MARRIAGE – MARITAL RELATIONSHIP: IT’S A CALLING IN THE GRACE – ABOUNDING WITH FAVOUR AND BLESSEDNESS!
“Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; 9 not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary BLESSING, knowing that you were CALLED to this, that you may INHERIT A BLESSING” 1 Peter 3:8-9.
Being married to the one you love and loving the one you marry – it’s a GRACIOUS and GRACEFUL place to be in the marital grace; this is in order to obtain and enjoy the promised FAVOUR and BLESSEDNESS when you find your spouse. This is as written:
“Whoso FINDETH a wife findeth a GOOD thing, and obtaineth FAVOUR of the Lord” Proverbs 18:22.
Therefore, are you MARRIED? If YES – Know for good that you are CALLED to INHERIT A BLESSING; that is, as being heirs together in the sharing of the common GRACE of life in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 1 Peter 3:7-12.
Marriage in Christ Jesus stead and stand, is not a CURSE thing; and more so, it’s not a CURSED relationship as many may have attributed to the consequences of Adam and Eve. This is when you hold dearly and steadfastly to uphold strongly the context of the New Creation SCRIPTURAL TRUTH of the Holy Writ of God as written in the Holy writ of 1 Peter 3:7-12.
For in REDEMPTION, Christ Jesus has REDEEMED us and RESTORED us to the marital BLESSEDNESS of God that enriches all. Know therefore , that your MARRIAGE though may be going through challenges, is not a CURSE affair anymore in Christ Jesus stead; and it’s not CURSED to become one any time and any day but rather it’s a place of BLESSING and BLESSEDNESS in the grace, to INHERIT a BLESSING in Christ Jesus stead. [1 Peter 3:7-12; Ephesians 1:3; Romans 5:1-2, 12-21; Galatians 3:13-14, 26-29].
And whatever you are seeing in your marriage or about marriages, or be thinking or be watching from your own grandstand on marital stands, or that you are knowingly living and experiencing, in respect of marital difficulties and challenges, could be due to either or both of the spouses living in ignorance or stupidities or foolishness on the marital scriptural context.
And having marital challenges on any ground, that doesn’t necessarily make God’s WORD and God’s scriptural stand in marriage to become inoperative and ineffective and impractical. For in God, the promises and BLESSEDNESS toward marriage as in any of His promises are YES and YES and sealed by the Holy Spirit in the grace, and it’s without a NO in it; and the marital life in God’s YES, is touchable, reachable, loveable, liveable and tangible.
“But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not YES and NO, but in Him was YES. 20 For all the promises of God in Him are YES, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. 21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, 22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee” 2 Corinthians 1:18-22.
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; MALE and FEMALE created He THEM. 28 And God BLESSED THEM, and God said unto them, Be FRUITFUL, and MULTIPLY, and REPLENISH the earth, and SUBDUE it: and have DOMINION over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” Genesis 1:26-28.
I know most people think that all that matters is marital love, without knowing that love alone can’t keep and sustain marriage without the process that makes marriage work. This is why I teach people that you might have met and married by love, but you can’t LIVE and SUSTAIN marriage by just LOVE alone without the other ingredients of doing life and living godly in the grace; meaning, one needs to do life in marriage by WISDOM – which is the application of knowledge, [KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING] in the Scriptural context of marriage in the grace.
“GOOD UNDERSTANDING giveth FAVOUR: but the way of TRANSGRESSORS is HARD [DIFFICULT, CHALLENGING] Proverbs 13:15/Emphasis Mine.
“The man that WANDERETH out of THE WAY of UNDERSTANDING shall REMAIN in the CONGREGATION of the DEAD (LOVELESSNESS, UNPRODUCTIVE, INACTIVENESS)” Proverbs 21:16/Emphasis Mine.
Apostle Peter even charges the husbands to deal and dwell with your wives by KNOWLEDGE [some translations say by UNDERSTANDING] in order to avoid marital crisis – hence, I can say emphatically to anyone that your marital dealing is not by wisdom when anyone, supposedly under God, decides to build up their marriage on MUNDANE things to keep their spouse happy. Such acts are temporary, and such mundane things are limited and subject to change with time; and are prone to failure, and more so, because of the human factors involved, that oppose God’s scriptural context upon which the marital stand of the BLESSEDNESS of God is built upon in the grace. For its written:
“WISDOM is the PRINCIPAL thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy GETTING get UNDERSTANDING” Proverbs 4:7.
