And what was the one God seeking?

Godly offspring.

From the middle of our discussion on marriage and divorce:

Malachi 2

English Standard Version (ESV)

“… Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?

And what was the one God seeking?  Godly offspring.

So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”

Christian marriage is a three-fold relationship: Husband, Wife, Holy Spirit. Christian couples are joined intimately in relationship to each other and the One God.

God holds our children in a special relationship as well. A mother has her place and her role to play in the shaping of a godly child. A father has his place and his role to play in the shaping of a godly child. God has a place in the relationship of a child to the awe of Heaven and the place of our dependence on Him.

Godly children will discover the love of our Heavenly Father also though the eyes of their earthly parents.

Have we christian parents FAILED in raising godly children, in relationships as God intended?

We have established that christian marriages (and divorces) look just like the world.

• Do our parent-child…
• parent-teen…
• grandparent-adult child… relationships look any different in ‘christian families’?

(Listen… before time slips away into eternity…)

Some parents will recognize this…   Was it us?

to be continued…