Thursday, July 23, 2026
No One Can Undo What God Has Done
No one can break the marriage covenant; they can only violate it. When God makes two people one in marriage, it is a spiritual gluing of two souls that is not severed until death, and no man can undo it. It is an act of God that makes two people one.
When anyone demeans the marriage covenant, they are not able to understand the salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ. Salvation is not something we do or say; it is a work of Christ in us.
Ephesians 2:9-10 "…9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life."
Marriage is a picture of the relationship between Christ and the church. When Christ transforms a person who has trusted in Him, they are completely changed and can never be lost again.
We know that when a couple walks down the aisle as man and wife after their vows, they are still walking in two different bodies. When God said "the two shall become one", He was speaking in spiritual terms, glued together in spirit until one of them dies.
The two who have become one are one in purpose, each one with their own role to play that enhances and completes the other.
Genesis 2:24 "24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh."
This principle has nearly been completely lost in our culture. Since our culture has mixed paganism with Christianity, marriage has been denigrated and disrespected as though it were instituted by man.
Marriage was not instituted by man; it was given by God, completed by God, and for God's purposes.
When society has demoted the meaning of marriage to the level of man's thinking, all of the culture is ruined. Those who still see the value of God's melding of two souls will be disrespected and disregarded as inferior. And those who do not divorce and remarry defend those who do.
Years ago I attended a 40th high school reunion with a friend, hoping to reconnect with some friends I had in high school. The only friend there was the one I came with.
During the proceedings, the question was asked by the moderator, "Who here has been married the longest?" Then they threw out the number of years, and I was the one married the longest. The next question was, "Who has the most children?", and again I was the one with the most children, with only six.
Then the next question was shocking and demeaning! The question was asked, "Who has had the most divorces?" Hands were raised, and the question was answered as the people in the room laughed and celebrated those with the most marriages. More people who attended were divorced and remarried than were married a long time.
My guess was that those who had stable lives with intact families were the ones who did not attend. The ones who were in charge of the dinner were the ones who did not; those were the ones who set the tone for the gathering. I never went to another reunion after that, not because I was mocked for my stable life, but because the people were so ungodly that there was no one with whom to visit.
When people are in a crowd, the ones who are leaders of that crowd will set the mood and tone of that group. If there was anyone there other than me with a stable family life, they remained silent in all of it.
Sadly, that encounter with the high school reunion reminds me of many church gatherings today. Those who are liberal in their thinking about divorce and remarriage are the ones who set the agenda for the church.
Since the churches are based on a "hierarchy system", those who carry the weight of teaching promote things that are sins against God and those things which are culturally acceptable but demean God's Word.
This is a sad time for authentic believers, unable to easily find other Christians who hold the same values and who live as though they love Jesus Christ.
Most "Christians" today are playing at church as though it were a secular social club that validates them and makes them feel safe.
The unsafe people in the gatherings are those who insist on adhering to the word of God for all answers to life.
This country is in desperate need of wholesale repentance!!! It will not be able to stand under the weight of its sinful and rebellious attitude that has led to every form of sin.
Even those who have high opinions of themselves because they haven't committed the obvious sins. They are under the delusion that only the sins someone can see are important.
Their leniency about marriage and their acceptance of disrespecting Christians who bring the Bible forward as the standard is evidence of their inner heart of mutiny against God.
Someone can live a clean life on the outside while maintaining a rebellious and angry heart that they hide from everyone else.
Matthew 23:26-28 "26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness.
28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness."
May each one evaluate their own heart to see if their desire is authentically dedicated to God's Word. If there is a question about this the solution is easy; just ask God to reveal the inner heart and to remove all pride to be able to see His answer.
Simple: Just ask God to change the heart!!!!! Then the attitudes and actions will follow.
When anyone demeans the marriage covenant, they are not able to understand the salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ. Salvation is not something we do or say; it is a work of Christ in us.
Ephesians 2:9-10 "…9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life."
Marriage is a picture of the relationship between Christ and the church. When Christ transforms a person who has trusted in Him, they are completely changed and can never be lost again.
We know that when a couple walks down the aisle as man and wife after their vows, they are still walking in two different bodies. When God said "the two shall become one", He was speaking in spiritual terms, glued together in spirit until one of them dies.
The two who have become one are one in purpose, each one with their own role to play that enhances and completes the other.
Genesis 2:24 "24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh."
This principle has nearly been completely lost in our culture. Since our culture has mixed paganism with Christianity, marriage has been denigrated and disrespected as though it were instituted by man.
Marriage was not instituted by man; it was given by God, completed by God, and for God's purposes.
When society has demoted the meaning of marriage to the level of man's thinking, all of the culture is ruined. Those who still see the value of God's melding of two souls will be disrespected and disregarded as inferior. And those who do not divorce and remarry defend those who do.
Years ago I attended a 40th high school reunion with a friend, hoping to reconnect with some friends I had in high school. The only friend there was the one I came with.
During the proceedings, the question was asked by the moderator, "Who here has been married the longest?" Then they threw out the number of years, and I was the one married the longest. The next question was, "Who has the most children?", and again I was the one with the most children, with only six.
Then the next question was shocking and demeaning! The question was asked, "Who has had the most divorces?" Hands were raised, and the question was answered as the people in the room laughed and celebrated those with the most marriages. More people who attended were divorced and remarried than were married a long time.
My guess was that those who had stable lives with intact families were the ones who did not attend. The ones who were in charge of the dinner were the ones who did not; those were the ones who set the tone for the gathering. I never went to another reunion after that, not because I was mocked for my stable life, but because the people were so ungodly that there was no one with whom to visit.
When people are in a crowd, the ones who are leaders of that crowd will set the mood and tone of that group. If there was anyone there other than me with a stable family life, they remained silent in all of it.
Sadly, that encounter with the high school reunion reminds me of many church gatherings today. Those who are liberal in their thinking about divorce and remarriage are the ones who set the agenda for the church.
Since the churches are based on a "hierarchy system", those who carry the weight of teaching promote things that are sins against God and those things which are culturally acceptable but demean God's Word.
This is a sad time for authentic believers, unable to easily find other Christians who hold the same values and who live as though they love Jesus Christ.
Most "Christians" today are playing at church as though it were a secular social club that validates them and makes them feel safe.
The unsafe people in the gatherings are those who insist on adhering to the word of God for all answers to life.
This country is in desperate need of wholesale repentance!!! It will not be able to stand under the weight of its sinful and rebellious attitude that has led to every form of sin.
Even those who have high opinions of themselves because they haven't committed the obvious sins. They are under the delusion that only the sins someone can see are important.
Their leniency about marriage and their acceptance of disrespecting Christians who bring the Bible forward as the standard is evidence of their inner heart of mutiny against God.
Someone can live a clean life on the outside while maintaining a rebellious and angry heart that they hide from everyone else.
Matthew 23:26-28 "26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness.
28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness."
May each one evaluate their own heart to see if their desire is authentically dedicated to God's Word. If there is a question about this the solution is easy; just ask God to reveal the inner heart and to remove all pride to be able to see His answer.
Simple: Just ask God to change the heart!!!!! Then the attitudes and actions will follow.
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