“Likewise, ye husbands, DWELL WITH THEM ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE, giving HONOUR unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being HEIRS together of the GRACE of life; that your PRAYERS BE NOT Hindered” 1 Peter 3:7.
“Through WISDOM is an house BUILDED; and by UNDERSTANDING it is ESTABLISHED: 4 and by KNOWLEDGE shall the chambers be FILLED with all precious and pleasant riches” Proverbs 24:3-4.
“Every WISE woman BUILDETH her house: but the FOOLISH plucketh it down with her hands” Proverbs 14:2.
“For WISDOM is a DEFENCE, and MONEY is a DEFENCE: but the EXCELLENCY OF KNOWLEDGE is, that WISDOM GIVETH LIFE to them that have it” Ecclesiastes 7:12.
“ Who is as the WISE man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s WISDOM maketh his face to SHINE, and the BOLDNESS of his face shall be changed” Ecclesiastes 8:1.
Henceforth, be RESOLVED with a changed heart towards your spouse today and every day in every way. Love your spouse in grace and live through wisdom to ensure the working of the marriage and marital stand by God in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. For it’s what you PICTURE in the light of the scriptures and scriptural context in marriage and marital stand, that becomes your marital FUTURE. The REDEMPTION DEED OF CHRIST has settled once for all time, for all, the enabling marital grace, and to share in God’s GRACE and BLESSEDNESS in Him with each other in love.
Therefore, I say to you and all:
Stay BLESSED!
Remain BLESSED!!
And be BLESSED in all regards in every way in Christ Jesus stead in God’s BLESSEDNESS. Amen.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“Whoso FINDETH a wife findeth a GOOD thing, and obtaineth FAVOUR of the Lord” Proverbs 18:22.
“. . . 7 Likewise, ye husbands, DWELL WITH THEM ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE, giving HONOUR unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your PRAYERS BE NOT HINDERED.8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise BLESSING; KNOWING that ye are thereunto CALLED, that ye should INHERIT A BLESSING. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil” 1 Peter 3:1-12.
“THE BLESSING OF THE LORD, IT MAKETH RICH, and he ADDETH NO SORROW with it” Proverbs 10:22.
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED US with all SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS in heavenly places in Christ” Ephesians 1:3.
“Christ hath REDEEMED us from the CURSE of the law, being MADE A CURSE for us: for it is written, CURSED is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 that THE BLESSING of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might RECEIVE THE PROMISE of the Spirit through faith” Galatians 3:13-14.
“God is FAITHFUL, by whom ye were CALLED unto the FELLOWSHIP of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:9.
“And we know that ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER for good to them that LOVE God, to them who are the CALLED according to HIS PURPOSE” Romans 8:28.
“Every WISE woman BUILDETH her house: but the FOOLISH plucketh it down with her hands” Proverbs 14:1.
“My people are DESTROYED for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE: because thou hast REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I will also REJECT thee,that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children” Hosea 4:6 [Isaiah 5:13-15].
SUMMARY:
The message emphasises that marriage is a calling in the grace of God, abounding with favour and blessedness. It encourages married couples to understand that their relationship is not just about love, but also about living in wisdom and applying knowledge and understanding in the scriptural context of marriage.
The message highlights the importance of husbands dwelling with their wives according to knowledge, giving honour to their wives as heirs together of the grace of life (1 Peter 3:7). It warns that building a marriage on mundane things will lead to failure and encourages couples to build their marriage on God’s word and wisdom.
The message reminds couples that they are called to inherit a blessing and that God’s promises are Yes and Amen in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 1:18-22). It encourages them to picture their marital future in the light of scriptures and scriptural context, and to stay blessed and remain blessed in all regards.
Key points:
- Marriage is a calling in the grace of God
- Love alone is not enough to sustain a marriage; wisdom and knowledge are essential
- Husbands should dwell with their wives according to knowledge and give honour to their wives
- Couples are called to inherit a blessing
- God’s promises are Yes and Amen in Christ Jesus
- Couples should picture their marital future in the light of scriptures and scriptural context
The message is filled with scriptural references, including Proverbs 18:22, 1 Peter 3:7-12, Ephesians 1:3, and 2 Corinthians 1:18-22, emphasising the importance of living in accordance with God’s word and wisdom in marriage.
REV. CHUKIE MORSI
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