Chapter One (III)

" Accurately understanding and continually applying the gospel IS the Christian life. This also means that the gospel is an endless fountain of God's grace in your marriage. To become a good theologian and to be able to look forward to a lifelong, thriving marriage, you must have a clear understanding of the gospel. Without it, you cannot see God, yourself, or your marriage for what they truly are. The gospel is the fountain of a thriving marriage." We need to mediate on this quote from the book, with an understanding that only through a gospel-centered perspective does a God-glorifying marriage even make sense.

So, the third highlight of chapter one is the absolute importance of the gospel in our marriages. Why else would we even be reading this book and urging one another to lay our lives down for our spouse for the purpose of making Christ look good to a lost and dying world? If we do not learn anything else from this book, I pray the when we finish we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that our marriage is not about us...it is about HIM. Only then can we live in the shadow of the cross, looking for ways we can decrease so He can increase. As we continue with this book, let's challenge one another to read it not as ones looking for how we will individually benefit or even how we will benefit as couples, but may we look for how we can put the gospel on display. The gospel that says....while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Solus Christus