May 16, 2010
Definitions of the Vows
Ephesians 5 (New International Version)
Wives and Husbands
22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— 30for we are members of his body. 31"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."32This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Paul is referencing the Verse from Genesis
Genesis 2 (New International Version)
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
People use this in their ceremonies. Let’s examine the words and the source of the meanings. There is some controversy over the obey.
Do you take **** to be your lawfully wedded (spouse), to love, honor, and obey?
Love- ahab to love like. A strong emotional attachment to and desire to possess or to be in the presence of the object: familial, romantic, of friendship.
Agapao- related to the word Agape, describes the attitude of God toward his Son and on the human race in general.
Honor- kabed Heavy numerous and severe, rich…. This adjective bears the connotation of heaviness as an enduring ever present quality, a lasting thing
Obey- peitho the NT suggests this to be an actual and outward result of the in inward persuasion and consequent faith.
Pisteuo this is a word that implies trust. It is closely related to peitho which is an outward expression (behavior) of this idea…..
Lawfully ennomos lawful legal literally in the law.
The ulitmate view the Bible has on the Marriage of the Lamb....
Revelation 19 (New International Version)
6Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: "Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. 7Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. 8Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear." (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.)
9Then the angel said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!' " And he added, "These are the true words of God."
10At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
