What does a man desire out of life? Marriage is, ideally, a once in a lifetime thing. Marriage is a major life event that can make or break someone. This is something young men and older men should reflect on. I have a song for this.
The Question: What constitutes a marriage exactly?
A marriage would be a commitment plus a consummation. Jesus Christ is a priest. He sees everything. A marriage would not necessarily need to have a government approval, a priest, or witnesses.
Given a couple was married in "secret," did dad and mom have other plans? There could potentially be problems there. It may be good to have permission, and witnesses.
The Body of Christ is society. There may be rules for a community. Given someone is part of the Body of Christ, a Christian society, they should follow the rules. The basics of a marriage may be a commitment plus a consummation. There may have ended up rules in place, and a tradition, for a reason. Follow the rules.
Have you ever seen the movie "Blue Lagoon?" Two young people were shipwrecked. They ended up married.
Was a female, a "long term girlfriend," and rationalizing "trial marriages?" She was a long term prostitute who was giving a man things he should have in marriage. Stop trying to rationalize sin. Repent.
Out of all the Laws of Moses, what were gentile Christians suppose to do? One of the things was abstain from sexual immorality. (Acts 15:29) This would be fundamental to the religion. Christians are instructed to not join their body with a prostitute. (1 Corinthians 6:16-18)
In 1960, there was prayer in schools. A lot has changed since 1960. The Modern World was built on Christian Tolerance. Christian tolerance was built upon a shared sense of values. We are in Post-Modernism where people have worked to break down that Christian Tolerance. There has been a culture war. Christians need to separate themselves from Non-Christians, and live in Christian communities. You should know your neighbors. Given your neighbors were not Christians, there may be problems. At the school board meetings, everyone there should be Christian because you are living in a Christian community, in agreement of The Standards. Sin is missing the mark, not making the standard.
Question: Is there a difference between a Jewish Christian and Gentile Christian? (Galatians 3:28)
ReplyDeleteHonor is an important concept towards understanding God and the Bible.
God is Honorable. The Bible is The Word of God. Have you ever heard someone say "My Word is my bond?" Word suggest honor and promise.
In Galatians 3:28, Paul was writing of a horizontal honor. There is an equality in Christ. Horizontal Honor may be like a private in the Army graduating boot camp. He is equal to other privates, and there is an honor there. Vertical honor may be where someone is winning awards and medals. A man who won the Medal of Honor may have been treated differently from a man who did not win the Medal of Honor. In terms of authority, in Christianity, did a Jewish Christian have more authority? No. There is a horizontal honor. There is an equality in Christ.
A Jew was bond to God by Blood. This relationship didn't just disappear. There may be some added requirement of a Jewish Christian.
Question: Is there a vertical honor in Christianity?
ReplyDeleteYes.
Some protestants seem to be on a never ending quest for Salvation. They want to be saved. This pushes them towards evangelism. Did they ever reach salvation?
Faith is a journey. Given someone was saved and found salvation, where do we go from there? Being saved wasn't the end of the journey, it was the beginning.
In the Parable of the Minas, we have Servants of God. Being a Servant of God suggests that someone is in a personal relationship with God. Someone may have been receiving rewards from God in a vertical honor.
I am a gentile Christian. I received a Circumcision of the Heart. Given someone received a Circumcision of the Heart, they may be experiencing God, in a personal relationship with God. There is cause and effect.
ReplyDelete> A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. (Romans 2:28)
Having a Circumcision of the Heart, does that make me a Jew? Yes. Growing in faith with God, I started to become aware of somethings like "Not eating things that eat dead things," and observing that. A Jewish Christians may have been doing that already.
I am not in a strict observation of The Laws of Moses. Having found God, and serving God, I was choosing God righteous ways. Righteousness and Holiness are particular things.