Your Marriage Needs the Gospel Daily

Marriage doesn't survive on romance. It survives on repentance.

It's great that you have date nights, and I'm happy that you've discovered each other's love language, but if you're not applying the gospel to your marriage every single day, you really are building on sand.

Ephesians 5:25 says: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Ephesians 5 is a crucifixion verse. Jesus didn't wait for the church to get her act together. He died on a cross for her–while she was still in a mess of sin.

That's the husband's calling. Die to self. Lead like Christ. Love sacrificially. And STOP waiting for your wife to meet your needs before you meet hers.

Ephesians 5:22 says: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Submission isn't slavery—it's God's order. It's about trusting God's design. Submission is respecting your husband even when he doesn't deserve it. WHY? Because you're ultimately serving Jesus Christ.

Both the husband and the wife need to repent daily. You can either look at marriage as 1 sinner married to another sinner, and you'll both hurt and disappoint each other. Or you can allow the gospel into your marriage, which says you can forgive because you have been forgiven. You can love because someone loved you.

Remember, you do not receive forgiveness for your sins until you repent and put your faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. That's the gospel.

So, instead of complaining about not having a perfect marriage, start building a gospel-centered one. Stop relying on romance to build it and start relying on repentance to build it.

• Pray together.
• Read the Bible together.
• Confess and repent of sin to each other.
• Offer forgiveness and extend grace.

The world's marriage advice will fail you. God's order and His design will sustain you.