STAYING SINGLE TO
SHOW THE TRUTH.
Keep your marriage
vows in such a way as to tell the truth about the unbreakable covenant love of
Christ. But to close this chapter, I
want to emphasize that what Jesus says here in Mark 10:10-12 is incredibly good
news - even to those who have been divorced and are remarried. Here's why:
Jesus says, 'Don't divorce your spouse and marry someone else. If you do, you've committed
adultery." Why is it adultery? Ultimately, it
is adultery because it betrays the truth about Christ that marriage is meant to
display. Jesus never, never does that to
his bride, the church. He never forsakes
her. He never abandons her. He never abuses her. He always loves her. He always takes her back when she
wanders. He always is patient with
her. He always cares for her and
provides for her and protects her and, wonder of wonders, delights in her. And you - you who are married once, married
five times, married never - if you repent and trust Christ - receive him as the
Treasure who bore your punishment and became your righteousness - you are in
the bride. And this is how he relates to you. ….The radical call of Jesus never
to divorce and remarry is a declaration of the gospel by which people who have
failed may be saved. If Christ were not this way, we would all be
undone. But this is how true, how
faithful, how forgiving he is.
Therefore, we are saved.
John Piper
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