One of the great things about Christian principles is that they apply to every part of life.
One of the great things about marriage is that Scriptural principles always apply to it in some way.
Pardon the pun, but this wonderful marriage between God’s principles and holy matrimony God, Himself, has authored, and we should look for how they’re joined, and never be guilty of separating them.
So, here’s a principle and how it connects with marriage.
The principle is the Law of Christ.
The Law of Moses contains 613 laws, and those to whom they were given through Moses (the Israelites) were required to keep all of them. Of course, it was impossible, which God knew when He gave them. Its real purposes were to demonstrate their propensity for sin and to show the need for a greater law and a Savior of those whose sin had been made known.
Enter the Law of Christ.
While Moses gave 613 laws, Jesus required just one.
The Law of Christ is simply to believe in Jesus Christ, that He accomplished perfection, gave His life on the cross and rose from the grave, thereby paying the penalty for our sin and qualifying us to spend eternity in His heavenly kingdom with Him.
This connects with marriage in three ways:
- The sacrificial love Christ gave to the world husbands and wives who want the best possible marriage will give to each other.
- This love that husbands and wives should want to give to each other, they also need to receive from each other the kind of love Christ gives to His church.
- Just as Christ offers forgiveness to believers husbands and wives ideally offer forgiveness to each other.
The Law of Christ and its connection to marriage. There it is. May we prosper in our marriages as we prosper in our relationship with Jesus!