Marriage and Contracts

Reading: 1 Chronicles 16, Psalm 105, and 1 Timothy 4

Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:1-3, Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Thoughts: When reading this passage about people being lead astray to the point of forbidding marriage, my mind went to in growing up marriage was a man and a woman. In the Bible marriage was a man and a woman but it was also a covenant with God, that is why God did not want divorce to be a thing. When the no fault divorce was created marriage became just a contract. President Obama added to that contract that people of the same gender could use that contract. There are pushes from many activist groups to break the family up. Between marriage not being what it used to be and the groups actively fighting against good family values, we appear to be on the verge of a forbidden marriage.

Prayer: Lord God, you created marriage from the beginning, calling it good, you brought the husband and wife together to be fruitful and multi. You have made a covenant with us when we get married, I ask that you help us to walk in that covalent and impart your truth to the next generation. Help us to stand against those who want to tear down your statutes.