Dating causes too many problems.  We should not date as Christians!!!

There is no term for this or model for this in the bible! Let’s make a choice to stop dating and wait on God.

Then you may ask how do I find the right person for me.

Answer read below: (Here’s a hint: YOU DON’T FIND ANYONE) You allow God to send the right person to you!

Our real biblical model for marriage is Jesus Christ and the church ( Eph 5:22-32). Let’s look at how God the father, helped Jesus to be betrothed to his bride the church.

1) God the father chose the bride.  God chose us to have a relationship with Jesus. Translation – stop looking and allow a parent or if you don’t have one a spiritual parent to choose for you. No one seemed to like this. This means that as singles we should be focused on Jesus Christ first. As we focus on Christ and grow and mature- God will begin to speak to a spiritual parent or your natural parent about who a possible mate may be for you.

2) Jesus stayed in constant communication with the father in the process. Oh Jesus always talked to God about the church and his bride. We can also see this with Ruth and Naomi. Ruth 3:1-6. Ruth was a widow and Naomi was her spiritual parent. Naomi told Ruth exactly how to proceed in the relationship and she chose to obey. Hence, she ended up with Boaz and entered into the lineage of Jesus Christ. Listen and obey God and your spiritual parents. DON”T DATE – Listen to your spiritual parent.

3) Jesus paid the ultimate dowry for the bride. Jesus gave his life and body for the church. We shoud prepare to bring a dowry to the mate. The dowry is not just financial but the internal. We should bring to the table a person who is completely free of emotional baggage, financial baggage, prior datng baggage, etc. Deal with your issues. Until we deal with our issues we are not ready t be married. Bring a virgin heart and renewed body to the marriage.!!!

4) Jesus hasn’t touched the church yet! – It is interesting to note that we are betrothed to Christ as his bride and the wedding will take place on the last days when Jesus comes back see Rev 19. NOTE we should not touch a person physically. 2 Cor 6:9 – FFFFFFLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEE (Flee) Sexual Immorality. RUN Forest RUN!!! Stay away from them! No touching! THis is how we end up with more babies that are unplanned, sexual diseases, broken hearts, etc.

5) WAIT ON GOD – as you wait on God, he will develop your character and you will become the spouse he desires you to be and you will have a HAPPY MARRIAGE!

Let’s discuss, what do you think?

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This entry was posted on Friday, June 19th, 2009 at 10:01 am and is filed under Pastor's Blog.