The life partner (Part I)
Today I begin a long teaching on marriage which is sometimes a taboo subject in the church. Everything we often hear in church is that women should be submissive and that men should love their wives. But I think the teaching is not enough as divorce statistics in the world today are very terrifying.
Let me give you some examples of statistics collected in January 2014:
Belgium was at the head of ten nations most divorced in the world where 71% of couples are divorced. That means that in ten couples in Belgium, seven are divorced. France occupies the ninth place with 55% and the USA occupies the tenth place with 53%.
You can tell me that they are unbelievers, but the bad news is that statistics show that 50% of Christian couples are also divorced. That means that in ten Christian couples, five are divorced.
In Africa many couples are officially together while they are informally divorced. African culture forces women not to leave the household but if they are still at home, it does not mean that marriage still holds.
If marriage is so sacred, why such failures?
If you drive a car and along the way, the car stops and refuse to start, you cannot get mad at the car but you have to open the engine to locate the failure in order to repair it. If you are not good in mechanics, you will seek a mechanic who has the knowledge to repair cars. If the mechanic cannot fix it, the last solution is to seek help from the manufacturer of the car.
To find the best solution of marriage, we will find out what the founder of marriage (God) says about it. We will go through the bible from Genesis to Revelation because the solution is not in science but in the word of God.
The devil knows that by destroying households, he destroys nations to block God's plan. I will talk about mate choice for singles, commitment, divorce, the impact of marriage in our prayers and what God expects of married couples.
Fasten your seat belts because we will fly in the second part of the teaching
Chris Ndikumana
