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There Are Two Basic Restrictions On Marriage In The Bible: Number One, She Should Marry A Man. Number Two, He Should Be A Christian.

Husbands Are Not Christ. But They Are Called To Be Like Him. And The Specific Point Of Likeness Is The Husband's Readiness To Suffer For His Wife's Good Without Threatening Or Abusing Her. This Includes Suffering To Protect Her From Any Outside Forces That Would Harm Her, As Well As Suffering Disappointments Of Abuses Even From Her. This Kind Of Love Is Possible Because Christ Died For Both Husband And Wife. Their Sins Are Forgiven. Neither Needs To Make The Other Suffer For Sins. Christ Has Borne That Suffering. Now As Two Sinful And Forgiven People We Can Return Good For Evil.

All That Looks Like Reality To Us Is Dependent On God. There Is Creation And Creator, Nothing More. And Creation Gets All Its Meaning And Purpose From God.

Giving In A Regular, Disciplined, Generous Way-up To And Beyond The Tithe-is Simply Good Sense In View Of The Promises Of God.

Oh That God Would Help Me Waken In You A Single Passion For A Single Great Reality That Would Unleash You, And Set You Free From Small Dreams, And Send You, For The Glory Of Christ, Into All The Spheres Of Secular Life And To All The Peoples Of The Earth.