Comments on: Thoughts about Marriage and Salvation http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2009/05/04/thoughts-about-marriage-and-salvation/ Fear God and keep His commandments; for this is the whole duty of man - Ecclesiastes 12:13 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:19:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Susanne http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2009/05/04/thoughts-about-marriage-and-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-1134 Susanne Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:14:36 +0000 http://thepreacher.cac2.net/?p=238#comment-1134 Thanks for sharing this with me. I didn't know you were posting again. I'll try to keep up with them now and comment occasionally. :) Thanks for sharing this with me. I didn't know you were posting again. I'll try to keep up with them now and comment occasionally. :)

]]> By: gymbrall http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2009/05/04/thoughts-about-marriage-and-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 gymbrall Wed, 13 May 2009 17:27:15 +0000 http://thepreacher.cac2.net/?p=238#comment-1043 Daniel, Thanks for the read. I hope your trip to Turkey goes smoothly. Give me a call when you get back. Charles Daniel,
Thanks for the read. I hope your trip to Turkey goes smoothly. Give me a call when you get back.

Charles

]]> By: gymbrall http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2009/05/04/thoughts-about-marriage-and-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 gymbrall Wed, 13 May 2009 17:27:00 +0000 http://thepreacher.cac2.net/?p=238#comment-1042 Daniel,. Thanks for the read. I hope your trip to Turkey goes smoothly. Give me a call when you get back. Charles Daniel,.
Thanks for the read. I hope your trip to Turkey goes smoothly. Give me a call when you get back.

Charles

]]> By: Daniel http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2009/05/04/thoughts-about-marriage-and-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Daniel Wed, 13 May 2009 12:39:53 +0000 http://thepreacher.cac2.net/?p=238#comment-1041 Thanks for the post! I've been thinking over the past few days what you have said and God has greatly encouraged me! He is showing me more of how all we do should be done fro a gospel centered/gospel saturated perspective. Thanks for the post! I've been thinking over the past few days what you have said and God has greatly encouraged me! He is showing me more of how all we do should be done fro a gospel centered/gospel saturated perspective.

]]> By: Ariel http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2009/05/04/thoughts-about-marriage-and-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Ariel Mon, 11 May 2009 17:07:04 +0000 http://thepreacher.cac2.net/?p=238#comment-1040 Right on! Right on!

]]> By: gymbrall http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2009/05/04/thoughts-about-marriage-and-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-1039 gymbrall Thu, 07 May 2009 20:42:18 +0000 http://thepreacher.cac2.net/?p=238#comment-1039 Hey Ariel, What I was trying to say is that if we do not believe that the relationship created between a man and a woman in marriage is real and much, much more than a cultural creation or an act of the state then why do we believe that we will "actually" be made one with Christ? And if we are not one with and "in Christ", then we are not of Him. I don't mean to say that there is any actual uncertainty to our salvation, merely that when we as Christians take marriage lightly, we are taking the gospel lightly, for all marriages carry in them a shadow of that good and perfect thing to come. Hey Ariel,
What I was trying to say is that if we do not believe that the relationship created between a man and a woman in marriage is real and much, much more than a cultural creation or an act of the state then why do we believe that we will “actually” be made one with Christ? And if we are not one with and “in Christ”, then we are not of Him.

I don’t mean to say that there is any actual uncertainty to our salvation, merely that when we as Christians take marriage lightly, we are taking the gospel lightly, for all marriages carry in them a shadow of that good and perfect thing to come.

]]> By: Ariel http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2009/05/04/thoughts-about-marriage-and-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 Ariel Thu, 07 May 2009 20:16:44 +0000 http://thepreacher.cac2.net/?p=238#comment-1038 Good post (welcome back). I like the context of adoption as a way of looking at marriage and, in turn, salvation. It does shed some light on the metaphors (although I don't believe we'll get to the bottom of them until Heaven). Can you clarify this sentence? "if husband and wife are not one, if this relationship is not real, then there is no salvation, for it is only through this relationship that salvation and the gospel make sense and can exist." I think I know what you're getting at, but this is a little unclear. Good post (welcome back). I like the context of adoption as a way of looking at marriage and, in turn, salvation. It does shed some light on the metaphors (although I don’t believe we’ll get to the bottom of them until Heaven).

Can you clarify this sentence?

“if husband and wife are not one, if this relationship is not real, then there is no salvation, for it is only through this relationship that salvation and the gospel make sense and can exist.”

I think I know what you’re getting at, but this is a little unclear.

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