THE MYSTERY

REVEREND: Ladies and Gentlemen, we are gathered here together,

to witness this man and this lady, make a solemn

vow forever.

One to God, another to each other, and one to us,

as we minister and see, what the GOOD LORD will dost.

To the Man and to the Lady:

Do you vow to protect your bodies, one - to - thee?

The Lady: Oui.

The Man: Oui.

REVEREND: The BIBLE says for The Man to LOVE the Lady as Christ

did the CHURCH, and for the Lady to submit, as she should

bee.

For the Man is the head of the Lady, just as Christ is the

head of the CHURCH.

And the CHURCH is the body, as He came to save the body,

by marrying the CHURCH.

Now to the Man:

As the saviour of the body, you must sanctify and cleanse it,

with the washing of water by HIS WORD.

So that he might present it to himself, a GLORIOUS

CHURCH and GLORIFIED BODY, and also to his burd.

Not having spot nor wrinkle - neither any mark of any kind,

or any such thing; but that it should be HOLY and without

blemish, concise, terse, even succinct.

So ought men to LOVE their wives, as their own bodies. He

that loveth his wife, loveth himself.

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones

and in turn, this releases us, from having hearts of stones.

For this cause, shall a man leave his father and mother, and

shall be joined unto his wife, and they two, shall be one flesh –

HUSBAND and WIFE.

THIS IS A GREAT MYSTERY: but I speak concerning

Christ, and the CHURCH, Nevertheless let everyone of you in

particular, so LOVE his Wife even as himself; and the Wife see

that she reverence her Husband and his life, "for there is no

greater LOVE than hath no Man than this, that a Man

lay down his life for his lovely and beautiful Wife

(John 15:13 KJV)".

Copyright 2023, Rev. Nnedi Iwuchukwu, BA, BMsc, MMsc, LMT, LMI, MMP, RYT-200, CTP -EA, AINS