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  • Hansel and Gretel – 2

    Hansel and Gretel – 2

    IF you have NOT already taken time to watch the Hosea Movie of a previous post, it is related to this series and I recommend it. Watch it as a family, if possible (80 min.); especially your teens.

    Roger Harned

    HANSEL & GRETEL – Chapter 2

    DIVORCE! in the Bible is more a picture of our broken relationship with God, than a contemporary image of broken vows between broken people with broken hopes and broken families.

    The truth of christian divorce remains a picture of our broken relationships with God.

    Where is your commitment to your vow in the Name of God?

    Where is your commitment to your Lord?

    Where is your commitment to your husband and lord of your family?

    Where is your commitment to the children of your bowels (to borrow from a  KJV lesser-known depiction of a deeper nature of the womb or compassion)?

    Jesus said: “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.9 And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

    Pretty harsh words from our Lord.

    And what follows Jesus’ caution against divorce in Matthew 19?

    A lesson on the importance of children.

    My wife is a christian. She is NOT an unbeliever. I need not go into the difficult detail of our not-so-fabled pasts to say how our children of another husband or wife became step-children in our crumbling houses of gingerbread.

    The lesson for our Christian family relationships remains the same regardless of past circumstance:

    God is Father and Jesus IS Lord over every family.

    Rebellion of husband, wife or child is rebellion against Christ as LORD.

    The fear of a child, even in a house of faith, is well warranted.  Fear of our children as orphans as in the story of Hansel and Gretel is real.  Fear of our children as orphans as in Jesus’ mention of children immediately after His caution against divorce is real enough in our broken homes of this 21st century.

    Fear of separation from God for eternity ought to be the underlying motivation for ANY of our rebellion against a loving Father God and the blood of our redemption in Christ Jesus, His Son of the Cross.

    To be continued…

  • Unconditional LOVE

    Unconditional LOVE

    07-07-2007 Unconditional LOVE for My Blessing

    80 min. movie

  • An Excellent Wife Who Can Find?

    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.

    07-07-07
    07-07-07

    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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