Always Choosing & Always Enduring

We are wonderfully told in Romans, “for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.” [Rom 11:29] Within “the great things of [God’s] law,” there are multitudes of “exceeding great and precious promises.” [Hos 8:12, 2 Pe 1:4] These promises, though varied in their form, are all exceeding great and valuable: the great things …

The Husband’s Awesome Responsibility

It is often easier, though not more correct, to point the finger at others and to instruct them on how to act, rather than looking at oneself. This often shows up in marriage when the husband quotes Paul, “wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.” [Eph 5:22] However, if we take …

The Husband’s Body

It would be logical according to this world, for a husband to say, “I have power over my own body; it is mine; it belongs to me, and I do with it as I see fit.” However, this would be according to the world, according to that wisdom which “descendeth not from above, but is …

Submitting to The Potter’s Hands

There came a time in the Prophet Jeremiah’s life where The LORD said, “arise, and go down to the potter’s house.” [Jer 18:2] There was something there at the potter’s house which Jeremiah ought to have seen; a sight which the LORD would have us to see as well, for as husbands, we too have …

Dwelling Together as With Christ

In the First Epistle of Peter, the husband is given instruction in order that his “prayers be not cut off.” [1 Pe 3:7] This immediately reveals to the husband that his prayers can indeed be cut off; in context, this blockade is accomplished by failing to exemplify Jesus’ example of suffering in regard to His …

The Glory of Her

In Corinthians, Paul tells us that man “is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.” [1 Cor 11:7] Much like the temple, the man is to reflect the glory of God. In Lamentations, it says, regarding the temple, "How is the gold become dim! How is the …

Predetermined Forgiveness

When speaking about the Pharisees to His disciples Jesus said, “All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.” [Mt 23:3] The Pharisees were very keen to lay burdens upon the shoulders of men, but as Jesus pointed out, “they …

Rejoicing in the Gift

In Proverbs it is said, “whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of The LORD.” [Prov 18:22] Those who are given a wife of God are given a very good thing; they are given an inheritance and a gift. It says again in Proverbs, “house and riches are the inheritance of …

The Mountain’s Strength

In the Bible, a mountain symbolically can represent an institution or a government, an entity which is ruled by someone, like a Kingdom. For example, in Daniel, Daniel speaks about a dream which King Nebuchadnezzar had about a large statue made of several different metals. In the end of the dream, Daniel says to the …

Abiding in the Calling

Regarding marriage, Paul tells us, “But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.” [1 Cor 7:17] And, “Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.” [1 Cor 7:20] As we see here, marriage …