Marriage
One of the greatest ways that men and women can testify to the power of Jesus Christ and His loving, committed relationship with the church is through the development of healthy marriage relationships which will also exemplify radical love, devotion, and life-long commitment. Unfortunately, in the current American cultural landscape, marriage is often viewed, not as a sacred relationship created to mirror Christ’s love for the church, but as simply a human relationship based on convenience, sexual desire, and economic advantage. When marriages are built upon such worldly ideas, values, and desires, there is a large failure rate and countless lives experience tremendous wounding and pain in the aftermath of broken covenants.
The marriage relationship is sacred, designed to glorify God and reflect His greatness. When we fail to see the spiritual significance of a man leaving his father and mother and being united to his wife in a “one flesh” relationship, we cheapen marriage, water down the truth, and give in to prevailing cultural messages about marriage that not only cause family strife, but also dishonor God.
This Sunday at Crossroads we will be looking in-depth at what the Bible teaches regarding marriage. Perhaps you are in a struggling marriage today and are desperately needing a message of hope and an encouraging word to be intentional in developing your relationship with your spouse. If so, you won’t want to miss worship this weekend. Or, maybe you are single person and you find yourself currently battling with God’s plan as you either wait for the right person to marry or embrace His life-long plan of singleness. There will be encouragement for you this weekend as well.
Strong marriages and God-honoring relationships among singles serve to develop healthy churches. The body of Christ will be more effective in mission to the world when we faithfully model the biblical, counter-cultural message of marriage faithfulness.
I look forward to seeing you this Sunday!