Daily Focus

Finally, we marry. We marry that one person forever. We marry Christ in baptism. That is the ceremony, covenant, and becoming one action that married us to Him.  (Gal. 3:27; Eph. 5:22-33)

Fourth, we confess Christ has our Lord and Savior. We confess Him with the intent to make Him ours or committing ourselves to Him for eternity.   This is the same as our announcement of our intentions to our significant others. (Rm. 10:10)

Third,   we grow in desire for Christ and His truth we quite all others. We repent and turn from anything that is not of God. The same things happen when we desire to be married to one carnally. (Lk 13:3)

Second, we believe. When we hear the word, our desire becomes strong. We believe all that the truth says. This is compared to the “falling in love” process of our carnal courtships.   We become captivated and zealous for Him. (John 3:16; Acts 8:37)

As with a carnal marriage there is a courtship and process. We meet, fall in love, quite others, announce intentions, and get married. First, we meet Christ by hearing the word. The more we hear the closer we get and the stronger our desire for Him becomes.  (John 6:45; Rm. 10:17)

Are you married to Christ? We need to think about this for more than a moment. Think of our carnal marriages. Think of how cause and effect takes place both the good and the bad in a marriage. These all can be carried over to our spiritual marriage to Christ.   (Rm. 7:4)

Christ is no longer married to Israel. The law that bound them in matrimony was done away with. He is now bound to us in marriage by the perfect law of liberty.  (Rom. 7:1-7; Jm. 1:25)

Don’t use our worlds current concept of marriage with Christ. If you do will not be married long. We cannot be harlots or adulterers in this unity with Christ and still be His.  (Ezekiel 16:26-34)

Christ was married to Israel under the law. We have lost the concept of marriage. Marriage is a lifelong covenant that is not be broken. Is this how you treat your marriage to Christ? (Jeremiah 3:12-14)