双语灵修（葛培理牧师） ：1月10日 婚姻根基

1月10日

婚姻根基

“既然如此，夫妻不再是两个人，乃是一体的了。所以，上帝配合的，人不可分开。」”

马太福音19:6

离婚率已经高达百分之五十左右，不知到本世纪末，还会有多少完整的家庭。离婚对孩子的影响是惊人的，而且仍然有待于进一步的评估。心理和情绪的创伤带来的阴影甚至会影响他们将来的家庭。

家庭破裂的主要原因之一，就是人们忘记了圣经对婚姻和家庭的要求。这是上帝的命令，永不改变。甚至一些基督徒作家，在他们的书籍里，都拒绝圣经对婚姻严格教导。

圣经不允许以“他/她不爱我”为由而离婚。圣经说，上帝恨恶离婚。祂恨恶离婚，因为正如耶稣所教导的，婚姻是合一的标记，就是天父、圣子、圣灵的合一。离婚，就是撕裂上帝的合一。

从一开始，魔鬼撒旦就想成为三位一体的一部分。首先，他希望自己和上帝平起平坐。正是因为他的骄傲，他被赶出天堂。其次，他诱惑始祖亚当、夏娃犯罪，破坏了人与创造者之间的独特关系。再次，撒旦还在旷野里试探耶稣，企图破坏圣子和圣父的关系。

今天，魔鬼撒旦犹如一只大白蚁，正在啃噬婚姻和家庭的根基。撒旦是不会改变的，而上帝也不会改变。上帝仍然恨恶离婚。在上帝眼里，没有不可以修复的婚姻。如果我们愿意顺服在基督里面，把婚姻交托在祂的看顾和保守之下，那么在神没有什么是不可能的。但是我们一定要谦卑自己，把我们的骄傲和取悦自己的欲望放在祂的祭坛上。只有这样上帝才能更新和医治。为了拯救婚姻，我们自己要迈出第一步。主耶稣的大能必亲自带领和医治。

今日祷告：

天父，我们都知道离婚给许多人的家庭和生活带来了可怕的痛苦与折磨。我们祈求你保守你孩子们的婚姻。让他们对彼此忠诚，彼此相爱，就像耶稣爱教会一样。祷告奉耶稣的名，阿们。

January 10

THE FOUNDATION OF MARRIAGE

What therefore God bath joined together,let not man put asunder.Matthew 19:6

With the divorce rate hovering around 50 percent,will any homes be left by the end of the century?The impact of divorce on children is staggering and is still to be assessed as the psychological and emotional scars break through to harm some future families.

One of the primary reasons for the breakdown in the home is that we have forgotten the biblical commands relating to marriage and the family,commands which never change.Even some“Christian”writers are publishing books today which reject the Bible’s strict teaching on divorce.

The Bible does not allow divorce on grounds of“he doesn’t love me”or“she doesn’t love me.”The Bible says God hates divorce.He hates divorce because,as Jesus taught,marriage is a picture of the unity between God the Father,God the Son,and God the Holy Spirit.When people get divorced they are tearing at the very fabric of the unity of God.

From the beginning,Satan tried to make himself a part of the Trinity.First,Satan tried to make himself a part of the Trinity by desiring to be co-equal with God.It was his sin of pride that caused his expulsion from heaven.Second,Satan was successful in tempting our first parents into sin,thereby breaking the unique relationship between man and his Creator.Third,Satan tried to pry Jesus loose from His relationship to the Father when he tempted Him in the wilderness.Today,Satan is eating away like a large termite at the foundation of marriage and the family.

Satan never changes,but neither does God.God still hates divorce.

There is no marriage that is beyond repair in the sight of God.If we will first submit ourselves to Christ and then our marriage into His care and keeping,nothing is impossible with God.But we must humble ourselves and lay our pride and desire to please ourselves first on His altar.It is only then that God can restore feelings and bring healing to a marriage in trouble.

The first step in healing a marriage is ours.God provides the salve that heals.

Pray for the Day:

Father,we all know the terrible pain and suffering that has been brought into families and into many people’s lives by divorce.We pray that you will hold together the marriages of Your children.Let them be faithful and love one another,just as Jesus loves the Church.We pray in Jesus’Name,Amen.