A corporate witness

 

Maraming nagsasabing marriage is a thing of the past. Papel lang iyan. Hindi na kailangan. Ang mahalaga ay ang compatibility.

Ngunit paano magiging obsolete ang isang institusyong ang Diyos mismo ang naglagay (Genesis 2).

Contrary to many people think, marriage is not just a piece of paper. Ang Diyos mismo ang nagtatag nito nang dalhin Niya si Eva kay Adan upang sila ay maging isang laman. Ito marahil kung bakit kinakalaban ni Satanas, ng sanlibutan at ng laman ang marriage. Since hindi nila magawang saktan ang Diyos ng diretsa, inaatake nila ang gawa ng Kaniyang kamay. 

Tila sila mga bata na hindi kayang makipaglaban nang harapan kaya pagtalikod ng kaaway ay sinira ang kaniyang project. 

But we should not despair. As long as we're in this earth (sa heaven walang marriage), and as long as there are worshipers of God, marriage will exist and will never be extinct.

Happy marriages are a testimony to the world that God's plan is alwayas superior to human inventions. Ilan na ba ang biktima ng sexual transmitted diseases at ilang relationships ang sinira ng mga alternative human inventions sa marriage?

Marriage between a man and a woman remains the only stable institution that keep a society intact. Ayaw ninyong maniwala? Let's make an experiment. Ilagay ang mga same sex married couples sa isang islands at ang mga biblically married couples on another island and after 100 years let's visit. My hypothesis is in 100 years walang matitira sa mga same sex couples because same sex couples can't make children. They will be wiped out in one generation (kaya siguro masipag silang mag-proselytize).

Marriage between a man and a woman is a testimony to angel. What fallen angels cannot do (submit to God), couples demonstrate:

Ephesians 5:25-30

[25]Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

[26]so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

[27]that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.

[28]So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

[29]for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,

[30]because we are members of His body.

Masakit siguro sa mata ni Satanas makitang masaya ang mga Christian couples:

Ephesians 5:31-33

[31]For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

[32]This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

[33]Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.

Therefore ipaglaban natin ang ating mga marriages. It is not only about keeping our family intact. It is also about having a corporate witness to the angels and to the world.

Manatiling nakapokus sa biyaya. Huwag ninyong hayaang nakawin ng mga huwad na guro ang inyong karapatang mag-isip ng doktrina.

(Kung gusto ninyo ng karagdagang impormasyon, bisitahin ninyo kami. May pagtitipon kami sa Dahat, kada Linggo, kada 1:00-3:00 pm. Sana manampalataya kayo at kita-kita tayo.

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