30/06/2025
This verse, I remember & recalled the debate over divorce in the House of Representatives (Philippines) that was around March in the year 2024. A congressman with a religious affiliation quoted this exact verse to the congressman & author of the bill. The debate was, "Where in the Bible does it say, 'Till death do us part?'" Despite the defense of certain conservative lawmakers, the progressives still had it, and the author of the bill celebrated, then later on, he died!
Do you think it was a coincidence?
Well, he was very old, but some had said he'd been a fighter, and I saw such politicians survive at least 80-90+ years by God's grace, but why? This man who "fought" for certain good, but some were even "bad," as in there were certain bills he authored & debated that went too far, and the only "too far" thing I've observed is this one he did: QUESTIONING GOD'S WORDS!
Because what kind of man who's a lawmaker of a religious country, from rags to riches, and given an extension to live by God's mercy would question the very foundation God had for mankind? Especially concerning marriage, marriage is sacred, and without marriage, well, you & I wouldn't even be born today, or we would've just been aborted or abandoned because of broken marriages, don't you think going for "absolute divorce" is going too far!?
He debated that annulment & legal separation cost legal fees, so he proposed that the "absolute divorce" will be "free" for those who "necessarily" need it, even if it sounds nice, but you know it'll only encourage some people to PLAY WITH MARRIAGE rather than take marriage seriously. Even today, some young people think marriage is a joke, so they avoid marriage ceremonies, but they cannot avoid the responsibility of being "un-ceremonially married" to their "partners" but "not spouses." What a joke these young people are making mistakes in romance nowadays.
Look, we all know that some marriages aren't "perfect" and some marriages are "bad" because they were untimely without any preparations & considerations, and you chose the wrong man or woman. We reap what we sow, and we should learn from our history, not repeat it or remove it! Legislating an "absolute divorce" without any considerations of faith, not only "culture, race, and ethnicity, etc.," but also FAITH that in those 3 (race, culture, ethnicity, etc.) they all have a FAITH that marriage is sacred; the only ones who don't see marriage as sacred are like dogs messing with a lot of garbage cans in the streets.
I don't care if we're in a "new age generation" of garbage, and God doesn't even care about the "trends" of the "new age" today (Romans 2:11).
"For there is no respect of persons with God."
God's standards are the highest standards no lawmakers can ever be able to tear down. You mess with God's laws & standards, and God will mess with you!
Just look at what happened to those who pushed for divorce without considerations, and look at what happened to broken families caused by "absolute divorce" in other countries. If the divorced couples are having a "happy, liberated life" living off the alimonies with merry wine and jumping on the mattresses, what about their children? Are they well?
What happened to the children of broken marriages caused by absolute divorce?
Either abandoned or abused more than before there was an "absolute divorce" caused by either the divorced parent or the "new partners" of their "absolutely" divorced parents, and either been aborted before coming out to the world!
"Absolute" abortion laws will follow after an "absolute divorce law," since the mockers are barking, "My body, my right, my life, and since I'm not into this man or woman, this child doesn't deserve to be in my life!" How cruel! Are you okay with perhaps countless unborn babies not getting to experience a life on Earth?
Even just to be born, to be raised, and to be loved for a short time, do innocent babies in the wombs deserve to be "aborted" so easily without guilt?
Those dogs are going to mockingly say,
"Well, let God take care of them." Oh yes, of course God will. Not only will God comfort them, but God will also avenge them!
Remember the birth of Moses?
Pharaoh killed innocent male babies, God saved Moses, and Egypt paid the price that God called Moses to bring plagues upon Egypt, and Egypt is no longer the powerful country it was once. That time, for thousands of years, Egypt has been ruled by different empires that came & went, never considered as a rich country like the Gulf states, and even today, she is still not so great.
Remember Herod the King?
Herod tried to kill the young Messiah; he caused a great "bloodbath" that later came back to bite him, and his children as well were cursed. How many "Herods" in the New Testament you read fell by God's judgment?
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God takes marriage & human life seriously.
Marriage is not a toy you can play around with, mess with, and throw away that easily with "buying" a "new toy" without any consequences. Marriage is sacred, holy, and sanctified, and although some unsaved people have "cracking marriages," they CAN BE FIXED!
Absolute divorce laws cannot restore broken marriages, they cannot rebuild broken homes/families, and they cannot even heal the broken & wounded lives of the children who suffered because of their own poison.
And what can "salvage" your marriage?
GOD'S WORDS: THE BIBLE!
This is why you have most of your marriage ceremonies led by pastors or, in civil weddings, judges & city mayors, but didn't you go through "marriage counseling" sessions before the official ceremony of your marriages?
(Even after marriage, you can seek counsel.)
This is why we have Love, Courtship, and Marriage (LCM) seminars/conferences in our churches; it's for the next generation to be more aware and prepared for the life of becoming an independent individual that will eventually have their own houses/families to build through solid, biblically grounded marriage.
(Do you want your children to make the same mistake you did for not attending LCM?)
And what are the purposes of the Bible-believing Baptist churches who are going out to the field, reaching people from different places & different situations, and trying hard to minister unto them? Do you unsaved, philosophical, love-struck losers think the "Bible Churches" are only to "make people look good" more than you?
(Churches have more impact than you think).
That's why you don't succeed in untimely, unprepared, and unbiblical marriages or even family building without God's standards, no matter how much money you earn to provide for your children. But if you can play with your marriage anytime you like, you either take custody of your child or not; that child will grow up hating you and becoming worse than you and perhaps might become a well-known person with many wives or husbands. Do you want that to happen to your children? And isn't that the story of our ancestors before?
Well, the choice is yours, but never forget this:
GOD TAKES HIS STANDARDS SERIOUSLY!
(One of His standards is marriage & life.)
Galatians 6:7 (KJV)
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."
Mess with marriage, and God will mess up your life!
DEVOTION BREAK | TILL DEATH DO US PART:
DON'T MESS WITH GOD'S STANDARD!
1 Corinthians 7:39 KJV
"The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord."
Devotion by Enli8hten
GABCM - Biñan City, Laguna
May the Lord find us faithful