Our paragraph topic is: (The question of divorce) Part 7
From the beginning he created them male and female. He created them for a purpose. He created them with a plan. He created them to grow, multiply, and to be fruitful. But evil had a plan and evil did not want them to be fruitful for his plan but to be fruitful for evil. For evil was deceitful. Evil was cunning. Evil was treacherous. And evil wanted to stop the plan of the Creator.
So he created them male and female and evil knew of their weakness. Evil wanted to exploit. Evil wanted to separate and divide. Evil wanted to rule even if it was from hell. But God created them out of love. God created them out of compassion. God created them that they would know his love for them, that they should exist. And he created them that they should be male and female to multiply and be fruitful. And evil came in and hardened their hearts. Evil came in and showed them that they should be separate. Evil came in and divided them that they would not know the truth of who they are. But it was not so from the beginning. And this is what Christ told his disciples and the Pharisees that tested him: "But it was not so from the beginning. "
Today marriage is a joyous occasion. We come together. We love. We laugh. We are filled with happiness from the beginning. But then time passes. We open our eyes to see the other person that we are committed to and we open our eyes to the world. We compare. We see, we feel, we long, we desire that which is not within our reach, and we regret. And it is in that regret that doubt comes in. It is in that regret that passions are kindled. It is in that regret that temptation follows, prodding us on, away from the commitment that we made to be one flesh.
For we are raised in the world. We breathe, eat, sleep, and become what is in the world. And even with the strongest of foundations, we may find ourselves drawn into the temptations that the world has to offer. What stops us? What keeps us from temptation? What pulls us back from the brink? It is that deep sense of inner peace that comes with love. It is that knowing that we have gone astray from what we believe is right and the wrong that we have done. Is this enough to keep us? Is this enough to commit us to a way of life that was given us from the beginning? With all the things in the world that would pull us, all the things that would divide us, all the things in the world that will take us away from that joyous commitment that we made, what can keeps us together?
We are male and female, given a purpose here on earth, here in the world. Christ has told us that in heaven we are not given in marriage but are like angels. Is this something that we can hold onto? Is this something that we can believe in? Is this something that can give each of us, both male and female, the foundation to overcome the trials and tribulations we face in the world that would separate us? We were created male and female. Yet we were created in his image and likeness. We were created as spiritual beings. We are spiritual beings living in a physical world. Is this the truth or are we just physical beings seeking to know the truth of who we are in Christ?
Christ gave us new life. He paid the penalty for our transgressions. He came. He preached. He died. He arose again and ascended into heaven and now sits at the right hand of the Father. He gave us something to believe in; he gave us something to be, to seek, to know. And yet within the knowledge that he has given us, we know not. For the Holy Spirit comes to those who seek him. The Holy Spirit comes to those who want him. The Holy Spirit comes to those who desire him. And with his coming, into those who are male or female, eyes are opened. With his coming, hearts are filled. With his coming joy is given. And with his coming the light of life comes to those who would know. Do you know his plan? Do you know his purpose? Do you know, you?
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
