Question
Are there no boundaries in your marriage relationship? If yes,
what are they? How is this analogy related to our marriage relationship
with Christ?
Answer
The marriage relationship is tightly bound by the Law of Love. In
fact, marriage is THE relationship where the Law of Love comes into
play most forcefully. The Law of Love binds marriage partners
to do nothing that would harm either one; and to do everything possible
to nurture, aid, support, protect and provide for each other.
The Law of Love binds both mates to honor their vows of love, faithfulness,
and mutual trust.
And it does all this without a single Biblical commandment. If each
mate truly exhibits love for the other, everything good will come
to the marriage, and nothing will harm it. Each mate will
love each other "as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up
for her..."(Ephesians 5:25).It is the same with our relationship
to Christ. Because we love Him we do nothing to dishonor or hurt
Him. We are faithful to all He requests of us. And we do this without
any commandment. We do it naturally because of love. And love fulfills
every law (Romans 13:8-10).