Nobody wants a cheater. Can we all agree on that?

If you’re resolutely unhappy in marriage, get a divorce. Don’t stay married while having a mistress on the side. And for those mistresses out there, know this if he will cheat with you, he will cheat on you. And please don’t quote Scripture that “God hates divorce” for your reasoning for all your garbage justifications. The real reason that you are staying with that bogus marriage is that you can’t afford to lose half of your material belongings or income. I get it that you want your children to have both parents in a stable home life. Please, kids can see through all the stuff sometimes better than you can. If you are unhappy, either resolve the problems effectively, or set yourself and your partner free in the most mutually agreeable terms. You have to live with yourself and truth for the rest of your life.

Why am I saying all this? Is it meant for you? I’m saying this to remind you that you are in a marriage-like relationship with God if you have sworn an oath of allegiance to Him. You don’t get to have your fake god on the side. You don’t get to pretend that you’re really a Christian while ignoring God. Your children will see that for exactly what it is. (And it’s probably why many youth today want nothing to do with God — they see how well it worked for you.) If you don’t want the relationship with God, then don’t fake it. Either work with determination to get things right with God or walk away. You can fool some people some of the time, but you can’t fool God. He see’s everything! He owns everything! He has power over life and death!

Communion is a symbolic reminder that you are in a covenant relationship with God. In some ways, it’s like wearing a wedding ring. God wants you to remember that He stepped down into human history, endured the cross, so that you know that you can come to Him, restore a broken covenant through having a conversation to make things right between the two of you. If you have broken intimacy with Him through what you know was wrong (sin), you have access to God to ask for forgiveness. He agrees to giving you that access even when you have sinned. That’s what the cross provided for you. It did not provide for a Christian-in-name-only brand. What kind of inheritance is that for your children?

Christians think that they’re supposed to be comfortable, provided for, and happy because God is their God. But, that’s not what being a Christian is about. God doesn’t want you to be selfishly comfortable. He doesn’t want you to have material things that you don’t need while others of His children go without. God doesn’t want for you to be happy while you choose opposite of His will. And I can promise you this, God will always know when you have a little g “god” on the side.

Happy Communion Sunday!