What Did Jesus Say About Marriage?

Never in the history of mankind has marriage been outside the realm of one man and one woman. The issue of marriage was already settled in the Old Testament account of Creation. This issue never ensued as a topic in the Gospels and therefore Jesus never address the marriage issue as being challenged today. However, Jesus did verified in the New Testament what God stated in the Old Testament. The following passage contains all the information necessary to clarify and verify how God stands on this issue.

Genesis 1:27-28 reveals how God created man in His own image, male and female He created them and told them to be fruitful, multiply and replenish the earth.

Genesis 2:24 expounds how God made the woman from Adam's rib and records how God joined them in the marriage ceremony,  "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."

Jesus reinforces the Genesis 2:24 account with clarification in Matthew 19:4 and Mark 10:6 by stating that "from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female, and for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh: so then they are no more two, but one flesh." Without this structure for marriage they could not obey God's command to be fruitful, multiply and replenish the earth.

There can be no misinterpretation of the design God proposed for marriage from the beginning seeing that particular stance was never changed in any other place in the Bible. However, as with many laws of God, man chooses to change them to fit his own agenda even if it means denying God Word.

Within all this we can find that the Christian is manifested in contrast to the world. Jesus made the remark that if they hated Me, they will hate you also and He further declared  that the elect shall not be deceived by those things of which man attempts by twisting the Word of God around to fit his own purpose and lusts. 1 John 3:9-10 expounds: "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin (transgression of the law - verse 4); and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil; whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

One side note to all this is that the Bible (1 Timothy 4:3) also predicts in the latter times they will forbid to marry. As things stand today, we see hints of doing away with marriage altogether. Along with that possiblity also comes the probability of those views spilling over into polygamy, child marriage and other deviant practices. Jesus told us of a time that would exceed the wickedness of Noah's day. Could those days be rapidly approaching?

In conclusion, Ephesians 6:12 reminds us that: "We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Once we realize who is behind the wickedness of this world, we can understand that God knows we are but flesh. We all have sinned and fell short of the glory of God. And while you have heard it said that God hates the sin, but loves the sinner, the Bible verifies that statement with a Scripture in Romans, "that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" and through Him is eternal life obtained. Jesus does not condemn us, but as He said when on the cross, "Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do." God loves us and forgives us, but we must be willing to accept that forgiveness and the salvation provided through His Son Jesus. Invite Him into you life to become your Lord and Savior today. Only when we do our part, will God do His part. He will not override your free-will.

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God Never Called His Trinity A Mystery

The concept of the Trinity has baffled mankind for centuries. One reason it confused people was because its concept differed from the norm. While it seems we can easily envision God creating a man from dust, the same is not true when we attempt to envision Him making a Man from some other element. The truest test for proving Godly things is by comparing them with biblical truths. The Bible never recorded God stating He would never make a man from a different substance than from the dust of the ground. Therefore, since Jesus stated He came down from heaven, He could not have been made from the dust of the ground as is mortal man. His originality had to come from a heavenly substance.

A Bible verse that seems insignificant in its context at first until you reread it is Deuteronomy 29:29: "The secret things belongs unto the Lord our God, but the things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever." The question to ask here is, "Why do secret things exist, which belong solely to God?" The reason is, because they are not found in the Bible. If something is not written in the Bible, only God knows. This reality comes to light when we reason why Jesus (even though He is God) does not know the day or hour of His coming back to earth. The Bible does not record the day or hour of this event. Now that God has revealed to us the substance He used as the seed of the Holy Ghost that was implanted directly into the womb of the Virgin Mary, this verse makes much more sense.
(See: "The Mystery of the Trinity Revealed"  )

That principle also applies to the second half of Deuteronomy 29:29, which states that the revealed things belong to us and our children forever. Many Scriptures declare our inability to know the things of God unless He reveals them to us, and He reveals to us through His Spirit dwelling in the heart of the believer. God never said His Trinity was a mystery--man did. The Trinity is found everywhere in the Bible, even in the Old Testament. However, God chose not to reveal His Trinity to us until these last days. Since the Trinity is recorded throughout the Bible, it had to be revealed as His Word declares.

Why is there so much backlash against the Trinity? The simple answer is Satan. Satan initiated the need for the Trinity in the Garden of Eden. The Bible also declares Satan entered into the heart of Judas when he betrayed Jesus. The Book of Revelation depicts Satan doing his evil work of deceiving people in the end times. Click here to see how Satan does his evil.