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An Excellent Wife Who Can Find?
Proverbs 31:

10 An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.

A rare jewel is a wife faithful to Christ Jesus. A reward more precious than gold is a wife faithful to her husband.

An excellent wife who can find?

The vows of commitment of our Christian marriage speak of unbreakable relationship:
- unbreakable relationship of a man to a woman (We sure need them in our lives.)
- unbreakable relationship of a woman to a man
- and life-long relationship to our God as perfect example of love to both.
“In the name of God, I, ______, take you, ______, to be my wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until we are parted by death. This is my solemn vow.”

The vow and the word of a Christian is witness to our trust in Christ Jesus as our Lord.

A Christian wife is trusted by her husband as he must also trust in Christ our Lord to keep His promise of eternal Life.

When we are joined as one in the name of God, we are also one with the witness of our vows: our God and Lord, Christ Jesus. A Christian wife would no more betray her husband than an Apostle would betray his Lord. She is a woman of faith and integrity in the Lord.

The Bible makes clear that Christian marriage is the best example of the intimacy of the Bride, Christ’s Church, being joined as One with the returning Bridegroom, Jesus Christ our Lord, who IS and will return for His faithful Bride.

“She does Him good and not harm all the days of her life.”

Is this not the witness every Christian (man or woman) ought to have for Christ our Lord?

The Bible offers many examples of advice for men and about the counsel and company of other godly men; but the one place in the Bible offering some of the best advice for women is Proverbs 31.

Proverbs 31 opens with a reference to King Lemuel.

I never knew anything of this wise husband. I can offer no better insight than that of John MacArthur, a faithful authority on scripture.

I would offer my sisters in the Lord one additional resource to the scripture. (Some may be familiar with their radio broadcasts, which I too find encouraging.) Proverbs 31 Ministries.

Like a faithful husband in the Lord, a good wife needs encouragement of other Christians, women to offer her encouragement in scripture and prayer.

Please pray for my wife. Pray also for me.

Beloved sister in the Lord,

Seek the Lord and you will find Him. He is faithful to His bride.

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I love my wife, my blessing.

(“Love” includes many loves for me. {See 1 Corinthians 13 & Song of Songs})

I love Jesus Christ as my Lord. Let no one doubt this First love of mine.

I will pray also for your Christian marriage.

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September 27, 2013
Sinclair Ferguson – 27 Sep. 2013 (rebroadcast)

The following is a conversation with a pastor, one of the most esteemed theologians of our day on retiring from the pulpit, passing on the baton of ministry to others & of his upcoming books and teaching.

I recommend this to any Pastor, Elder, Deacon or Theology student (as am I).

It will require an hour of thoughtful quiet time, followed by prayer of application.

Roger

http://www.ligonier.org/blog/google-hangout-sinclair-ferguson-september-27/?utm_source=ET&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FergusonHangout-September2013

In addition to being Senior Minister, Dr. Ferguson is Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, he is the author of some two dozen books, has authored numerous articles and has contributed to various symposia. His writing interests have ranged from works of scholarship to books for children. He has served as minister of two congregations in Scotland, one on Unst, the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom, and the other at the center of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. He has served more than twenty years as a seminary professor and is currently on the faculty of Redeemer Seminary in Dallas, Texas as well as part time faculty of Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia.

Source: Sermon Audio

I recommend Dr. Sinclair’s books and teaching heartily.

Roger Harned

September 27, 2013
A wife of whoredom: Nations and the Bride
+++++++ Conclusion to “Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom.

Hosea 6

English Standard Version (ESV)

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

6 “Come, let us return to the Lord;
for he has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
2 After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
3 Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord

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Few countries embrace Jesus Christ, the Son of God who IS and IS to come as NATIONS with official proclamation: Jesus IS Lord in our Nation.
- Dios bendiga a Argentina
- Guð blessi Ísland
- Gud velsigne Norge
- Ο Θεός να ευλογεί την Ελλάδα
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! – Psalm 33:12

Yet MANY Nations who once claimed God, even now play the whore.

Hosea 8

English Standard Version (ESV)

Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

8:1 Set the trumpet to your lips!
One like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because they have transgressed my covenant
and rebelled against my law.

7 For they sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.

10:3 For now they will say:
“We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
and a king—what could he do for us?”
4 They utter mere words;
with empty oaths they make covenants…

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“In the name of God, I, ______, take you, ______, to be my wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until we are parted by death. This is my solemn vow.”

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Dearly beloved,

Are you NOT joined to the Groom, Christ Jesus?

Is Jesus Christ your Lord?

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Dear Church making claim and witness to the Name and Cross of Christ:

Do NOT relegate Jesus Christ into a lowly place alongside the religions you change for your Nation.

Do NOT hear the agendas of the false prophets and false christians with false professions of faith.

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Give NO ear to the worldly agendas of those who would CHANGE god to serve their SELF interests.

“Religions’ of sinful Nations may “change their mind,” yet for all time, even before God’s true Prophets like Hosea until beyond this 21st c. day:

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. – Hebrews 13:8

For the Lord will say to these: “I never knew you.”

AMERICA, BLESS GOD.

Great Britain, Bless God.

European Union, Bless God

Australia, Bless God

Brazil, Bless God

DR Congo, Bless God

Russia, Bless God

Let your Nation, bless God.

Malachi 3: 6 “For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. 7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.

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Jesus Christ IS the Groom, returning in these last days for His Bride, His Church.

Are you a wife of whoredom?

Our Heavenly King, Who was and IS and will be returning for His Church warns and encourages in the Good News of Matthew 24:

10 And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another.

11 And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.

12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.

13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Return to Christ Jesus, our Lord. He has paid the price for your return.

He has redeemed you from the whoredom of your sin.
September 27, 2013