The Three-Fold Cord

‘ – And a three-fold cord is not quickly broken’ (Ecclesiastes 4:12) In Ephesians 5, we find a beautiful picture of a Christian marriage. One man and one woman, filled with the Holy Spirit, ‘submitting to one another in the fear of God.’ Thus, if we are...

The Covenant Of Marriage

Every age of the Church has characteristics that reflect the influence of the world instead of, or in place of, the influence of God’s Word. Our age is the age of secularizing, or redefining, Biblical terminology. A prime example of this is the redefining of the...

Under New Management

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Whenever a person repents and turns to Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sin, he or she becomes a new creature (2 Corinthians...

The Role Of The Husband

Today we move on in our marriage study to the role of the husband (Ephesians 5:25-33; Colossians 3:19; 1 Peter 3:7). Due to the spiritual declension that has gripped our nation over the past 50 years, we are living at a time when the biblical role model for a...

The Miracle Of Marriage

Our marriage is designed to be prototypical of the relationship between Jesus Christ and His bride the church (Ephesians 5:22-32). It is both a mystery and a miracle. When Jesus miraculously turned the water into wine at the wedding feast of Cana, the Bible says that...

Marriage Is Not Magic

I get the idea from listening to some couples that they really believe that a good marriage “just happens.” Say your vows, go on a honeymoon, and then “poof!”, out comes this fruitful marriage without any work or effort at all. According to Scripture, nothing could be...