Jacob says that hearing his message will enlarge the wounds of those who are already wounded...and those who have not been wounded [will] have daggers placed to pierce their souls and wound their delicate minds. Is immorality a dagger, and if you think you are only sticking it in yourself, you are wrong, because, through Godly justice, it will strike those you love? That seems horrible, but perhaps it is part of being sealed together. If the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband, is the believing wife injured by the unrighteous husband and vice versa? Is that what we're signing up for?
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Jacob 2 (II)
Jacob 2:10 I must do according to the strict commands of God, and tell you concerning your wickedness and abominations, in the presence of the pure in heart, and the broken heart, and under the glance of the piercing eye of the Almighty God. Sometimes I hate grammar. Was the command from God, "Go tell them of their abominations and wickedness tomorrow," or "Go tell them in front of the pure in heart tomorrow?" Was Jacob saying, that his message was being delivered despite the presence of the pure in heart or was their attention to it a requisite part of the message? It reminds me of the video we watched in San Francisco about people who were recovering from pornography addiction, and the wives were almost uniformly hurt when they found out. Almost all of them said that they had had no idea that anything was wrong with their relationship, and they had believed that they were living in this wonderful life until they found out, and then they were torn apart with hurt, and grief. (I fully believe that their lives and relationships would have been better and stronger without the pornography in the life of the husband.) So, is their suffering part of the sin? Is Jacob saying, there is no way to commit immoral acts without explicit pain to anyone you love? i.e. If they don't find out on their own, God will tell them?
Jacob says that hearing his message will enlarge the wounds of those who are already wounded...and those who have not been wounded [will] have daggers placed to pierce their souls and wound their delicate minds. Is immorality a dagger, and if you think you are only sticking it in yourself, you are wrong, because, through Godly justice, it will strike those you love? That seems horrible, but perhaps it is part of being sealed together. If the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband, is the believing wife injured by the unrighteous husband and vice versa? Is that what we're signing up for?
Jacob says that hearing his message will enlarge the wounds of those who are already wounded...and those who have not been wounded [will] have daggers placed to pierce their souls and wound their delicate minds. Is immorality a dagger, and if you think you are only sticking it in yourself, you are wrong, because, through Godly justice, it will strike those you love? That seems horrible, but perhaps it is part of being sealed together. If the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband, is the believing wife injured by the unrighteous husband and vice versa? Is that what we're signing up for?
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