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Wednesday 3 October 2012

How can you believe when you receive glory from one another?

John 5:44 How can you believe if you accept praise from one another...

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"How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God? King James Bible (Cambridge ...

Did Cain seek God's approval? Did he bother to ask what God wanted (Proverbs 3: 5-6) or did he just do his own thing and then covet the happy feeling Abel had and the approval God gave Abel?

The key is clear:  Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. But, some reason that you are going to die anyway, so you might as well enjoy and who knows about the hereafter?; really now.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+12%3A2&version=NIV

As you have believed, then so shall it be.

The feeling you get when you see couples walking down the street with rings on is quite profound.  The culture of ring bearing began with Hebrew and Egyptian culture.  It continues today.  There is just one realisation.  If one couple does not bear rings when they show up at the inn, are they any less married than the couple that shows up with rings on hand?  It depends on the couple subjectively and not the objective observer who has no idea how committed these two people may be to each other but he can look in and observe hopefully something more than affection for the passing moment but an on-going and enduring union with life-long commitment in mind. Did Abraham and Sara have rings on hand? Did Joseph and Mary have rings on hand. As far as I understand it, the answer is no for both couples.

The ceremony is a separate issue and once in the commitment, the ceremony is a sign of the said commitment but see that even Shakespeare in his culture respectfully enjoyed conjugal rights during betrothal. This was also true of betrothals during the life and times of Christ.  His first miracle was turning water into wine.  Now there is a verse about defiling the marriage bed which should not be defiled. If someone asks after enjoying conjugal rights in a betrothal as to whether they defiled the marriage bed, the question is not asked in faith.\; Romans 14:23.  The answer is no since your intention is to be together and not part and now you ask after four years of conjugal moments and are now finally in receipt of your betrothal gift. Red string seemed to be sufficient to provide you contentment and there was faith with it and no one judged you; not even yourself.  You already enjoyed your conjugal moment with God as witness between you.

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