“Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.” 2Tim2.19 ESV
When a man and woman pledge themselves to one another in holy matrimony they leave behind all other romantic pursuits. It is a holy matrimony because both the man and woman set themselves apart to each other and publicly declare not only their fidelity to each other but that they are no longer available to any other. In my day we would say the person is “taken.”
When we name Christ as our husband, we must likewise set ourselves apart from the world that we may be holy His, by being wholly His. When former sins ask us to dance, let us proudly and openly declare that we are taken. 5/27/2008 ts
