A husband's and wife's covenant needs, are created by God, they are lasting and legitimate needs, for which they have no morale outlet outside of marriage. The covenant of marriage, as both conceived and defined by God, is made with God on the basis of legitimate needs of both the husband and wife to which both the husband and wife are held equally accountable. No matter how strongly God the Holy Spirit expresses Himself in His holy, eternal, inerrant, written Word. No matter how clearly these passages are exposited. No matter how strongly the exhortation is given. No matter the clarity of the issue – satan still whispers and man still echoes the age old refrain – “Has God said...?”. Just as man struggled with the dictates of God as to his conduct in the garden, so man still struggles with the constraints of the marriage covenant as laid down in the garden. Three questions invariably surface, “What are the grounds for divorce?”, “What if I married the wrong person?”, “What if my spouse does not fulfill their covenant vows?”. The answer to these questions are not found in counseling, are not found in psychology, are not found in the science of inter-personal communication skills, bur rather in the holy, eternal, inerrant, written Word of God. No one issue today so clearly defines an individuals willingness to submit to the rule of God is his conduct than that of the Marriage Covenant. |