MARRIAGE CAN BE A PIECE OF CAKE

Dear reader, welcome to this week’s post on ESM 101: Marriage Can Be A Piece of Cake.
We bless the Lord for this day and for His Word which He has given to us and which gives us grace. As we commence the class today, we pray the eyes of our hearts be flooded with light again. We pray for an understanding of grace and the depth of His love. We pray for the enablement for each of us to know the One true God practically for ourselves. Amen.

Take some time to meditate on Titus 2:11-12 briefly.
“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”

One primary focus of the grace of God is to teach us all things. We often hear people say things like “it is impossible to learn about marriage, it is only the ‘grace’ of God that keeps couples together.” Often times, one would realize that when people talk about the grace of God in this manner they mean trial and error. That is, let’s just try different things and see if they work. However, Titus 2:12 points out that the grace of God trains. What does it mean to train? It means to ‘teach a task’. If you will become a professional baker you must be trained, if a doctor, you train, Cook? You train. Tailor? You train. If you will be a good (Skillful or professional) Lover/Spouse, Wife/husband, you need to train too. Training! Training! Training!

So how does the grace of God train us?
Romans 10:17(Amp)
“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing (what is told), and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself).”
The grace of God trains by teaching us the Word of God. That Word changes a person’s mind, it reforms it such that it becomes conformed to the pattern of the kingdom and we become like Him. A person who will enjoy the immeasurable riches of God must be well taught.

Through our blog posts, you can expect to be taught how to mix the different ingredients that makes a solid marriage patterned after the original intent of God, as well as how a love relationship like a cake is time specific and should be given the time to mature from friendship to courtship to engagement to marriage. The perfect taste of a cake doesn’t come from mixing the ingredients in one swoop but in understanding that there are time specifications for putting in the different ingredients. There is a time when you just mix the sugar and the butter and a time to put in the eggs. A godly Marriage is not only about choosing the right partner in a love relationship, it is important to know what to do with your choice.

In subsequent classes, we will understand that sexual intercourse is like the icing on a cake. We pray that all participants will come to understand why the instruction to abstain from sex before marriage is God’s love shielding mankind from self-destruction.
Psalm 11:3 “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” It is true that God is a healer and a restorer but we know that there are pains involved in a healing process.

Finally, like vintage wine, marriage should get better with age. It is interesting to see clearly now that Jesus turning water to wine at a wedding ceremony was not a coincidence. He was saying “my wine tastes better than your best effort.” Would you then allow Him to give you His wine, which tastes better than Vintage?

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