双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：4月5日 神圣婚姻

4月5日

神圣婚姻

“因此，人要离开父母，与妻子连合，二人成为一体。”

创世记2:24

如今，数以万计的伴侣都在未婚同居。纽约时报报道这类伴侣的数目是十年前的九倍。

好像全世界都在反对正常的婚姻。人们不仅仅接受未婚同居，还为他们辩解，拍电影，做宣传。甚至连一些教会领袖都在淡化圣经对婚姻的原则。我们的文化中还有要求同性婚姻正常化的巨大压力。

但是，神的真理和神的律法从来不会改变。这不是因为神是刻板的绝对权威，要我们都臣服于祂。而是因为神知道什么对我们是最好的，在肉体上和灵魂上怎样运作才是对我们的最佳方式。毕竟我们都是神造的，产品的制造者对自己的产品最了解。这就是为什么大多数产品都有使用手册，告诉我们如何组装、如何保持正常运作。

神的产品手册就是圣经。

神说，婚姻是神圣的，不可以当儿戏。神憎恶离婚，因为离婚是人类发明的，它破坏了神的合一。毫无疑问，现在社会暴露的各种各样的问题告诉我们，人类是否要为自己无视上帝律法的悖逆行为而受到惩罚、为此付出代价呢？

以基督作为你生命的中心、婚姻的中心，那么你与伴侣之间以及与神之间的关系就牢不可破、坚不可摧了。

今日祷告：

天父啊，求祢让我们的婚姻稳固。让我们彼此相爱，这爱是从圣灵而来。愿你带领我们，过完全顺服祢的生活；奉耶稣的名，阿门。

April 5

IS MARRIAGE OBSOLETE?

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,and shall cleave unto his wife:and they shall be one flesh.Genesis 2:24

Tens of thousands of couples today are living together outside of marriage.The New York Times reports there are nine times as many such couples now as there were ten years ago.

There seems to be a growing rebellion against marriage throughout the world.Living together without marriage is not only accepted,explained away,filmed,and glamorized,but even some church leaders are diluting the scriptural guidelines and rules for marriage in an attempt to soften the problem.There is great pressure in our culture,too,to establish same-sex“marriages”as normal.

But God’s truth and God’s laws never change.This is not because God is some rigid tyrant,demanding total obedience from subjects weaker than He is.It is because He knows what is best for us and how we best function,physically and spiritually.After all,one who manufactures a product knows far more about it than anyone else.That is why a manual comes with most products that tell us how to assemble the item and how to keep it functioning properly.

God’s“manual”is the Bible.God says marriage is holy and sacred and is not to be entered into lightly.God also hates divorce because it is something that man has invented to undermine what God has joined together.

Can there be any question that the social diseases which now sweep our land as perhaps never before are an indication that man cannot flaunt the laws of God without paying some kind of penalty for his rebellion?

But put Christ first in your life and then first in your marriage and you will have a bond between yourself,your mate,and the Lord that no one can break.

Pray for the Day:

Father,let our marriages be strong.Let our love for one another come from Your Holy Spirit.Lead us in our lives.Give us lives of total obedience to you;in Jesus’Name,Amen.