AntiChrist RZ 12/02 - Tomorrow's World

The Ten Commandments
In America and Britain today, a God-rejecting society all too
often seeks a Hollywood-type romantic ideal in marriage. Thus
men and women are subtly encouraged to break the marriage
covenant if their selfish, sensual desires are not fulfilled with the
wife or husband of their youth. In a “marriage-go-round” society,
they fail to learn the basic lessons of character that marriage can
and should teach—outgoing concern for their mate, patience,
mercy, humility, service and lasting faithfulness. In addition, they
fail to consider the suffering and frustration of the children from
their original marriage—the irreparable damage done to their lives
and minds that will carry over into yet future generations and
future marriages.
Truly, even though God allows some marriages and homes to
be shattered by divorce, it is something our Creator abhors. “For
the LORD God of Israel says that He hates divorce…” (Malachi
2:16). Again: “…The LORD has been witness between you and the
wife of your youth, with whom you have dealt treacherously; yet
she is your companion, and your wife by covenant” (v. 14). There
is no question, then, that God hates divorce—even though He
allows it. To learn the lessons God intends in marriage, true
Christians should seek to “cleave” to their mates in body, mind
and attitude. They should seek earnestly to understand each
other—to share freely and joyously their plans, their hopes, their
dreams. And, with God’s help, they will crush any adulterous and
lustful thoughts that present themselves. The sin of lust is more
fully understood when you realize how righteous and holy the
proper use of sex in marriage is to Almighty God the Creator. The
process of adultery, and the process of divorce and remarriage,
usually begin in the heart.
Notice how Jesus Christ covered this point in magnifying the
law of God and making it holy: “You have heard that it was said to
those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that
whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed
adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:27–28). Jesus taught
that you break the seventh commandment when you even so
much as entertain thoughts of sexual lust toward another person.
Action follows thought. So it is part of the development of
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