RECONCILIATION WITHIN MARRIAGE (4 OF 4)
Scripture: Song of Songs 5:2, Song of Songs 6:3
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Reconciliation within Marriage (4 of 4)
Series: Reconciliation
Patrick Edwards
Song of Songs 5:2-6:3
Introduction: Over these last four weeks we've seen how all humanity suffers estrangement, estrangement from God our creator and from one another. And so, we've been seeing the Bible's answer to this problem of estrangement: reconciliation. We saw in Romans 5 how God Himself makes a way through Jesus Christ for us to be reconciled with Himself. We, then, in Matthew 18 looked at how our personal reconciliation with God empowers us and compels us to pursue reconciliation with our fellow Christians. Last week, we explored in 1 Peter 2 how our reconciliation with God also compels to pursue reconciliation and peace with non-Christians, particularly that we would be willing to suffer wrongs and forgive for the sake of producing a testimony of goodness and grace that would point non-Christians around us to Jesus Christ.
Of course, we've mentioned a few caveats along the way, point to the need for wisdom and Christian community and counsel, for obviously in these scenarios whether it be with fellow Christians or nonbelievers we could come up with all sorts of particular scenarios in which we said, 'Well what about if this happened or that?'. But our goal has been to lay out the basic biblical principles of reconciliation within relationships. With that said, what I want to do now over the next three weeks is get a little more specific looking at the topic of reconciliation within marriage, the family, and then between ethnicities. Again, the goal will be to offer some biblical principles and steps so that we can each take these truths and apply them into our personal situation. For example, this morning as we talk about how to pursue reconciliation with marriage, the biggest factor that you have to consider is whether or not your spouse is a believer. How you apply these principles will be different if your spouse is not a believer, or is a nominal or an immatur ...
Series: Reconciliation
Patrick Edwards
Song of Songs 5:2-6:3
Introduction: Over these last four weeks we've seen how all humanity suffers estrangement, estrangement from God our creator and from one another. And so, we've been seeing the Bible's answer to this problem of estrangement: reconciliation. We saw in Romans 5 how God Himself makes a way through Jesus Christ for us to be reconciled with Himself. We, then, in Matthew 18 looked at how our personal reconciliation with God empowers us and compels us to pursue reconciliation with our fellow Christians. Last week, we explored in 1 Peter 2 how our reconciliation with God also compels to pursue reconciliation and peace with non-Christians, particularly that we would be willing to suffer wrongs and forgive for the sake of producing a testimony of goodness and grace that would point non-Christians around us to Jesus Christ.
Of course, we've mentioned a few caveats along the way, point to the need for wisdom and Christian community and counsel, for obviously in these scenarios whether it be with fellow Christians or nonbelievers we could come up with all sorts of particular scenarios in which we said, 'Well what about if this happened or that?'. But our goal has been to lay out the basic biblical principles of reconciliation within relationships. With that said, what I want to do now over the next three weeks is get a little more specific looking at the topic of reconciliation within marriage, the family, and then between ethnicities. Again, the goal will be to offer some biblical principles and steps so that we can each take these truths and apply them into our personal situation. For example, this morning as we talk about how to pursue reconciliation with marriage, the biggest factor that you have to consider is whether or not your spouse is a believer. How you apply these principles will be different if your spouse is not a believer, or is a nominal or an immatur ...
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