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Wedding Homily: What the Lord Requires
Marion Clark
Micah 6:6-8
6 ''With what shall I come before the Lord,
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with? thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?''
8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,?
and to walk humbly with your God?
Romans 14:7-9
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
E and K, you have chosen two passages that fit well together, and which provide a solid foundation upon which to build your marriage. Let's go through, beginning with the passage, Romans 14:7-9.
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
Immediately a statement is made that marks the follower of Christ. If there is a value which our society prizes, it is that of living for ourselves. Whatever the person without Christ does, he does it for himself, and he wants no one to make a claim on how he is to live his life. But your passages states clearly, that we neither live nor even die for our sakes. Then for whom?
8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord.
We live for the Lord. Our whole lives are lived in his service even to the point of dying for him. Now then, why? Why does Christ receive such full-hearted devotion?
So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
To put it simply, we belong to him. He has a claim on us. And how did he take this position?
9 For to this end Christ died and live ...
Marion Clark
Micah 6:6-8
6 ''With what shall I come before the Lord,
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with? thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?''
8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,?
and to walk humbly with your God?
Romans 14:7-9
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
E and K, you have chosen two passages that fit well together, and which provide a solid foundation upon which to build your marriage. Let's go through, beginning with the passage, Romans 14:7-9.
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
Immediately a statement is made that marks the follower of Christ. If there is a value which our society prizes, it is that of living for ourselves. Whatever the person without Christ does, he does it for himself, and he wants no one to make a claim on how he is to live his life. But your passages states clearly, that we neither live nor even die for our sakes. Then for whom?
8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord.
We live for the Lord. Our whole lives are lived in his service even to the point of dying for him. Now then, why? Why does Christ receive such full-hearted devotion?
So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
To put it simply, we belong to him. He has a claim on us. And how did he take this position?
9 For to this end Christ died and live ...
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