Faithfulness
"Can you say with confidence you will never cheat on your spouse and/or walk away from God? Many great men and women have. What makes you think you are any different?"
1) Both relationships are love relationships. You need to work on them to nurture them. This does not mean there will be no temptations. I believe in any relationship we will feel a certain lack (for lack of a better word; or perhaps it’s a longing placed in our hearts by God which keeps us seeking and yearning for Him). What will fill this lack? I believe the devil uses the lack in our lives to draw our attention away from our spouse and/ or God. He "fulfills" our lack and we have no need of God. Love is hard work. It is afterall a verb.
2) Why use Judas as a yardstick when there is a better role model such as Paul? Why live up to our sinful nature when we were originally given the First Glory which is deeper to our nature (John Elderidge, 2003). Why play up to this nature? We should be growing from glory to glory!
3) Pitfalls. If you know your tendencies, avoid the pitfalls. Know your push and pull factors.
In all of these, we can’t do it on our own. We will come to the end of ourselves. We need the grace of God in our lives.
