THE MAN AND HIS BRIDE
Society has suffered a great deal because we haven't given
attention to family life which obviously determines a lot of things.
We would not be able to fully look into this discussion if we do
not grasp God's intentions for man and then God's intentions for giving him a
help meet for him.
IT IS NOT GOOD
God saw that it wasn't good for man to be alone, I'm carrying
out the purposes of God man needs a help meet for him, it is the man and his
wife that will become a family and establish the purposes of God in the society
if darkness abides in a community, it is reflective of the fact that the
families in that community have failed to establish the counsel of God in that
locality, even the devil knows how powerful the structure of the family is.
Whether or not the Earth will see the visitation of God again, it depends on
the man and his wife.
FOR THIS CAUSE
Gen.2.24 - Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
A man that his fit to have a wife is one who doesn't rely on his
parents anymore for finance or decision making, a man is one that must be able
to make his own decisions, any man who is still under the influence of his
parents in the area of decision making cannot lead a woman into the purposes of
God correctly such a man is a child and not a man fit for marriage yet.
THE GENESIS 2&3 KIND OF MARRIAGE
A lot of marriage has been built on the threshold of pleasure and
reproduction and while this is good it wasn't the original design, the original
design was that God would be the center of the marriage and it would serve his
purpose even in produces goodly seeds
We have just two kinds of marriage Genesis 2 and Genesis 3, the
former identifies with God while the latter doesn't, it is our prayer that
correct marriages will surface in this time. Many of the challenges that
society faces are largely traced to a bad marriage in many ways which includes
poor child upbringing amidst many others
BONE OF MY BONE
The rib which God took from man, made he a woman, God took
something out of the man to make the woman, the purposes of God are vast and
every man has and allowed portion in it. God sees the specific need in every
man before giving him a wife, many schools of thought suggest that God doesn't
have to be involved in the selection process of a marriage partner, I will say
it is safer as the bible puts it in the book of Proverbs.
Proverbs 19:14, "House and riches are the inheritance of fathers:
and a prudent wife is from the LORD."
“Whosoever the
Lord brings to you, it is because what he must have taken out of you he had
used in making her, only when we trust God would we make the right choices.”
The prophet Ezekiel was instructed to prophesy to bones and
after he did the bones became a mighty army even at this time God is gathering
correct bones in marriage and setting them in motion even so Lord bond is two
by two set on ablaze and use us to consume the camp of the Philistines.
HER SEED
God made a pronouncement after the fall of Adam that the seed of
the woman shall bruise the head of the serpent. The seed eventually came, JESUS
himself but he came to a woman that was worthy to birth him, raise him
correctly, he came to a father that could protect him from Herod, even if he
was a promising child, his destiny would have ended if Joseph was not a correct
man. These days God is looking for marriages that would protect their children
from the Herod, Herod is everywhere, in schools, on Television everywhere.
When God saw that Hannah’s prayer didn’t serve his purpose he
didn’t answer until she prayed his will because God needed someone to fill the
shoes of Eli around that time, God is not emotional about things as this, why
should God give a child to a family if they won’t raise him in the way of the
lord? Did not even God testify of Abraham when he said in genesis 18:19
"For I know him, that he will command his children and his
household after him and they shall keep the way of the lord, to do justice and
judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken."
It is important that we realize that when God doesn’t get goodly seeds from “goodly marriages” he will have to do extra work to make those children know him, in the matter of the man and his wife God is also interested in the children.
Marriage is God’s idea it is a wonderful and beautiful thing; it
must be done God's way in order to achieve maximum result.
“A real man is one who influences his wife to achieve greatness, he is a father, mentor, friend, teacher and priest to his spouse or wife.”
WRITTEN BY
OGUNDIMU JOHN
Edited by
CLARKSON O. ADEBAYO
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