Covenantal Love: Strengthening Marriages Through God's Commitment
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"Can I tell you today, one thing we must realize that from the beginning of time when God created man and he created woman, since that time, and we see it through the, through the, through the, all of creation and into the fall of man, that the agenda of the enemy, the scheme of the enemy is to bring division in what God has called to be united." [00:01:44] (22 seconds)
"And so isolation is what the enemy is looking for. He's looking to divide our families and our marriages and redefine what even that means in our culture today. And so this series is all about refocusing on and making our marriage stronger so the enemy cannot divide us. Amen? All right. So in Matthew chapter 19, we even see Jesus speaking. He says, look, what God puts together, let no man divide, no man separate." [00:02:39] (27 seconds)
"And the dangerous place will be, is when, when the body or the soul has dominion over our spirit. That's where the danger comes in. The spirit was created to be in tune with the Father and to have dominion over our flesh and over our emotions. Amen? And so our focus today is that we can live only under the direction of one of them." [00:03:40] (25 seconds)
"This casual approach to marriage is, is the shortest, shortest lifespan of marriages that you'll see in our culture today. And, and because it's so casual, we have normalized alternate forms and alternate definitions of what marriage is. See a casual marriage that's really based upon my flesh and my needs, we then define what marriage is based upon who we want to share our bed with." [00:04:43] (27 seconds)
"The second approach of marriage is really based upon our mind, our soul, our mind, our will, emotions. It's more of a contractual marriage. It's an agreement. And if you are fulfilling my emotional needs, then we'll keep this thing going. If you'll do this for me, then I'll stay in this thing. Right? See, contracts, let's just talk about business contracts or real estate contracts. Most contracts, you need a contract when there is mutual distrust." [00:07:06] (36 seconds)
"And so what you do, you have to understand that, and here's the thing, if there is a person that can fulfill all your needs, you'll find out real quick, it's not just that person. It will be any person that can fulfill your needs. If you're searching for an emotional fulfillment, you'll marry somebody who gives it to you, and as soon as someone else comes by that meets that same needs, you'll just change households. You'll just change relationships." [00:09:19] (27 seconds)
"The idea that our spirit, man, our spiritual approach to marriage is, is that we must be in tune with God so that God can be at the center of our marriage. Here's the thing about marriage. Marriage can't be casual. It cannot be contractual. Because God's called it to be holy. And when it's holy, it's our spirit aligned with God's spirit. It's how our hearts align with God's heart." [00:10:05] (30 seconds)
"A covenantal marriage has unconditional commitments. I'm going to say that one again. I don't want to act like there's not and avoid the fact that there are difficult situations even in this room. There are hurts and there are pains that some of you are going through now and have been through in your past. But can I tell you, but if you're in this room, Jesus is also in this room." [00:14:36] (26 seconds)
"It's not like the contract. You do this for me, I'm in this thing. You violate the agreement, I'm out. It's something that is forever. Therefore, my last point in this approach, there are no exit strategies in a covenantal marriage. Y 'all hear me? There are no exit strategies. There's no back doors, there's no way outs, there's no plan Bs, there are no exit strategies in a covenantal marriage." [00:15:25] (26 seconds)
"See, a covenant is not based on feelings. It's not based on our fleshly desires. A covenant relationship has no... Nothing to do with contracts or agreements. A covenant relationship is forever. See, in the old covenant, in the Old Testament, we see that Israelites, they would take a lamb once a year to celebrate Passover, and during Passover, they had to slaughter the lamb, and they had to come, they took the blood of the lamb, and they allowed the blood to drain into the bucket." [00:25:34] (47 seconds)
"And we see that as the blood was applied to the doorposts, I'm sure you can picture it dripping down, falling all the way down the doorposts, covering every single thing that it was supposed to cover, and we see that foreshadowing of the New Testament, when Jesus, the lamb, the spotless lamb, the perfect sacrifice, he comes, and he puts himself on the cross, and on the cross, his blood flows, covers everything, because there's no remission of sin without the shedding of blood, and at that moment, we see that he has come with blood spilled and cut a covenant with you and with me forever, and at that moment, he provides a way for us to know him." [00:26:34] (47 seconds)
