Okay remember back in the early 70's when the beautiful Chrystal Gale sang be seventeen. I really thought the name of the song that the "Button Pushin Cowboy" played was titled Be seventeen. It was just today at the age of 48 that I realized that was the selection on the Juke Box.
Also that joke was is black and white and red all over? I thought the correct rendering was red all over, Never got it till my 30's, Read all over.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
Some are saying that a vote yes on Prop 8 is taking away something that belongs to people and putting it under Religion or Gods rules. What many do not understand is that Marriage does belong to God. Caesars image was stamped onto the Roman coins of that day, marriage has Gods image stamped on it. God invented it and it is a picture(albeit a broken picture) of His relationship with His bride the Church. Government took something that belongs to God, and in an attempt to enhance marriage, gave it a certain tax status and protection. This in reality may have hurt marriage. Marriage is a religious ceremony. It is the joining of a man and woman, physically and spiritually. We, as believers, have allowed the laws of the land to govern our marriages and abused the holiness of marriage by taking our vows lightly and divorcing far too often for selfish reasons. No wonder the general public does not view marriage as a Spiritual union. We have not treated it as such. So instead of Government owning marriage...we the believers need to take back ownership of our marriages and treat them with the holiness we are fighting for . We need to give unto God what is His and that is our marriages. So in conclusion, being that marriage is Gods and He sets up the rules regarding them, there can be no union between any other than one man and one woman. But in preaching this let us remember that Gods other rules apply also;The man should love his wife the way Christ loves the church, the woman should honor her husband as the Head of the marriage, children should obey their parents. I will attempt to add to this as I study it more, I just wanted to write it down as the Lord was revealing to me these simple facts. Yes, we are claiming Marriage as Gods because it is Gods and if the government decides then that marriage should no longer get tax breaks because that is mixing religion with Government so be it. You can not take God out of a Marriage because whether or not you are a believer does not change the fact that marriage is the joining of two into one physically and spiritually as well. So all this talk that a marriage taking place in a court house in front of a judge is not infringing on the Marriage we believers believe in, holds no water. God is everywhere,he is in that courthouse whether believers are present or not and that marriage is spiritual, whether the bride and groom are or are not. God can not be taken out of the marriage ceremony. So a joining of a man and man or woman and woman is not the definition of marriage. Not because I said so but because the one who invented marriage says so. So Church maybe it is time for us to give Caesars what is his,pay taxes, and take back what is Gods',marriage. Let no man put asunder.
Some are saying that a vote yes on Prop 8 is taking away something that belongs to people and putting it under Religion or Gods rules. What many do not understand is that Marriage does belong to God. Caesars image was stamped onto the Roman coins of that day, marriage has Gods image stamped on it. God invented it and it is a picture(albeit a broken picture) of His relationship with His bride the Church. Government took something that belongs to God, and in an attempt to enhance marriage, gave it a certain tax status and protection. This in reality may have hurt marriage. Marriage is a religious ceremony. It is the joining of a man and woman, physically and spiritually. We, as believers, have allowed the laws of the land to govern our marriages and abused the holiness of marriage by taking our vows lightly and divorcing far too often for selfish reasons. No wonder the general public does not view marriage as a Spiritual union. We have not treated it as such. So instead of Government owning marriage...we the believers need to take back ownership of our marriages and treat them with the holiness we are fighting for . We need to give unto God what is His and that is our marriages. So in conclusion, being that marriage is Gods and He sets up the rules regarding them, there can be no union between any other than one man and one woman. But in preaching this let us remember that Gods other rules apply also;The man should love his wife the way Christ loves the church, the woman should honor her husband as the Head of the marriage, children should obey their parents. I will attempt to add to this as I study it more, I just wanted to write it down as the Lord was revealing to me these simple facts. Yes, we are claiming Marriage as Gods because it is Gods and if the government decides then that marriage should no longer get tax breaks because that is mixing religion with Government so be it. You can not take God out of a Marriage because whether or not you are a believer does not change the fact that marriage is the joining of two into one physically and spiritually as well. So all this talk that a marriage taking place in a court house in front of a judge is not infringing on the Marriage we believers believe in, holds no water. God is everywhere,he is in that courthouse whether believers are present or not and that marriage is spiritual, whether the bride and groom are or are not. God can not be taken out of the marriage ceremony. So a joining of a man and man or woman and woman is not the definition of marriage. Not because I said so but because the one who invented marriage says so. So Church maybe it is time for us to give Caesars what is his,pay taxes, and take back what is Gods',marriage. Let no man put asunder.
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