
Question: What shall a man do?
Genesis 2:24 - Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
FYI: Lets focus in on the word "cleave", cause basic understanding of the word you already know means to cling and be joined. The Hebrew word for this "cleave", is dabaq which is 1692 in the Strong's Concordance, which shows this word also means "to pursue hard", or "figuratively, to catch by pursuit". No outfielder in baseball is going to just stand thinking once the ball is hit, that it is going to just fall right into his glove, no thats not how it happens. His intention is going to be to catch the ball, which in order for him to do so, he is going to grasp with his mind, which this is envision, himself having the ability of catching the ball, no matter of the location to where which the ball may be hit. So when the ball is hit, he is mentally focused upon pursuing hard to put forth an effort to catch the ball, and this is the same thing that must be done when it comes to a relationship. So in order to catch this person that you are desiring, your intentions must be pure and wholesome and pleasing in the sight of the Most High, who is hitting this person by way of his power into your direction, just like a pitch to a batter. You must already be in position, meaning the role assigned to you by him as an individual player that is arranged after the likeness of his image.
So therefore when the ball is hit or the person is hit towards your direction, being arranged after his likeness, the Spirit will then guide you giving you the ability of catching the person, no matter the location, because the power of the Spirit is not limited to a city or state, but rather has the power to connect long distance, thus showing you long distance is not a big problem when forming a relationship, as this society has taught you to believe. So in order to catch this person of your dreams in reality, then mentally you must be focused upon pursuing hard to put forth an effort, thus showing you that you must first be commited, cause you can't that which your not commited to receiving. And to do this by pursuit, with the word pursuit signifying action, is to put forth an effort, and anything that requires putting for effort, requires work. So this shows you that as individual players (single), you must already be in the assigned role given unto a man or woman by the Most High (coach), possessing his spirit, and that you must be commited to receiving your potential wife or husband (teammate), thus showing you must work at that which you are commited to (marriage team).
See if society would bring this understanding to the masses of the people, there wouldn't be all this chaos in these marriages, but society is not setup to preserve the root of culture which is family, but rather designed to put families asunder because its a lucrative way of earning profit at another expense, to further advance its Greco Roman Babylonian system. Which this is something you need to know ahead of time as an individual player (single), is that your opponent against your team (marriage) that you desire to have, is this Greco Roman Babylonian system of the beast, and not the teammate (potential spouse) that you shall receive by the grace of the Most High. This is why when your single, it is mandatory that you walk in the Spirit, as Galatians 5:16 says, so therefore when you come together as a team in a marriage, you won't be put asunder by the lusts of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, which Satan shall bring to tempt you hoping to put asunder that which the Most High established, which is marriage. This is why the best option in choosing a mate, is selecting one that walks in the Spirit of the Most High, cause if you don't have the anointing power to be in position to convert somebody, you gone have more trouble than a 3 legged cat at a dog pound. When you truly have the Spirit of the Most High, you will know when the Most High has hit that person in your direction.
Question: What was so key that Joshua showed?
Joshua 24:15 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
FYI: Joshua put the same invitation on the table that Moses had laid out before them, thus saying "choose", in which showing that to serve the Most High and be obedient to his laws and statutes and commandments, and keeping them with the upmost sincerity and truth, this must be done from a free and willing commitment of the heart. The Most High is not going to force you to serve him, to do so you have to do the same thing we spoke about earlier when trying to catch the person that you are desiring. You got to know that because of him you exist, and that without him you are nothing and can do nothing, and you must understand, that him being the potter and you being the clay, meaning he created you, then he can easily destroy you, so you got to fear him. So in serving him, your intentions must be pure and wholesome, cause if not then you serving in deceit and hypocrisy, same thing you would be doing in a marriage if your not comitted from a free and willing heart. Do you see how your commit in marriage go hand in hand with your commit to the Most High? So now you can understand why in Malachi 2:16 you read this - For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: The Most High hates divorce, he created the union of marriage to resemble the union of the heavenly three, in which they are committed unto each other forever, thus translating forever on earth in the earthly marriage, as being till death do you part, seeing as how human beings don't live forever.
