Saturday, November 21, 2009

marriage and christ

"Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her" (Ephesians 5.25)

When we befriend the world we are adulterers (James 4.4). The image of Christ and His Church as a marriage union is an important one and is reflected in human marriage. It is a mystery and has only one proper manifestation (pure, love-based, male-female, etc., Eph 4, Gen 2.24). Marriage is meant to make Christ's love for his people more visible in the world (Eph 5.32). There is only one true love and it is found in and through Christ alone.

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