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This week on Wheat Among the Tares, we bring you Episode 2 of our series, Better Together, with Pastor Steve Williamson. This episode will focus on the Biblical origin of marriage and God's order for the home, as given in the Scriptures. The need for building strong families has never been more critical, and the spiritual guidance offered in these podcasts will provide you with the knowledge needed to build and be, "Better Together"...

Your greatest assurance as a Christian--if you've been united with Christ--is that your assurance doesn't depend on you. It depends on Christ and His obedience, appropriated by you by faith and imputed to you by God Himself.

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The sermon warns believers against forming binding partnerships with unbelievers, using the metaphor of an ox and a donkey to illustrate inherent incompatibility. Drawing primarily from 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1, the message argues that righteousness and darkness cannot coexist, making separation a necessary response to God's covenant promises. The preacher emphasizes that this command applies broadly to marriages, business dealings, and friendships, not just romantic relationships. By referencing Old Testament laws and Solomon's downfall, the text highlights the spiritual danger of compromising with idolatry or ungodly values. Ultimately, believers are called to live in holiness because they themselves are the sanctuary where God dwells.

The sermon emphasizes that true unity in marriage requires a shared spiritual foundation rather than mere compatibility of preferences. Using the imagery of skyscrapers and yokes, it argues that believers must not marry unbelievers because their opposing worldviews create an unstable basis for life together. The message distinguishes between foundational doctrines, convictions, and personal preferences to help couples navigate differences while maintaining biblical authority. For those already in mixed-faith marriages, the text advises remaining committed and living out consistent godly conduct as a witness to the unbelieving spouse. Ultimately, lasting marital oneness is achieved only when both partners submit to Christ as their common authority and purpose.

Judges 4:17-24

Song of Solomon 4 celebrates the beauty, security, and exclusivity of covenant love within marriage. In this episode of Reading the Bible Daily with Dave, Dave Jenkins explains how this chapter calls husbands and wives to honor one another, protect purity, delight in faithful commitment, and reflect the steadfast love of God. Covenant love is not casual, degrading, or self-centered. It is marked by dignity, encouragement, faithfulness, and joyful commitment. Ultimately, the chapter points us beyond human marriage to Christ, the faithful Bridegroom who loves and keeps His church forever. For more from Reading the Bible Daily with Dave, visit https://servantsofgrace.org/reading-the-bible-daily-with-dave/

The "Walk as Wise" section of the "Now you know grace, therefore..." part of Ephesians contains the 'wise walk' as to marriage. As with much in Christianity, God's ways in marriage are paradoxical to the world's ways. Yet God's ways are the wise ways. They work.