So in putting away, is divorcing not only your spouse, but your commit first and foremost to the Most High, because without commit to serve him for the rest of your life no matter what comes tempting you in this life, you cannot endure in a righteous marriage which is a union he created to be till death do you apart, no matter what comes tempting you in this life, are you following me? So how could you expect to go to heaven and abide forever being commited in a spiritual marriage unto the groom which is Christ, and you can't even abide till death being committed in a earthly marriage unto your spouse, in a union designed to prepare you to being the Bride of the Groom which is Christ? Do you see how that would be hypocrisy? So if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, meaning irksome and troublesome and a burden and a weariness, and not a pleasure and delight, then how can you abide in a marriage which is a union setup for a man and a woman to serve him as one just as the heavenly three are one? So now you can understand why all these marriages in this society are steady crumbling, because none of them were established by the Most High, but rather blessed and sanctioned to exist together by the State in which these people ignorantly are marrying in, thus showing their commitment to the State.
Just as a child riding their bicycle eating a ice cream cone and falls down, the State being the parent comes along and says, don't worry and cry sweet heart, you can just get you another ice cream cone and that will make you feel better, then proceed to wipe them up and bless them to be married again to another cone. Yeah that's right, another cone, cause when your marriage is not established accordingly, you only sleeping with a cone head, and that ain't something you want to kiss and rub on, real talk. So as you can see, one unique feature here in Joshua involving commitment, is making a stand, which is to commit to the spiritual path of the Most High's way in which you have chosen, and not be swayed by the things in life that may come upon you to try and deter you from the path, same thing in a marriage. Once you make that commitment to become one as the heavenly three are one, then just as the Father and Son and Divine Spirit cannot be swayed from each other, neither should you nor your spouse allow any situation other than death, to tear yall apart.
Question: But wait a minute, he cheated on me or she cheated on me, what you got to say about that?
Genesis 6:3 - And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
FYI: Job 27:3 says - All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils. So from there we know the Spirit that strives with man being the soul of man, is called the Spirit of God, which is what the Most High breathes and puts into men to make them a living soul, thus give them life in the flesh. So when a man goes away from the pure and wholesome state of the image of the Most High, he becomes corrupted and wholly given up to and immersed in sensual lusts and carnal pleasures, thus does he grieve that Spirit, and is left to the hardness and blindness of his own heart thus killing his own soul, cause for him to partake in the union of marriage and to break commitment unto his wife which is breaking his commit first to his Creator, then what - Proverbs 6:32 - But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. So he or she cheats, they just committed suicide thus causing their time upon this earth to be cut shorter. This is why in order for them to be alive again, they must repent and obey the commandments properly and be baptized in the name of him that was sent to bring us back to the Most High, in order to receive once again his Spirit in order to be born unto righteousness and have hope of life eternal.
FYI: So he or she cheats, they literally walking dead with a reprobate mind until if, the Most High sees a place fit for them in his kingdom, then he might allow them the opportunity if they be not restrained to sin and the carnal pleasures of it and willingly desire with pure and wholesome intentions upon serving him, then he'll open their eyes to the path to find his Son Christ, which is the link that connects man back to Him, otherwise they dead to him. So does that mean that just becaused they jumped off the cliff unto their death, you jump off the cliff to? Nope, because when you chose to commit unto the Most High to serve him, you chose life, and to be drawn away from your commit unto him, is the path unto death. So just because they choose to break their commitment, you still remain in the position, meaning role assigned to you by the Most High, which is arranged after the likeness of his image. Commitment unto the spouse broken by cheating is adultery, thus resulting in breaking that commitment which one made unto the Most High to serve him, which then they stand guilty of spiritual adultery.
