Marriage, Divorce and Living Together

Malachi 2:13-16, states that God with holds blessings from those who do not keep their marriage vows and resort to divorce.

“You weep and wail because God no longer pays attention to your offerings…”

That also implies that those who are faithful to their marriage vows are blessed and receive blessings and joy and honor and all good things. He pays attention to you and enriches your lives together.

God states in these verses that He himself witnessed the wedding vows and that in that vowing God makes them “one” And the making them “one” was so they could have “godly offspring”

God concludes the section by saying he hates divorce and by implication he loves marriage.

In our day and time many young men and women live together and even produce offspring with no wedding vows… they are not married.

What are the implications of that?

- no blessings associated with marriage and vows to each other.

- the offspring, sans marriage vows, are not “godly offspring”

I suppose every marriage has rocky spots from time to time. Don’t take the shortcut of divorce as a solution to hard times because the times will just get harder for you. Work out your problems and stay true to your vows and God will be happy with you.

The ones who live together and produce ungodly offspring without marriage (you are not “one”) don’t even begin to realize how much better their lives would be if they invited God into the relationship. If nothing else do it for your children because they are innocent and deserve better.

Live and walk by faith and you won’t be sorry.