Marriage is meant to be Hard 2

The David Alliance 

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God’s intention for marriage is not to be a contract that needs both parties to hold up their end of the deal—as 1 Corinthians 13:1 says, “…love keeps no records of right and wrongs.” God’s purpose for marriage is different from the world’s. 

It’s a covenant—binding and irrevocable because of His love. I Cor. 7 states you can leave, but you can’t divorce… this is covenant talk, not contract talk. 

 

Covenant: A divinely created relational bond. The administration for the paperwork was done up in heaven… it was divinely created. 

 

 

**Have you gone through the FOR BETTER FOR WORSE portion of your marriage… and wondered why the worse seems to come around more than the better? Because we focus on the immediate - a covenant focuses on the eternal. 

 

 

There is far greater judgement on Adultery than on fornication. WHY? One is breaking a covenant.

Proverbs 6: 26 For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, but sleeping with another man’s wife will cost you your life. But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,

    for he destroys himself. 33 He will be wounded and disgraced. His shame will never be erased. 34 

For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious,

and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

35 He will accept no compensation,

    nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size.