Sanctity of Marriage

I am not interested in supporting sin. Which goes both ways. I am not interested in being known as a gay rights activist and I am not interested in being part of a move away from the precepts of GOD, by Christians,  to follow the precepts of men. I trust that my GOD is in control of things, and when HIS people act according to HIS precepts, HE will act in our world to make things as they should be. I had to set that out there because there is an internal struggle I have in teaching a Biblical truth that makes it seem I support sin.

 

I do not support sin.

I do support human rights. I support every persons right to choose a lifestyle that makes them happy. I support Holiness and righteousness and the precepts of GOD. So, in my many writings, I have tried to deal with how Christians have turned from the precepts of GOD to follow the precepts of men, and how this is just wrong.

Let's define this term that is so often used by Christians to support their claim that they are doing what they do in order to fulfill what they see as their role in this debated issue.

SANCTITY

My definition: The condition of being in a state of sanctification. Anything GOD has established in HIS word as something good. Anything covered by the shed blood of JESUS the CHRIST.

MARRIAGE

My definition: A union. Something joined together. The joining of  two people, usually between two people of the opposite sex. It is also used of any union, “the perfect marriage of form and function” or “The perfect marriage of chocolate and peanut butter”

SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

The state or condition upon which two people are declared to be married, as outlined in Holy Script. Specifically, the union of one man to one woman in the presence of GOD and including a covenant with each other and GOD.

That is about the best I can do with that. The real truth of what marriage is, as established in the Bible, is a covenant relationship between two people of the opposite sex with each other and with GOD. This is inviolate. It is solid fact and written truth revealed from GOD to all of mankind. However, that is all it is. It is nothing more than that. (not intended to diminish marriage, but intended to keep it in proper perspective)

How the phrase is being used by Christian advocates has reached far beyond this simple truth. While GOD has established what marriage is to HIM and what it should be to every Christian, HE didn't establish what it is to those who are not HIS. HE also, very clearly DID NOT establish, in any way, that a marriage consists of a contract between the government and two people that would include certain rights to benefits established by that government. There is not one place in all the Bible that establishes rules and regulations for those who are not HIS people and there is certainly not a single place that establishes anything between the government and people as “Sanctified” or having “Sanctity”.

Unless something is covered by the blood of JESUS, it is not sanctified. No contract with the government is ever going to be established in the shed blood of JESUS the CHRIST. No matter what the world and the government call it, it is still not sanctified. I wish Christians and Christian churches would have marriages that are in accordance with GOD's word and precepts, that didn't include the government contracts. But that is a different blog.

If two atheists walk into a magistrate's office and sign a contract with the government to be treated as married so they can get all the government benefits from being married, is that “Sanctified”? NO!!! It is not. It doesn't matter if it is a man and a woman, two men or a dog and a cat. There is not, nor has there ever been, sanctity to this process we call marriage.

We in the church have what is properly called “Holy matrimony”. Holy matrimony is established in the word of GOD as a state of sanctified union between a man and a woman and GOD. No one and nothing can change that. No courts, no laws, no government can ever take that away or alter what it is. There might be those who will use the phrase in an unholy service that doesn't recognize these truths. There is nothing we can do about that.

As Christians, we should stand up for what GOD has established, and has established we should stand up for. But, HE never called us to be social engineers or to try to force the laws of HIS kingdom into the kingdom of this world.

BE IN THE WORLD AND NOT OF THE WORLD


There is a comments button below here somewhere