1. Essential lifestyle: my spouse Copyright © Simon G. Harris Scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission.

2. Isaiah 35:8 - 10.. it will be called the Way of Holiness. … it will be for those who walk in that Way; … 9 No lion will be there, nor will any ferocious beast get up on it; … But only the redeemed will walk there, 10 and the ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

3. Hebrews 12:14 Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no-one will see the Lord. Essential Lifestyle: my spouse Holiness is always necessary for a work of God

4. Malachi 2:1 "And now this admonition is for you, O priests. To the priests (1-9) Held responsible first

5. Hebrews 13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. To the priests (1-9) Held responsible first Essential Lifestyle: my spouse

6. Malachi 2:2 If you do not listen, and if you do not set your heart to honour my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse … To the priests (1-9) Held responsible first Essential Lifestyle: my spouse i. Leaders had stopped listening

7. Malachi 2:2. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not set your heart to honour me. To the priests (1-9) Held responsible first Essential Lifestyle: my spouse ii. Leaders were in it for themselves

8. Malachi 2:7 “For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, … he is the messenger of the LORD Almighty. To the priests (1-9) Held responsible first Essential Lifestyle: my spouse iii. Leaders no longer held to the truth

9. Malachi 2:8 But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; To the priests (1-9) Held responsible first Essential Lifestyle: my spouse iii. Leaders no longer held to the truth

10. Malachi 2:5 – 6 The kind of leader God seeks To the priests (1-9) Held responsible first Essential Lifestyle: my spouse

11. Malachi 2:11 A detestable.. Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the LORD loves, by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. To the people (10-16) They had married outside the Faith

12. Deuteronomy 7:3 - 4 Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 4for they will turn your sons away from following me to serve other gods, … To the people (10-16) They had married outside the Faith Essential Lifestyle: my spouse

13. 1 Kings 11:1 - 4 King Solomon.. loved.. foreign women.. “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” To the people (10-16) They had married outside the Faith Essential Lifestyle: my spouse

14. 1 Kings 11:1 - 4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, To the people (10-16) They had married outside the Faith Essential Lifestyle: my spouse

15. Nehemiah 10:30 “We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons. To the people (10-16) They had married outside the Faith Essential Lifestyle: my spouse

16. 2 Corinthians 6:14 – 16 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers... What harmony.. between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? To the people (10-16) They had married outside the Faith Essential Lifestyle: my spouse

17. Neh. 13:23-24.. I saw men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod..Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod …and did not know.. the language of Judah. To the people (10-16) They had married outside the Faith Essential Lifestyle: my spouse

18. Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, To the people (10-16) They had married outside the Faith Essential Lifestyle: my spouse

19. Malachi 2:14 You ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, To the people (10-16) They had broken faith with their spouse Essential Lifestyle: my spouse

20. Malachi 2:16 “I hate divorce,” says the LORD God of Israel, To the people (10-16) God hates divorce Essential Lifestyle: my spouse

21. Isaiah 61:1 - 4 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me … to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendour.