What God Joined Together - Family Radio

Since Christ went to the cross, the earthly aspect of this ceremonial law
is not to be observed. This is shown by Jesus’ reaction to the woman taken in
adultery (John 8:1-11). According to Deuteronomy 22:22, she should have
been stoned, but Jesus, who is eternal God, nullified that command by telling
the woman to sin no more.
The spiritual meaning of Deuteronomy 22:22 continues throughout time
(Romans 7:1-4). The recognition of this spiritual situation points to our
intense need for the Savior.
ONLY DEATH CAN END THE HUMAN MARRIAGE
The word “bound” in Romans 7:2 is important; it is the Greek word “deo.”
It connotes being “shackled together.” For example, in Mark 5:3 it is
translated “bind” and in verse 4 as “bound.” Mark 5:3-4:
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not
with chains: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains,
and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in
pieces: neither could any man tame him.
In Acts 12:6 we read of Peter in prison, “bound with two chains.” The word
“deo” is found many times in the Bible and is always used in the sense of
someone who is tied or shackled. God uses this word to describe the wife’s
relationship to her husband. This is seen in Romans 7:2, and also in I
Corinthians 7:39: “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.”
In I Corinthians 7:27 we read, “Art thou bound unto a wife” The binding
or shackling of the wife to the husband can be broken only by the death of the
husband as Romans 7:2-3 plainly teaches. She is bound to him as long as he
lives.
HOW TO BECOME FREE FROM OUR MARRIAGE
TO THE LAW OF GOD
The Bible has a glorious teaching that shows how we can end the spiritual
application of this ceremonial law. In Romans 7:4 God gives the way of
escape:
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of
Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from
the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
What does we have “become dead to the law by the body of Christ” mean
The death required by our spiritual husband, the law of God, is eternal
damnation, and this is precisely the death Jesus endured when He took our sins
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