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ARE YOU TOO FREE TO BE MARRIED?

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MARRIED TO CHRIST

MARRIED

By Ken Blue

“Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.” Romans 7:4.

Death certainly absolves one of all responsibility. No more bills to pay, no more pain or sickness to contend with, and no one to offend. Death brings complete liberty. Oh, the sweet liberty of death! “Free from the law, O happy condition, Jesus hath bled, and there is remission; Cursed by the Law, and bruised by the fall, Grace hath redeemed us once for all.” Enough could never be said about God’s wonderful grace!

BUT, I fear many professing Christians are either confused about grace, or they haven’t really experienced it in their life. Anyone who ignores the second half of the verse has a serious spiritual problem. If a person remained in a state of death, there would be little concern, but that is not so with one who is saved. His resurrection in Christ is just as real as his death. One is dead, only in relation to the Law.

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If you are saved, you are now raised with Christ, and married to Him! Just as in your old life under the Law brought forth sin through the members of your body, now you are to bring forth fruit acceptable unto God. That fruit will be demonstrated through the members of your body. This does not mean that you will never sin or be tempted. But, it is clear that you are NOW married to Christ, and your life should glorify Him. “What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 16  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” Romans 6:15-16.

When a man or woman is freed from prison, they are not freed to go back to the old life of crime. They are freed to live right. When a spouse dies, the one is free from responsibility to the other, and they may marry another. But, they are not free to live a life of immorality.

Yes, we are free from the old master, or previous marriage, but we are not freed to live a life in sin. We are now married to Christ and are to glorify Him with our bodies. “Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.” Romans 6:13.

SHOULD CHURCHES BE INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT

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CHURCH VS. GOVERNMENT

governmentBy Ken Blue

There is no way a person can be a Bible believer and remain neutral in matters brought up by politicians. There are issues that are nonnegotiable and must be defended or defeated. These issues cross all party lines because there are true believers in all parties. When the leaders of any party depart from the Constitution and Biblical teachings, that party, or its members must be rejected and voted out. I do not think it is always wise to vote a strait party line unless that party is in line with Scriptural principles.

Sodomy and marriages between the same sexes has always been a biblical issue. Politicians took the issue and made it political and then pretended that the church should remain separate from it. The same is true of religious freedom and freedom of speech. These were not given by government and are not up for discussion. God gave these rights to all men. Government can take them away, and that is their goal; but they are not theirs to give.

Regardless of how involved a church gets in politics, every American citizen should vote along biblical lines. “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” Proverbs 14:34. “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” Psalms 9:17. These two verses teach that you cannot separate God and righteousness from governments without disaster coming to that government. That is the goal of the anti-American and anti-God crowd in America.

If Christians do not vote for good men and good policies, wicked men and wicked women will capture the government and all freedoms will be lost. We are not far from that event. Those who love freedom must do what they can to take America back. “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” James 4:17.