only seven times, but seventy seven times. Today, let us discover
the precepts of marital relationship that Jesus unveiled in Matt.22:23-33. God
delights us to be free from sins, and sins cannot be the master to dominate our
life and faith in Christ. When there are overwhelmed sins dominate our life,
such as vocal abuse, physical abuse, falsehood, untruth, persecution,
accusation, wrongful to be treated. How to make right decision in order to eases
the pains physically, emotionally, spiritually? How to cease of struggling and keep
peace in our mind? May this message enriches of your faith in Christ and fix
your eyes on the resurrection of Christ.
When the Sadducees, who say
there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us
that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow
and raise up offspring for him. Now there were seven brothers among us. The
first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to
his brother. The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on
down to the seventh. Finally, the woman died. Now then, at the resurrection,
whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to
her?”
Jesus replied, “You are in
error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. At the resurrection people will neither marry
nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven… But about the
resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, ‘I am the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the
living.” (Matt.22:30, 32).
When the crowds heard this, they were astonished
at his teaching.
Biblical implication
The hope that
Jesus provided here, is that “at the resurrection people will neither
marry, nor be given in marriage, they will be like the angels in heaven. He is not the
God of the dead but of the living.” (Matt.22:30, 32). The scriptures here refer to the
Old Testament verses that concern the matter of resurrection and the power of
God refers to the power of resurrection. When we fix our eyes in the
resurrection of Christ and hope at the power of resurrection, earthly flesh passion
and strive will be decreased. For the power of resurrection empowers us to
overcome the depravity act, mind, and escape from the evil’s scheme and darkness
forces. The heavenly bridegroom -“Christ” offers the love which is unfailing
and eternal. It contrasts with the love of earthly bridegroom, which is temporary
and perishable. The followers of Christ or disciples who are the overcomers are
capable to discern the heavenly wedding supper of Lamb is superior and is
better than the earthly wedding supper of man. Apostle Paul is
one of disciples who delighted to serve the Lord and remain in single.
According to his perspective,
it’s alright to marry or remain in single status. Some people delight to be single
in order to serve the Lord with whole hearts, but some people lack the
self-control, in order to avoid fornication or sexual immorality, it’s better
to get married. Therefore, there is no wrong or right to get married or remain
in single, if one delights to be single and hope in Christ (the Bridegroom in
the heavenly wedding supper). For “At the resurrection people will neither marry
nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.”( Matt.22:30). In this
generation, due to people lack self-control, and easily fall into devil’s
scheme, sexual temptations and lust, it’s better to get married for protection.
Application
In
Greek, εὐπερίστατος (yoo-per-is'-tat-os) figuratively
means, of sin in genitive case which doth so easily beset. Strictly cleverly
placing itself around, to exert tight control, hence easily entangling,
controlling tightly.” ὄγκος (ong'-kos)
means whatever is prominent, mass, bulk, protuberance, therefore a burden,
weight, encumbrance, figuratively means hindrance (Heb.12:1). My
friends, is there any sins entangling you, or controlling you? Is there any burden hindrance you from the
resurrection of Christ? Today, no matter your status is single or
married, fix your eyes look at the resurrection of Christ, the bridegroom who provides
you an eternal assurance with unfailing love, which is imperishable. When early
marital relationship cannot satisfy you, let Christ’s unfailing love comforts
you and ease your pains. Each decision making, let the peace of Christ rules in
your heart (Col.3: 15). Keep running with perseverance the race marked out for
us. “Since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us
throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let
us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” (Heb. 12:1)
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