To hold marriage in low esteem, regarding it as just a contract between two people to be broken whenever one feels like it is to hold salvation through Jesus Christ in low regard.
To hold in high regard marriage of one man to one woman for life is to understand the betrothal of the bride of Christ to Christ Himself.
The marriage was not just something God thunk up for mankind, it is a picture of the salvation of man and His relationship to Christ when he becomes born again.
Mark 10:7-9 "…7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”…"
When we become born again we leave our families to follow Christ. If they come with great, they too will be His bride. If they do not follow Christ then they are not our brothers and sisters and we carry on to follow Him anyway.
Hallelujah!
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