Mar 2 • Marriage and Faith
Blended families don’t drift into chaos overnight.
“For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.”
1 Thessalonians 4:7 (NASB)
They drift when standards quietly get replaced with excuses.
God did not call you into a relationship, a marriage, or a family system where anything goes.
He called you into sanctification.
That word doesn’t mean religious behavior or trying harder.
It means set apart.
Set apart from
doing what feels good
justifying sin
letting culture define what’s “normal”
Especially when it comes to how we use our bodies, our words, and our authority in the home.
Paul makes it uncomfortable on purpose
“So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.” (v.8)
In other words
This isn’t about personality differences.
It isn’t about how you were raised.
It isn’t about what your ex did.
To reject God’s call to sanctification is to reject God Himself.
In blended families, clarity brings peace.
And clarity starts when Scripture isn’t treated as a suggestion.
Sanctification isn’t perfection.
It’s submission.
And God is very clear about what He has called us into.
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