Summary Of Sacred Marriage By Gary Thomas

Gary Thomas writes a beautiful account for married couples as it pertains to the marriage relationship between them as a couple and to their marriage relationship with God. His words mean to encourage the individual to grow and gain a better understanding to the abounding love God has for them and how He uses marriage to make that individual more holy. In that way, they may grow in a more intimate and loving way to their spouse. Thomas titles his book, Sacred Marriage: What if God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? This very question is immediately tackled within the first chapter, and is a major theme throughout the book. Thomas challenges popular thought that marriage is the beginning of all good and happy things

“Everything I am to say and do in my life is to be supportive of this gospel ministry of reconciliation.” As someone who publically and privately claims to be a follower of Christ, it is my responsibility to share the gospel message. I am a walking, living, breathing testament to the power of God and to the truth that He died on the cross and rose again to reconcile, to restore, me. If I not only believe in this reconciliation, but have been reconciled and preach that others do the same, shouldn’t I also practice it? If I claim to have been reconciled to the God of the universe, but fail to seek reconciliation in even simple friendships, why should I be trusted? To support the gospel ministry of reconciliation, I must live out the message of reconciliation in not only my marriage, but in my friendships as well. Every person I come into contact with should see me and be acutely aware that I seek to walk the walk of which I talk the

Aside from marriage completely, God has been bringing me to see where my surface lies. In my relationship with him, in my quiet time, in my worship, in my prayer- I can feel as sincere, true, and spiritual as I like. Feeling is exactly what I do best- but it isn’t enough. It won’t carry me through the storms to come. It won’t be present the day a family in my church loses their home and everything they own. Sincerity won’t know what to say to a young couple who loses their small child. No matter how sincerely I feel like a follower of Christ, it won’t ring true if I lose my job or my family unless I am rooted, embedded, and persistently digging into Him. I see this happening recently in my worship. It can be easy to sing the songs on the screen and certainly feel peace by them, but if that’s all there is to my worship, I can imagine God doesn’t want it. He desires for me to believe, to put action into, and to consistently live out what I say. If I cry out to him that He is my all in all, you’d better believe that God wants me to follow in that. As Thomas says, “if there is a religion God finds acceptable, then there must be a religion he finds unacceptable. If there is a way God wants to be loved, then there must be a way he doesn’t want to be