FYI: So as you have heard the phrase before so say I again, "one monkey don't stop no show", cause the Most High designed the union of marriage, to be entered into as a lifetime commitment. So therefore, you better exhaust every means possible to keep your commitment, under any trying circumstances that this life may present before you, rather than buckling at the knees and then falling. This is why once again, that the best option in choosing a mate, is selecting one that walks in the Spirit of the Most High, cause two individual players coming together to form a team and already possessing the Spirit of the Most High, have a way better advantage at maintaining a healthy fulfilling marriage. When your walking in the Spirit, you have power and favor on your side, cause now - Jude 1:24 - Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. Cause now having the Spirit of the Most High, is the power that keeps you from falling, and present you faultless, otherwise when something has no fault in it, its perfect, thus showing if you two abide as the Most High commands, you can have a perfect marriage, even if that person cheated many times before.
Question: Well how so, how is this possible, I thought once a cheater always a cheater?
2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
FYI: 1 Peter 3:18 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: Christ suffered for the sins of the just and the unjust, in which cheating is a sin thus making one a cheater, and cutting them off from the Most High. So in order to be brought back from the unjustly nature to the just ways which give life, then just as Christ was put to death in the flesh for our sins or unjust ways, then we to must become dead to the flesh, but how does one accomplish that? Cause first of all, sin is just like going to the pond and feeding some ducks, its not going to come to you until you feel the urge or need to feed it. So you would need a strong will and heart and mind and power to be able to abstain from feeding it right? Of course, so in order to gain this power to help subdue the flesh, you would need to first acknowledge that you do have a problem and sick, and dying slowly and in need of a physician that can make you whole, in which Christ is this physician. So you would then need to know the proper way to take your dose of the laws and statutes and commandments, to further get an understanding of the physician in which you must see.
FYI: Then as you begin to feed your spiritual man with more healthy food, you lessen your appetite or hunger, for having the urge or need to feed the carnal lusts of sin, thus starving your natural man. So the more you intake of the laws and statutes and commandments, your slowly detoxing yourself from the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, thus are you beginning to become renewed as the more spiritual transformation you undergo, thus resetting the tube (mind) of your soul (heart), back towards spiritual programming (fearing the Most High and keeping his commandments). So then to link to him that is the door back to the Father, just as he was put to death in the flesh, so must you undergo being put to death in the flesh, and you this do by being baptized in his name which gives remission of sins. That remission, is your bail which releases you from the bondage or imprisonment of sin, thus showing unto you forgiveness or pardon from your sins, as if they had never been committed. Cause remember, he that commit adultery destroys his own soul, thus bringing upon himself the penalty of death. Well Christ is the remission of that penalty, and just as he was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, so also must you walk in the newness of life which is after righteousness and true holiness, by way of the Spirit of the Most High.
FYI: So by having the Spirit, thus are you united to Christ by faith, which positions you as being the branch is in the vine, which that is, having all your nourishment and support now from it, and to be sustained entirely by it. Which is why the precept said in Jude 1:24 - Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. Cause now being converted from your former ungodly ways no matter what they were, to undergone a change that produced the characteristics of the new man, which is after the Most High in righteousness and true holiness, you become as he had made man before, a new creation after his likeness. So just as your child is made after your likeness, you do whatsoever in your power to protect them from all harm and danger and anything that could lead them astray right? Yes, and thats what the Most High does by way of Christ uniting us back to Him. He then fills us with his Spirit to give us power to govern our flesh, and like the great Father he is, to keep us from falling back into sin, and to keep us not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but keeping us holy and without blemish, so that he may present us before his Son as a chaste virgin, to marry, just as earthly fathers are suppose to do with their daughters when giving them in marriage.
FYI: If a father drops some food on the ground and picks it up and blows the dirt off it, does that make the food clean? No, but yet everyday some daughter is given blessings from her father to be married to a man and she not even a virgin, thus giving the man whose marrying her something unclean to eat. So he might as well null and void the dietary law and eat as he please if he'll accept anything off the ground knowing many feet have been there already. Oh this gets tight right here folks, cause I'm giving it to you raw on how it is and how it was meant to be and how it ought to be. Through a man or woman following the manner I just mentioned, is how he becomes cleansed from his old ways, and begin to have righteous views, righteous motives, righteous principles, and righteous purposes, striving to live his life out as the Most High commands. So this shows you, that going through this transformation and receiving the Spirit of the Most High, is how you can still have a perfect marriage even if that man or woman has cheated many times before. Having the Spirit of the Most High, is the power that keeps you from falling, and present you faultless, otherwise when something has no fault in it, its perfect, thus showing individually you can be perfect, and also showing that if you two abide as the Most High commands, you can have a perfect marriage.
