The Golden Rule and Marriage                                                     

 Matthew 7:12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.     ¹³ “Enter through the narrow gate.  For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 

Recently it was suggested that a certain course of action was mandated by the Golden Rule.  So let us look at the Golden Rule and its Biblical meaning.  We are called to do onto others as you would have them do unto you.   It is essentially saying that we should treat people like we would like to be treated.  It then says we should do this because it summarizes what is in the Law from Moses and the prophets.  It does not replace the teaching of the law and the prophets or change them.  We are not given the option of changing God’s law because it seems like a good idea.  In fact, the very next verse calls for us to enter through the narrow gate, which means that we should not try to get around the law and the prophets but adhere to these values.  We are called to speak the truth in love. For example, God has created marriage for the uniting of a man and woman as one.  As the Wedding Ceremony says, it is instituted of God.  To change the Divine intention of the uniting of a man and a woman in marriage would be to lead people to miss the wonderful plan God has for them.  It would not help people to follow a different and ungodly path.  So we are called to point them to God and for God’s Divine purpose for them in marriage.  The Golden Rule is golden because when we let the Bible refine our actions what remains is like gold and is from above.

Lord bless!   Pastor Dave