The words husband
or wife do not occur in the Bible in either the Old or the New Testament
in the original. They are simply, man and woman, a mate
and a helpmate.(see
on in video by David Straight at a training class in, Utah
5, 33:30).
The words wife and wives
were used by translators to indicate a woman specific
to a man and vice
versa in a closer relationship than his concubines..Adam
Clarke's Commentary adds:."The
etymology
of the term will at once show its propriety when applied to the head of
a family. The word 'husband' is Anglo-Saxon
and simply signifies the bond of the house or family, as by him the family
is formed, united and bound together, which, on his death, is disunited
and scattered.
"It is on this etymology
of the word that we can account for the farmers and petty landholders being
called so early as the twelfth century, 'husbandi', as appears in a statute
of David II, king of Scotland. We may therefore safely derive
the word from 'a house', and from 'to bind or tie' and this etymology appears
plainer in the orthography
which prevailed
in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, in which I have often found
the word written 'house-bond' or 'house-band'; so it is in a Bible before
me, written in the fourteenth century. Back then the word often had to
do with husbandry,
that of providing for the family by tilling
the land."
Heartfelt commitments before
God however, carry much weight, whether or not a couple decides upon a
state license for sex, called a marriage license.(a
license is a waver
of prosecution and usually comes with a fee for some rule concocted
to earn money for purposes of those making such rules {ever heard of a
protection
racket?}; there are ways to license without charging; charging for
that which is freely given to you by God is a form of master-over-slave
control; is that why they do it?),
which actually brings a third party into your relationship, the state.
Learn to avoid these errors from David
Straight.
'Deciding towards a definite
end' is a 'commitment', a decision.
A commitment
is a decision, in this case, to make a relationship work. In this sense
marriage.(what
does the word really mean?).is
often entered into.
If a relationship is dead
spiritually, emotionally and mentally, it soon will be physically over.
Couples who can't talk, talk, talk, will soon walk. Couples steeped in
their ego existence are simply waiting for negative cirsumstances to separate
them. It would have been better to consider carefully what
an optimum mate could be like.
All the promises are in Christ,
such as
beauty, prosperity,
health, right mate, protection. When one believes this why would they not
focus upon the source of all their hopes and dreams. We show our belief
state by what we do focus upon, which sometimes are negativity and things
that hurt another's heart.
Gain the glory. Overcome
that which holds little, if any, ultimate profit for yourself and aim for
a greater reward. No, not salvation. That's a gift to you. See more under
'Rewarded'.
By focusing upon the fact
that Christ is in you and in the other, we elevate ourselves out of worldly
carnal
thinking which is deadly to relationships.
2Corinthians
1:20 "For all the
promises of God in Christ are.yes.and
be it so.(for
sure).unto
the glory of God by us." Ephesians 1:18
".....the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints." Philemon
1:6 ".....every good thing which is in you
in Christ Emmanuel.".There
are no promises of God outside of Christ.(and
what
does.'Christ'
really mean?).for
anybody, but the promises include all people
everywhere.
Today is different regarding
promises from God in Old Testament times. Not that the promises are different,
but how to get them is different. It's
not a 'following rules' that gets you some privilege, as society has lived
under for hundreds of years, such as 'pay your income tax' and you have
the privilege of working your ass off some more so that you can pay us
again. This was the devil's way, never the God of all kindness and love's
way. A society brainwashed by the dark side to be away from the true God
could never see what to do about it but to shut up and comply.
The dark side's hold over
those of humanity is now over. What
is this going on here?
The promises made to ancient
Abraham.(Genesis
22:17,18).were
expanded and apply to believers in
Christ today and are coming to pass as we
move into the time of God's reign on Earth, called the kingdom of God.
Abraham is the father of
the faithful and was promised great blessings:.Acts
3:25 "You are the children of the prophets and of the covenant
which God made with our fathers by saying unto Abraham.(Genesis
12:1-7), And in your seed.(progeny).shall
all
the kindreds
of the Earth be blessed.(this
is starting now and will even encompass all
who have passed on)."
Romans
4:1,11,12 "What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining
to the flesh, has found?...that he might be the father of all them
that believe...And the father...to them...who also walk in the
steps of that faith of our father."
Romans
9:8 "That is, They which are the children of the flesh.(Abraham's.physical.descendants),
these are not the children of God.(the
Creator is not concerned with fleshly things, but the things of
the spirit), but the children of
the promise.(the
promise made to Abraham:.Genesis
18:18,19).are
counted for the seed."
Galatians
3:7,9 "Know you therefore that they which are of faith, the same
are the children of Abraham. So then they which be of faith are blessed
with faithful Abraham."
If you are in Him, that is,
in
Christ, then all He has been given is now yours. He
has the promises. If He's in you, they are with Him
in you. They will unfold in time. But.ask!
Always ask for what you want and need. Be like Jabez!
The way to get it is to forget
undue concern over physical things. Seek the
spiritual
gifts. They are the really important ones.to
set up both you and those you love in the
next life, the reason why we all are on Earth in
the first place.
The following passage of
scripture is basically saying to those inclined to be frantic
over how secure they may be tomorrow: stop worrying! Worrying drives
the good away from you. Learn to relax in
faith that all is going to be ok:.Romans
8:28 and Matthew
6:24-34 "No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the
one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the
other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take
no thought.(worry).for
your life, what you eat or what you drink, nor yet for your body, what
you put on. Is not the life more than meat and the body than raiment.(clothing)?
Behold.(consider).the
fowls of the air. For they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into
barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them.(and
provides clothing and shelter; they have nests).
Are you not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add
one cubit unto his
stature.(you
cannot make yourself grow any more, so why worry about what your height
is)? And why take you thought for raiment?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither
do they spin. And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed
like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field,
which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more
clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What
shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.(it
was not the time back then for the Gentiles
to be God's people; it is now). For
your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. But
seek you first the
kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be
added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow. For the morrow
shall take thought for the things of itself.
Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof.".The
Creator has a special interest in each of us and looks
after us.
Secure for yourself and
your loved ones, the promises,
which are all in Christ.
Acceptance of each other
as we have accepted Christ's spiritual
nature into our hearts, is critical if one wants to have a consistently
growing and interesting loving relationship.
Your heart felt beliefs
should be as similar
as possible to progress from or it won't be much of a relationship.
Cells
align only with like kind:.2Corinthians
6:14 "...do not be unequally yoked with an unbeliever".Follow
the
things of God with others of like mind:.2Timothy
2:22. More on this!
Many Christians have yoked
up with unbelievers due to them following their own understanding.(Proverbs
3:5).and
not focusing upon their spiritual nature or perhaps, they just are not
interested in the spiritual things at this time.
Now living the result of
having focused upon the physical, many relationships are less than vibrant.
Living a life based upon physical concerns wears thin quickly.
Feeling guilty is refusing
to forgive yourself for what you may have done after you regret
your actions.