Question: What else?
Romans 8:38-39 - For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
FYI: For I am persuaded, is showing having a strong and unwavering confidence, to know of certainity having no doubts. That neither the fear of death nor all the possible ways one could die, nor the hope of this life and all the things it has to offer, nor evil spirits who seek to alienate the heart and mind away from the Messiah, nor governmental powers and rulers, nor the threat of possible calamities and persecutions which we are now subject to, nor trials to come that we may not know about yet, that can ever have the power to separate him and the rest of the Most High's people, from his love towards them in Christ. Having such strong faith and the Spirit of the Most High, can one then be of full assurance of the love of the Most High itself, and the security of it in Christ. Understand that, when you trust or yield yourself to Christ, know that there is a true and honorable commitment that is established just like in a healthy marriage. So just as how you ought to be persuaded having strong faith that can't nothing separate you from his love for you, so ought you to have that same faith that no matter what comes in this life, you made a commitment to the Most High first, and can't nothing that didn't partake in establishing your marriage covenant between you and your husband, ever separate you from them. So as you can clearly see, the marriage commitment is not something to be taken lightly, but rather with the upmost seriousness of heart and mind and prayer unto the Most High for counsel.
Ephesians 5:25 - Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
FYI: Seeing some of the things these so called men are doing today in these relationships, I have no choice but to bring it raw. Ask yourself, when did Christ ever ask the church to have an affair with another woman or man they wasn't espoused to? Never, so why you do it? When did Christ look upon the physical appearance of the people, and despise them because they were either fat or too dark or even ugly? Never, so why you do it? When did he ever use profanity at them or do them physical harm or steal from them or lie to them or cheat on them or wish evil upon them or leave them for another? Never, so why you do it? When did Christ ever leave them because they had no job or wasn't able to bring nothing to the table? Never, so why you do it? Christ denied himself to promote the happiness of the people, so should you unto your wife. Christ watched over them when they were sick, so should you watch by your wife in her sickness, staying by her side tending to her welfare, not insisting that she get on it just so you can get a free ride. If ever in a situation where it calls for either your life or your wife life, there should be no hesitation on your end to give your life for you wife, if she a good one lol let me hold up I'm just playing.
FYI: But what you must understand as a husband, is that for you your wife has put you first over her family, endowed upon you whatever property she had when coming into the relationship, embed her name into yours, confided her honor and character and happiness to your virtue. So the least bit you could do for her, is to love her with all your heart and strive every chance you get to make her happy, just like you did before yall were married, and so must you also do while yall are married. Your wife should be able to come to you when she is needing comfort, not from some other man or woman or family member or friend or some social network site, but you to whom which she spread her legs for and received your embrace, whether it was good or not, that you should take into account, that she might have just spared your feelings. She might have been thinking "Icould have been better off with the discover channel" lol, and by the time you discover, it ain't going to be no good feeling to channel lol. Some of you sisters might be laughing reading this, but if you want that man love then you should manifest such a character as to be worthy of love. I here a lot of women in these marriages claiming they want their man affection and demanding his confidence in them, but yet failing to realize, that they should show that they are worthy of that confidence and affection. Cause if they don't want nobody bringing sand to their beach, then they shouldn't give nobody a reason to wear sandals.
