{"id":1859,"date":"2020-11-25T13:57:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T19:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2020-11-25T13:57:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T19:57:46","slug":"the-marriage-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marriage Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1860\" src=\"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/marriage-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Marriage vows\" width=\"312\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/marriage-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/marriage-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/marriage-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/marriage.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/>Marriage<\/p>\n<p>Today we come to a text that reminds us of the binding nature of the marriage contract. It is not to be entered into lightly or ill advisedly- but reverently, soberly and in the fear of God!<\/p>\n<p>Dearly beloved, we are gathered together in the sight of God and in the presence of this company, to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony. <!--more-->Marriage is an honorable estate, instituted of God, blessed by our Lord Jesus Christ, and thus held to be honorable among all men. It is not therefore to be entered into lightly or ill advisedly; but reverently, soberly and in the fear of God.<br \/>\n\u201cA married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives\u2026\u201d<br \/>\nRomans 7:2<\/p>\n<p>Marriage has fallen on hard times in America. The hook-up culture of flippant sexuality, shacking up to experiment and then if it doesn\u2019t work out- no fault divorce to dissolve it; hasn\u2019t led to societal bliss, only lives filled with chaos and insecurity. Although adults are left with shattered lives; it is truly the children that bear the brunt of the carnage.<\/p>\n<p>We need to maintain a commitment to our vows. If you are married, I can guarantee you will go through ups and downs in your relationship. There will be times of hard feelings and unfilled expectations. There may be times when you question your sanity in having gotten married in the first place. Friends and loved ones may tell you to throw in the towel and call it quits. Don\u2019t yield to that temptation and don\u2019t let yourself even begin to think of divorce as an alternative.<\/p>\n<p>By God\u2019s grace you can weather the storms and with perseverance and grit you can emerge from times in the valley to experience the very best in what God intended marriage to be. Read God\u2019s Word about marriage- commit to living it out and put God to the test if He won\u2019t bless His Word by giving you the best of relationships and His blessing along the way.<br \/>\nI guarantee you will look back and say it was worth the effort.<\/p>\n<p>Because of grace,<br \/>\nTim<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"The%20Marriage%20Contract\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marriage Today we come to a text that reminds us of the binding nature of the marriage contract. It is not to be entered into lightly or ill advisedly- but reverently, soberly and in the fear of God! Dearly beloved, we are gathered together in the sight of God and in the presence of this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[21,140,182,54,172],"class_list":["post-1859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-covenant","tag-culture","tag-divorce","tag-marriage","tag-temptation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Marriage Contract - EBCSV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today we come to a text that reminds us of the binding nature of the marriage contract. It is not to be entered into lightly.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Marriage Contract - EBCSV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today we come to a text that reminds us of the binding nature of the marriage contract. It is not to be entered into lightly.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EBCSV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-25T19:57:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-25T19:57:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/marriage-1024x538.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pastor Tim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pastor Tim\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Pastor Tim\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d01a0df042bbc99603cb2ef31e15ec33\"},\"headline\":\"The Marriage Contract\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-25T19:57:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-25T19:57:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":369,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/marriage-1024x538.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Covenant\",\"Culture\",\"divorce\",\"Marriage\",\"temptation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Marriage Contract - EBCSV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/marriage-1024x538.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-25T19:57:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-25T19:57:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d01a0df042bbc99603cb2ef31e15ec33\"},\"description\":\"Today we come to a text that reminds us of the binding nature of the marriage contract. It is not to be entered into lightly.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/marriage.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/marriage.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Marriage vows\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/the-marriage-contract\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Marriage Contract\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/\",\"name\":\"EBCSV\",\"description\":\"love God - love others\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d01a0df042bbc99603cb2ef31e15ec33\",\"name\":\"Pastor Tim\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35f3269733e309fb5792c1bf65da3b5cbcacdd812bf9b377aeffca4c87255620?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35f3269733e309fb5792c1bf65da3b5cbcacdd812bf9b377aeffca4c87255620?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35f3269733e309fb5792c1bf65da3b5cbcacdd812bf9b377aeffca4c87255620?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Pastor Tim\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ebcsv.com\\\/pa\\\/author\\\/tmoyer\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Marriage Contract - EBCSV","description":"Today we come to a text that reminds us of the binding nature of the marriage contract. It is not to be entered into lightly.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Marriage Contract - EBCSV","og_description":"Today we come to a text that reminds us of the binding nature of the marriage contract. It is not to be entered into lightly.","og_url":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/","og_site_name":"EBCSV","article_published_time":"2020-11-25T19:57:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-11-25T19:57:46+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/marriage-1024x538.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Pastor Tim","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Pastor Tim","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/"},"author":{"name":"Pastor Tim","@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/#\/schema\/person\/d01a0df042bbc99603cb2ef31e15ec33"},"headline":"The Marriage Contract","datePublished":"2020-11-25T19:57:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-25T19:57:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/"},"wordCount":369,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/marriage-1024x538.jpg","keywords":["Covenant","Culture","divorce","Marriage","temptation"],"articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/","url":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/","name":"The Marriage Contract - EBCSV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/marriage-1024x538.jpg","datePublished":"2020-11-25T19:57:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-25T19:57:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/#\/schema\/person\/d01a0df042bbc99603cb2ef31e15ec33"},"description":"Today we come to a text that reminds us of the binding nature of the marriage contract. It is not to be entered into lightly.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/marriage.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/marriage.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Marriage vows"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/the-marriage-contract\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Marriage Contract"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/","name":"EBCSV","description":"love God - love others","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/#\/schema\/person\/d01a0df042bbc99603cb2ef31e15ec33","name":"Pastor Tim","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35f3269733e309fb5792c1bf65da3b5cbcacdd812bf9b377aeffca4c87255620?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35f3269733e309fb5792c1bf65da3b5cbcacdd812bf9b377aeffca4c87255620?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35f3269733e309fb5792c1bf65da3b5cbcacdd812bf9b377aeffca4c87255620?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Pastor Tim"},"url":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/author\/tmoyer\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xSIt-tZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1861,"href":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859\/revisions\/1861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}