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You may date anyone you wish.
Another lecture.
God knew before the foundation of the World was laid that there would be
a time when the church would be scattered. Does one think that He did
not think on the reality that firstfruits would have the same needs for
companionship and marriage as when the church was much larger.
Rebekah did not live anywhere near Isaac but God brought them together.
The work that God and Christ do with us is very specific and they know
about and see to every minute detail. He knows our every want and
desire. He knows about our loneliness, our desire for closeness, for a
companion, for deepening relationships, for love and for marriage. He
does everything in our lives according to His own good will. He is
perfect in all His ways. Notice some scriptures that speak to the love
and concern both God the Father and Jesus Christ has for us. Instead of
just reading the scriptures, imagine either God the Father or Jesus
Christ making these statements face-to-face in your own home.
John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but
that the world through him might be saved.
Note: A firstfruit must be able to
grasp the meaning of this statement about His love for us. The most
awesome being in the Universe loves us? The human mind cannot possibly
understand the depth of this love for us. He cares about every aspect of
our lives.
John 16:27
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have
believed that I came out from God.
1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
Psalm 27:7
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and
answer me.
Note: God would not have this plea
recorded in His Word if He had no intention of answering us.
Psalm 136:1-3
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Note: If we are doing God's will and
obeying Him, He will have mercy on us.
Psalm 145:20a
The LORD preserveth all them that love him...
Note: This preserving of us involves
the physical, the mental, the emotional as well as the spiritual.
Ephesians 3:17-19
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted
and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and
length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye
might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Note: God knows our status.
Joshua 1:9
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not
afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest.
Note: One of my favorite verses in
the Bible. I have it framed in my office. It says it all. If He is with
us whithersoever we go, He is surely in touch with every desire that we
have. He can provide everything according to His will for us.
Colossians 1:3
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying
always for you.
Note: Another verse God wrote in the
Bible. This is Paul praying for the members at Colosse. I am sure Paul's
prayers for them were both general and specific. God hears those prayers
and knows who His people are.
Lamentations 3:22-23
22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his
compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Note: Great is His faithfulness.
This is a specific promise for our lives now.
Romans 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Note: God is giving us the ability
to hope and to believe and to have joy and peace. If it is His will for
us to have a relationship and/or mate in marriage, He can provide it.
In this time in church history, with the brethren being so scattered,
this has been a concern for many. Circumstances, however, do not
limit God. That is, if God is the author and arranger of
firstfruit marriages, then He will continue to do this despite the
circumstances of those firstfruits on earth.
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