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"And so isolation is what the enemy is looking for. He's looking to divide our families and our marriages and redefine what even that means in our culture today. And so this series is all about refocusing on and making our marriage stronger so the enemy cannot divide us. Amen? All right. So in Matthew chapter 19, we even see Jesus speaking. He says, look, what God puts together, let no man divide, no man separate." [00:02:39] (27 seconds)
"And the dangerous place will be, is when, when the body or the soul has dominion over our spirit. That's where the danger comes in. The spirit was created to be in tune with the Father and to have dominion over our flesh and over our emotions. Amen? And so our focus today is that we can live only under the direction of one of them." [00:03:40] (25 seconds)
"This casual approach to marriage is, is the shortest, shortest lifespan of marriages that you'll see in our culture today. And, and because it's so casual, we have normalized alternate forms and alternate definitions of what marriage is. See a casual marriage that's really based upon my flesh and my needs, we then define what marriage is based upon who we want to share our bed with." [00:04:43] (27 seconds)
"The second approach of marriage is really based upon our mind, our soul, our mind, our will, emotions. It's more of a contractual marriage. It's an agreement. And if you are fulfilling my emotional needs, then we'll keep this thing going. If you'll do this for me, then I'll stay in this thing. Right? See, contracts, let's just talk about business contracts or real estate contracts. Most contracts, you need a contract when there is mutual distrust." [00:07:06] (36 seconds)
"And so what you do, you have to understand that, and here's the thing, if there is a person that can fulfill all your needs, you'll find out real quick, it's not just that person. It will be any person that can fulfill your needs. If you're searching for an emotional fulfillment, you'll marry somebody who gives it to you, and as soon as someone else comes by that meets that same needs, you'll just change households. You'll just change relationships." [00:09:19] (27 seconds)
"The idea that our spirit, man, our spiritual approach to marriage is, is that we must be in tune with God so that God can be at the center of our marriage. Here's the thing about marriage. Marriage can't be casual. It cannot be contractual. Because God's called it to be holy. And when it's holy, it's our spirit aligned with God's spirit. It's how our hearts align with God's heart." [00:10:05] (30 seconds)
"A covenantal marriage has unconditional commitments. I'm going to say that one again. I don't want to act like there's not and avoid the fact that there are difficult situations even in this room. There are hurts and there are pains that some of you are going through now and have been through in your past. But can I tell you, but if you're in this room, Jesus is also in this room." [00:14:36] (26 seconds)
"It's not like the contract. You do this for me, I'm in this thing. You violate the agreement, I'm out. It's something that is forever. Therefore, my last point in this approach, there are no exit strategies in a covenantal marriage. Y 'all hear me? There are no exit strategies. There's no back doors, there's no way outs, there's no plan Bs, there are no exit strategies in a covenantal marriage." [00:15:25] (26 seconds)
"See, a covenant is not based on feelings. It's not based on our fleshly desires. A covenant relationship has no... Nothing to do with contracts or agreements. A covenant relationship is forever. See, in the old covenant, in the Old Testament, we see that Israelites, they would take a lamb once a year to celebrate Passover, and during Passover, they had to slaughter the lamb, and they had to come, they took the blood of the lamb, and they allowed the blood to drain into the bucket." [00:25:34] (47 seconds)
"And we see that as the blood was applied to the doorposts, I'm sure you can picture it dripping down, falling all the way down the doorposts, covering every single thing that it was supposed to cover, and we see that foreshadowing of the New Testament, when Jesus, the lamb, the spotless lamb, the perfect sacrifice, he comes, and he puts himself on the cross, and on the cross, his blood flows, covers everything, because there's no remission of sin without the shedding of blood, and at that moment, we see that he has come with blood spilled and cut a covenant with you and with me forever, and at that moment, he provides a way for us to know him." [00:26:34] (47 seconds)
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