No. 57 The Royal Loyal

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. Genesis 2:24.

You shall not commit adultery. Matthew 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20

Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery. Mark 10:11,12;

If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death. Leviticus 20:10

You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery. But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:27

Why is God so strict about this?

“Love is patient, kind, not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It is not self-seeking; easily angered or resentful; it does keep record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It always protects, trusts, hopes, and preseveres. Love never fails.” I Corinthians 13:4-7

As good a glue as love can be, it can wear away under gale force conditions that the average human life presents.

In a brilliant moment, of which God has many, He decided to command wedded loyalty.

The King of kings, the Royal I Am, commanded His subjects not only to claim to be loyal to Him, but to prove loyalty to-God can be achieved, a couple had to first be loyal to each other. This stroke of genius allows God to see who is a qualified component of the Bride of Christ. This is the rule of the Royal Loyal.

Stay faithful to each other. The Mark of loyalty is crucial.

Love gets better and better, the more shared experiences a couple has.