Wisdom teacheth that it is not pleasant to love that which is unlovely, nor to force affection where even a dog couldn't see reason for erection. No joy comes from trying to force your love upon someone that is undeserving of it, that's like trying to throw a basketball in a keyhole, its not going to work I've already tried it lol, j/k. But on a serious note, a wife expects that her husband will love her more than anything on earth, and she has the right to feel as such, just as she should evince such a spirit that shall make that proper, otherwise its unfitting like trying to eat Salmon with macroni and cheese or eat cereal with a fork. So in order to maintain a healthy fulfilling marriage, you must consistently work at remaining committed to your spouse. This understanding shows you, that if you are no longer committed then you will no longer work to keep your marriage strong. And if you are no longer committed, then the love you once had will eventually run out since you have cut off its fuel supply. Thus then will your union become weaker until the two of you separate either physically or effectively, by effectively I mean living in the same house but not together. So there should be a constant pursuit for the wife and likewise for the husband, which requires working together to maintain a healthy bond, cause commitment is the foundation for a prosperous and fulfilling marriage. So this should let you know, that if it requires work, then commitment doesn't mean love and happiness. Just like getting up each morning and going to your job, your not going to be as excited as you were when you first applied once you develop some years under your belt with the company.
There may be times you might feel good or great, but there also may be times where you just feel like quitting, same thing in a marriage. Love for the job is not what keeps you going each morning, its knowing you have obligations that need to be taken care of, so your need for those obligations motivates you to stay committed to your job, same thing in a marriage. Just like there may be times you want to look for another job cause things just not working out and your unhappy, in a marriage you might feel tempted to look elsewhere for fulfillment and excitement. But you don't quit, you remember the vows you made which you bound yourself to the person before the Most High by, and you find that same need in which you first had, and let it become your motivation to stay committed to your marriage. Understand that with a continued commitment and faith, you can endure through any stormy weathers and become like a kite, by rising not with the wind, but against it. So as more pressure the winds of frustration may apply, you've already developed the commitment to spread your wings against it and fly. Having such a mindset, establishes an environment where flames can be rekindled into love thus sparking the energy for happiness that will ignite your marriage to grow.
Remember this takes two to make it effective, cause if only one is commited then that opens up a whole new can of worms. The one that is commited, operates based off commitment, as where the one who is not, operates based off interest, understand the difference its key. For example, when your interested in doing something, its not something you seek out consistently to have, but rather you do it when circumstance permit, as where when your committed, you make no excuses but rather work hard consistently to gain the benefit of the fruit of your labor. It is commitment that is going to move each other in action, and it is dedication and determination and desire and discipline that is going to follow through as comitted. That which keeps you working and commited, is the power of the Spirit of the Most High, which is the fuel to commitment that will guide you and empower you and carry you through and above any situation that might present itself. Your first commitment must be unto the Most High God of Israel, and you must be faithful and obedient in serving him, your lack thereof will determine whether or not you fail or succeed. Both husband and wife must be striving together in mutual love and understanding and harmony to keep the laws and statutes and commandments of the Most High, and exemplifying the principles of them in their day to day living in order to keep their marriage grounded righteously. When both know their positions and respective roles, then they can strive together to fulfill their obligated duty and purpose of the marriage that the Most High requires, thus doing so allows them to not solely rely on their on strength to sustain them in their marriage, but rather by the force of the Most High's power.
Your marriage must be a mirror reflection of the union of the Father and Son and Spirit as being one, thus being an example unto the world, how to pattern itself. When things seem as if they are not working out properly, you ought to be able to turn to the Most High whom you commit yourself to, for help and answers. This way, your marriage doesn't become subjected to outside influence that isn't apart of the covenant between you and your spouse, that was blessed by the Most High to take form. So always remember you must remain faithful and obedient in your commitment unto the Most High, in order to remain so in your marriage. So understand that marriage is a life long union involving a lot of work to sustain it, and there is no testing phase where you can be married for a while with the understanding that if things don't work out that you can get a divorce, no sir no mam. Your commitment unto your spouse is a reflection of your commitment unto the Most High, in which just as you strive everyday until you die to keep your relationship with the Most High, same thing you must reflect in your marriage, divorce is not an option. Also when you selecting a mate, you better make sure that you are not falling in love with a person that is admantly attached to their family so much, that they would permit their family to influence the marriage, if so you can write void on your heart, cause that's a check that ain't going to cash lol. This is why it is so key and vital to know exactly what marriage is and what it requires to maintain and what the Most High requires from those who partake in the union, shalom.