You’ve probably been told you’ll never be a perfect wife or have a perfect husband, but that’s not true. If you are “in Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:17) as His followers, there will be a day when you’re perfect. With bills to pay, decisions to make, and children to raise, a perfect marriage may seem unlikely. You might scoff at thinking your husband would enter the pearly gates, or you may secretly wonder if there’s a way to know you will after being “wifezilla”. It’s an amazing thought, but God’s mercy is at work in our flawed marriages.
The marriage of two Christians is destined for perfection. No arguing, abuse, selfishness, or indifference reigns between people in heaven, because it’s a place of perfection. Heaven has no sorrow, pain or sin (Revelation 21:4). No less-than-perfect man or woman can enter heaven, because “nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life,” (Revelation 21:27). Even Christians have marriages prone to problems, so how do imperfect people become perfect people so they can enter a perfect place?
Perfect position
How bad is your husband? How bad are you? Putting our faith in Christ makes us “righteous” in our legal position before God (Romans 5:1). The standard of holiness is too high to reach by working hard; God knows that. Our effort doesn’t move us from an “unholy” position in His eyes to a “holy position.” Instead of “works of righteousness” we’ve done, God’s mercy washes us and changes us by His Spirit, possible because of His Son Jesus (Titus 3:5-7). Know what that means?
We can’t make our marriage heavenly. But God can.
The door of heaven is open to a rotten husband or wife who wants new life in Jesus. No matter how miserable your marriage has been or how unloving a spouse has been, God extends an undeserved invitation to both parties to receive His gift of life change.
Perfect practice
Once we’re declared clean before God, it’s a slow process to act like it. Marriage gives daily opportunities to die to ourselves and serve each other, but our fleshly nature pushes against humility. “Insisting on our own way” dies slowly. We’re intended to become more and more like Jesus in our nature (Romans 8:29). Growing in love reveals a person’s genuine life change.
If you’re “in Christ,” God is in the process of changing you. Same for your man. Are you letting Him work in you? Though we’re still in the process of learning to practice our faith, we can be sure when it comes to our life change, God will be faithful to “perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 2:6)
If you’re in Christ and in a marriage, God is in the process of changing your marriage.
Perfect marriage
The marriage of two Christians is destined for perfection. When we arrive in heaven on our appointed day, “We shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is,” (1 John 3:2). We will not only be perfect in our position before God, but we’ll be perfect in our nature. Though our earthly relationships will be different, we’ll finally love each other with heavenly love. Heavenly character will go along with our heavenly body.
Do you find it hard to believe you or your husband will ever be perfect? Do you think there’s no way he could deserve heaven? You’re right. He doesn’t, and you don’t either.
God’s grace makes it possible for rotten husbands and wives like US to live with hope today and look to a heavenly future.
If you know Jesus as your Savior, God already sees you as perfect. And if you know Him as your Lord, He’s working in your life, and you are headed for perfection.
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