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Zac Poonen Illustrations - Three Spiritual Marriages Zac Poonen · March 31, 2020 · 6m
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Summary The sermon uses the metaphor of three 'marriages' to illustrate spiritual progress: first, being bound to the old self; second, being bound to the law, which demands impossible perfection; and finally, being married to Christ. While Christ's standards are also high, the key difference is that He works *with* us as co-workers, offering grace and partnership rather than simply demanding flawless adherence to rules.
Transcript 0:04 Romans chapter 7 speaks about a person who's got into this desire for victory over sin and to live a holy life but who misunderstands how to live it he gets married the picture used as her ears of 0:21 marriage he's married instead of being married to Christ he gets married to the law in Romans chapter 7 is basically in the first part anyway speaking about being delivered from the law what does this mean in 0:37 practical terms in Romans 6 we saw about being married to the old man now it speaks about being married to the law and Romans 7 4 says you were made to die to the law through the body of Christ 0:54 that you might be married to another he moves raised from the dead so we can say here in Romans 6 and 7 we see three marriages for marriage to the old man a marriage to the law in a marriage to Christ there's a lot of difference 1:09 the old man is like a wicked husband who beats me and hammers me and turns me into a prostitute and destroys my life and here is a wife was battered and hammered by this wicked husband longing 1:26 for deliverance and one day her husband dies the old man is dead praise the Lord it's born again and now this believer is now can is free to marry but instead of 1:45 marrying Christ he makes a mistake and marries someone who looks like Christ the law the law is perfect and it's very easy to mistake the law for Christ because it demands righteousness the law is not like the 2:05 old man husband he doesn't hammer you or beat you or do anything to trouble you but the Lord demands perfect you must get up promptly at six o'clock yo you must cook the breakfast and have it ready on the table by 8 o'clock not 8:01 2:23 eight o'clock that's a law every part of the room must be absolutely two of the house must be absolutely tiny the shoes must be in the proper place the clothes must be washed without any stain and ironed and captain the house must be 2:41 and span he never asked for anything evil now how many of you sisters would be like to married such a man who demands perfection in every area he'll say boy this is like getting out 2:57 of the frying pan into the fire and he's a good man but he's so demanding he never asked for anything evil but I can never measure up to his standards then you realize you married the wrong man so 3:15 what to do and this husband this law never died he's so healthy he doesn't have any blood pressure diabetes nothing he's healthy and strong he lived forever because it's a law of God so you'll give 3:31 up all hope I'm married to this man and it says if the married man verse seven verse two is bound by law to her husband as long as he's alive he's gonna live forever that's what I think and that's right the law of God lives forever 3:48 and the woman gives up all hope then God does something else he makes the woman die that also breaks the marriage you were made to die worse for first time the old man the husband 4:06 died now you the wife you were made to die and your relationship with the law is broken and now you're raised up from the dead and you're married you can be married now to Christ that is the third 4:23 marriage where Christ also is very demanding he also says breakfast must be on the table at eight o'clock a third one is not easier one everything must be and span the house must be clean because Jesus standards are not less than the 4:43 standards of the law it's more actually the law said you shall not commit adultery and I say unto you that you shall not even lust in your heart his standard is even higher but there's a difference he says let's you and I do it 4:59 together we'll make breakfast together supposing you're one of those lazy wives who can have breakfast ready only by 1 o'clock in the afternoon or something like that the Lord doesn't throw you out he says never mind we work together and you and 5:18 the Lord work together and gradually next day breakfast is at 11 o'clock in the morning it's not bad yesterday it was 1 o'clock today it's 11:00 in the afternoon you're doing better and the Lord says wonderful we have moved from 1 o'clock 11 o'clock we 5:32 gradually move towards 8 o'clock we're gonna press on to perfection and maybe you're the type of person who washes clothes and still all the stains will be there and the Lord says never mind we'll work on it next time you wash the 5:44 clothes there are just a few stains left they said never mind we're gonna press on to perfection till you wash the clothes there won't be one stain left in it you see how the Lord works with us he's not just giving us commands like the law he works with 6:03 us we are co-workers with him that's the type of husband Jesus
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