“Do not form a marriage alliance with them” (10 min.)
The sacred institution of marriage is a gift from Jehovah and awaits many blessings and benefits for the spouses. This sacred institution is no longer so for today's society, where many people do not believe or need to marry, where they do not respect the gifts that God has given us that can only take place in this sacred union.
All this debauchery that exists in the current material and immoral system causes terrible consequences and problems that ends up breaking families, people and children's lives through. The institution of marriage is one of the great gifts that God gives us for our benefit, because He does not want to see us suffer but to be happy as a family.
Therefore, Jehovah's opinion on marriage, sexual relations, family life with children, etc., has not changed, and marriage remains sacred and the only valid legal framework where these activities can take place for the satisfaction of both spouses.
The moral degradation that exists today tries to underestimate this sacred union that God has instituted and tries to laugh at it. Today's society preaches anything goes without having to be married, and this cannot be. Faithful and clean Christians see this situation from the outside and we are also aware of all the problems that are generated by not obeying this sacred principle that God gives us through the Bible.
People who do not believe in God do not understand why certain things are only reserved for marriage, since in their life it is normal to do so at any time. Furthermore, by not sharing our same Christian values, they do not understand many aspects of our life in our sacred service to God.
For example, why should we preach the name of God assiduously, why from meetings, from prayer, from our routine study of the Bible, from why we don't celebrate certain holidays, etc. There is such an opposite and clear bipolarity of moral values that it is not possible to marry a person outside the Lord and that does not represent a stumbling block in some aspects of our faith.
Jehovah in his immense wisdom knew this and warned about it. What's more, he made it quite clear and gave a mandate to the Israelites to only marry those people who also worshiped God in the way that they did.
This has not changed. The Bible gives us the mandate to marry in the Lord, with a spouse who shares our same beliefs and way of life. Only in this way, we will be happy, we will continue at Jehovah's side and we will be obeying him.
LET'S READ: Deuteronomy 7: 3
"Do not form any marriage alliance with them. Do not marry your daughters to their sons or marry your sons to their daughters "
Jehovah knew that Satan would use this trap to corrupt the Israelites, so that they would marry these men or women and gradually they would worship their false gods or spend less time on their dedication and pure worship.
By not sharing the same moral, Christian values and the same sacred service to God, there would be pressure for them to do what their non-Christian spouse wants while leaving God aside. Jehovah warned that if they married outside of the lord they would grow apart from him and end up serving other gods, or putting other things and entertainment first.
The danger was great and the problems and consequences many. Jehovah does not want to see us suffer, he wants the best for us. And these types of marriage alliances are not. The protection that God gives us is lost, in addition to being easy prey for enemies when we lose Jehovah's favor.
Satan knows better than anyone how to attack us, sometimes directly and others he works patiently and with time, so that it enters our hearts without realizing it until it is too late and we stop serving God.
LET'S READ: Deuteronomy 7: 4
“Because they will make your children stop serving me to serve other gods; then Jehovah will be angry with you and quickly annihilate you. "
Today, they may not make us serve other false gods directly. But a very clear example is the different celebrations that this system does. Birthdays, Christmas, carnivals, Easter, etc., are all celebrations that all or almost all the people of this system do and that we as true Christians do not share.
In a marriage with a non-Christian spouse it is very difficult to avoid certain of these celebrations completely, and if it is done, it can lead to problems with the other person such as resentments and other types of feelings. It can happen like we just read in Deuteronomy and get to a point of seeing it normal and that Jehovah is angry with us.
We do not want to risk our intimate relationship with God and therefore we obey all his commandments, marrying in the Lord is one of them. This commandment, like all the others, was given because Jehovah loves us, loves us and wants to protect us at all times. He never wants to see us sad.
Christian marriages are much happier than others, and this is not a trivial matter. We have checked it, and we check it day after day. In a Christian marriage with true Christians and faithful and loyal servants of God, there is no room, sexual infidelity or deception does not take place.
Christian marriages have the assurance that their spouse will always be loyal to the other and will never commit adultery or any other detestable practice. This surely generates great peace of mind and reinforces our full trust in our spouse, making marriages stronger and happier. What a great blessing Jehovah gives us that we can fully trust our spouse! This doubt in the world, in non-Christian marriages, always exists and causes many problems.
Solomon loved Jehovah very much and still sinned against him, as his foreign wives urged and pressured him. When Jehovah tells us to marry only those who serve him, it is so that we do not make the same mistake. For us to do well, for us to be happy, for us to be trustworthy and loving.
All are blessings and we are very grateful for Jehovah's great wisdom and that he cares so much about us, about our lives, about our marital bond.
Furthermore, when we do so, we are obeying Jehovah and acknowledging that He has the authority to tell us what is right and what is wrong.
The debauchery of society does not affect a Christian faithful and loyal to God. Jehovah's point of view on marriage, on the sacred union that He has anointed has not changed no matter how hard this system is. What's more, now more than ever it is important to obey what the Bible tells us.
LET'S READ: 1 Corinthians 7:39
“The wife is tied to her husband as long as he is alive. But if your husband falls asleep in death, he is free to marry whoever he wants, as long as it is in the Lord. "
LET'S READ: 2 Corinthians 6:14
Don't put yourself under an unequal yoke with unbelievers. Because what relationship do justice and evil have? Or what do light and darkness have in common? "
We have to choose our spouse very well. It must be a Christian spouse who loves God and strives in all aspects of his life to fulfill his will, even if he makes mistakes and has defects, there is no one perfect. But you do have to strive to change, to improve, to strengthen your faith, to be a better spouse. By obeying Jehovah and his commandments.
In this way, our marriage will be strong and will have Jehovah in the first place, we will be under a Christian marriage yoke as God wants for us, so that things go well for us, so that we will have many blessings for the rest of our lives.
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