Haven of Mercy

  “And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭4‬-‭6‬ ‭KJV‬‬ The foundation of marriage starts in creation.  God created Adam and then said “It is not good that the man should be alone.”  Why wasn’t it good?  God is a triune God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  God has perfect fellowship and love in his being between the 3 persons.  God in his love and grace has included his creation in that life of fellowship, friendship and love.  God created man to have communion with him not only, but, as one created in his image, with others too.  So God formed Eve from the rib of Adam and gave him his wife.  God made...

  Christ and His Church: An Exhortation to Husbands By Jim Hoogendoorn The picture of Christ as the husband of His church is one of the richest & most meaningful pictures we have in the Scriptures. The applications of this truth are practically endless. The purpose of this article is to show how Jesus exemplifies the role of male leadership and headship for us, and to bring a few practical applications to those principles.  I chose to look at Ephesians 5 because it is probably the most recognized and applied text on marriage (also the passage my wife and I chose for our wedding text). The focus of this article will be the exhortation for husbands to love their wives (25-33a). Love your wife even as Christ loves His church.    Ephesians 5 22  Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23  For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. 24  Th...