Our Marriages Must Become Holy
I was looking for something in Preserving the Restoration and got sucked into the chapter on marriage. There are some real gems in there, here are a few. “Before the establishment of Zion, there must be marriages worthy of God’s protection. Zion is eternal because it is built on an eternal covenant with God. God’s word and those who receive it from Him have no end, they are everlasting, have all power, and all of this comes through the covenant of marriage, between a man and a woman–which is the image of God. Does your marriage reflect the image of God?” “Does your marriage help uncover your sins? We will not begin to first solve a problem with covering up our sins after arriving in Zion, for it must be solved first. Unity must begin within the walls of our own homes. We will never achieve a Zion community until Zion exists in our own homes within our family relationships. Husbands and wives need to have marriages in the image of God. Pride and vain ambition are destructive to relation...