Date: Tuesday, 24th June, 2025
Text: Hebrews 13:4
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
Marriage is not a human idea. Rather it’s divinely instituted and therefore God cannot be removed from the picture if marital success is your desire- Genesis 2:18-24. Someone described marriage as a triangle with the spouses at the bottom edges and God at the meeting point above. Removing God from the triangle is making a mess of the shape.
This is the reason so many marriages are in very bad shape today. God’s principles are not followed in running the marriages and therefore many marital triangles have now either been dissolved or in a complete mess.
Marriage that was originally designed by God to be Heaven on Earth (provided his principles are followed) is now Hell on Earth for many couples because they ignored divine principles and followed human shallow ideas- hence they make a ship wreck of their marital lives.
One of the principles that ensures marital success is the principle of marital fidelity. Some call it marital faithfulness. Hebrews 13:4 says, “Marriage should be honoured by all, and the marriage bed kept pure; for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral” NIV
Therefore, principle number one to ensure marital success is marital purity. You want a successful marriage, stay pure!
To those who are not yet married, listen. If your spouse-to-be is not sexually disciplined or if he cannot exercise self control and abstain from premarital sex before the wedding; he won’t be faithful even after.
Self-discipline is key if you must abstain from premarital or extra-marital sex. Self-dicipline is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. This means you can only be able to successfully operate in it when you allow the Holy Spirit to work in you and through you.
Key Nugget: Do you desire marital success? Stay faithful to your spouse and abstain from cheating.
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