Preaching Echoes

Again, what is the second purpose of marriage - ILLUSTRATION! Our marriages must be a breathing and living picture or example of Christ's love for his church! And men, husbands and future husbands, we share a title that belongs to our Lord - the title "husband" and may we steward it right!

Do not be bound together with unbelievers! This is very fundamental. Why? Because a man will not be able to pass the other requirements, kung dito palang bagsak na siya. Please also take note that though being a Christian is a primary requirement for you to have a godly husband and family... ladies, THAT IS NOT THE ONLY REQUIREMENT if you want a God-glorifying and design-fulfilling-marriage.

Don't just long to satisfy your fleshly-wants at the expense of your wife and children. Instead, fulfill the call of God in your life - sacrifice your life to serve them, nourish them, cultivate them, and love them as Christ did for his Church.

If marriage was God's idea, kung ang Diyos ang nag-establish, nag-imbento at gumawa ng kasalan at pag-aasawa, we must define it and do it - HIS WAY.

Please, brethren, kung binabasa mo lang ang Bible kasi expected sayo ito ng mga tao, REPENT! Hindi yan ang tamang rason bakit ka mag babasa ng Bible, read it for the right reasons - to see and know more of Christ so that you may behold the glory of God and be transformed by the Spirit of God!

Sino daw ang nag wo-work sa ating inner being, sa ating mga puso, sa ating kalooban? IT IS GOD WHO WORKS IN YOU! Hindi sinabing, "it is YOU who works in you" NO!!! we cannot change ourselves in the inside. We need the help of our strong and gracious GOD!

Do you consider kung ano ang iisipin ng mga unbelievers whenever you decide to do something? Of course, we must consider them, not because we are men-pleasers, but for us not to be a distraction, instead, for us to be a decoration for the proclamation of the Gospel!

Brothers, let us not fool ourselves, it is very much possible, na idina-dahilan lang natin yung "I'm free in Christ! I'm free in Christ!" pero ang totoo meron tayong pinag-nanasaan na kasalanan. At ang paraan natin madalas ay gawing pang-camouflage yung "kalayaan" na sinasabi natin, para nga naman hindi halata. Isang malaking kasalanan yan sa harap ng Lord.

Brothers, let us not fool ourselves, it is very much possible, na idina-dahilan lang natin yung "I'm free in Christ! I'm free in Christ!" pero ang totoo meron tayong pinag-nanasaan na kasalanan. At ang paraan natin madalas ay gawing pang-camouflage yung "kalayaan" na sinasabi natin, para nga naman hindi halata. Isang malaking kasalanan yan sa harap ng Lord.

"Gray-Areas" yan yung mga area or situation na honestly speaking, mahirap husgahan kung kasalanan nga ba o hindi, dahil walang direct   instruction ang Bible sa mga yan. Yes, meron tayong laya sa mga bagay na hindi specifically tinawag na sin sa Word of God, PERO mga kapatid, paalala lang, pwede kasi na maging "COVER-UP" ang so-called "Christian-freedom" para sa maling motibo ng pag-kakasala. Kaya dapat na maging mapanuri. Ano ang mga Biblical-questions na pwede nating gamitin kapag may mga gray-areas of decision making tayong kinakaharap?