Take Heed To Your Spirit

[Mr. M]

Malachi 2:

14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee

and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously:

yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

15 And did not he make one? Yet he had the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one?

That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal

treacherously against the wife of his youth.

16 For the Lord, the God of Israel, says that He hates putting away:

for one covers violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore

take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

"He hates putting away:"

This refers to the age old practice of wealthy, powerful men

dumping their wives for younger trophies.

This is widely overlooked in the proper comprehension of this narrative.

Matthew 19:3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him,

Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication,

and shall marry another, commits adultery: and whoso marries her which is put away

commits adultery.

If a high profile Christian in particular, who has received wealth and fame puts away his wife

for a younger woman, he should know that this is something that the Lord hates to a degree

you do not want to explore. Why do you think unfaithfulness and adultery are used to explain

how God feels about those who brazenly and publicly flaunt His Covenant?

Edited December 30, 2022 by Mr. M
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[Mr. M]

James 4:1 Where do wars and fights come from among you?

Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 

2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain.

You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 

3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss,

that you may spend it on your pleasures. 

4 Adulterers and adulteresses!

Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? 

Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 

5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, 

“The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?

6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:

“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”