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| By Pastor Richard Minet |
HEAVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN MARRIAGE
(Merchandising of heaven for love and Marriage)
Contents:
- Priority the very key factor.
- Merchandising of heaven for love and Marriage.
- Accepting to lose or suffer now because of making heaven.
Matt. 13:44-46
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
In our relationship with God and our quest to make heaven, one of the most essential virtue is priority. Priority is a very key factor which many treat with levity and which has continued to wreck our relationship with God and consequently our marriages and even our businesses, this is because once priority is missed, every other thing falls out.
To make heaven, God demands nothing less of our all. His kingdom operates on the platform of ALL, He either comes first or does not come at all. Love and marriage very much like God also demands not only our time and affection but also our ALL. As important however as both are, every man must decide for himself which is uppermost. When we have no other option other than sell one to buy the other, what will that choice be?
Sadly, our generation has continued to daily merchandise heaven for love and marriage. People are selling heaven (their soul) for marital love and this is only because they lack the understanding and position of scriptures on this.
You see God does not take it lightly when we make statements like; "You are my LIFE and my heartbeat", "I can't live without you", "If you die, then I'm dead", as romantic and reassuring as they may seem, those who make such claims have no understanding they are robing God of his glory as well as misplacing priority. No love ought to be greater than God's, he alone wants to be your breath, your life and not any man or woman.
Matt. 22:37
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.
To make heaven, you must come to a point where you decide which is of more importance to you, whether heaven or marriage. Many make promises to love their spouses forever and even vow to love them beyond death and possibly much more in heaven. This is not only ridiculous but fallacious because marital love ends here on earth, it cannot transcend this terrestrial ball.
Mk. 12:24-25.
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. See Lk. 20:34-35.
The devil is using relationships and marriages to rob many of heaven as well as damn their precious souls to hell. This he does by getting us to violate God's tenets for both relationship and marriage. For instance, the devil knows if you make a mistake in marriage, you will either spend the rest of your life in regret, bitterness, quarreling or become eventually separated or divorced, your excuses notwithstanding, but to many today, they think if it doesn't work, they can try another, after all, it is not a do or die affair.
Don't let the devil trap your soul through marital lies and deception. If you violate God's word, it will stand against you. If you think kissing and romancing are okay in relationships or that there's nothing wrong with sex before marriage especially for those who have already agreed to be married or that you have a good reason to leave your spouse and be remarried, no problem, God will not argue with you here, you can claim your right now but soon, God's word will decide who is right or wrong.
Jn. 12:47-48
If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
When faced with choices or challenges of marriage, find out what God's word says before you act. If you think you have reasons not to love your wife, maybe because she does not respect you, or a wife thinks she cannot submit to a man because he does not deserve it, or maybe that it is better to be separated or divorced than to continue with a marriage that is as it were, sapping your life, you are unknowingly saying that marriage is more important to you than heaven.
No one should enter marriage without being fully prepared because it is strictly for MEN and not for BOYS. This assumption that it's a bed of roses, is what makes many enter with a mind ready only to ENJOY and not to ENDURE! This is delusion. Marriage will surprise those with such minds, it changes people, some for good others for worse. Whether good or bad, marriage will for sure not leave you like you entered. No matter what it brings however, we must weather the storm, as long as life is not threatened.
Sin is sin and God will not change his word because of anyone's plight. If he says no liar or rebellious person will enter heaven, and you are one of those who think that God cannot be that 'dead' serious about such, that will be gambling your soul. Is your marriage demanding more than you expect? Is your spouse taking you for granted and you are now tempted to begin a fire for fire crusade? Are you thinking you've been fooled enough and it's time to smart up? Are you done giving him respect and its time to start treating him like he deserves? Please don't.
Until you come to the point where there's nothing that you cannot give up, tolerate, endure or leave for heaven? Until you make up your mind that there's nothing you cannot go through, accept to lose or suffer now just because making heaven is more important to you? Then you are really not ready for heaven. Please don't let love or marriage send you to hell. Sell whatever you have to to make it there.
ACTION POINT:
1. When spouses make statements such as "my life", "my heart beat", "if you die then I'm dead" to each other, it suggests idolatry.
a. Do you agree with this statement?
b. Please state your reasons.
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