Beloved Sisters
a written series by Preethi Morris and reviewed by Sean Morris
Please bear in mind that much of the content in this book pertains to Biblical subjection within marriage and is specifically in application to sisters who are married to men of God who seek God with all their hearts. For further explanation on the basis of Biblical subjection please hear the sermon, "Subjection or Rebellion" and read "The Absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ"
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Marital Faithfulness
Chapter 3: Like Relations
Chapter 4: The Washing of the Bridegroom
Chapter 5: Weapons of Warfare
Chapter 6: The Beguilement of Eve
Chapter 7: She, the Man-Slayer
Chapter 8: Holy Dependence
Chapter 9: Her Tongue
Chapter 10: The Death Sentence
Chapter 11: Love-the Fulfillment of all Righteousness
Chapter 12: Temptations and the Heart
Chapter 13: The Nature of Divine Provocation
Chapter 14: An Outpouring on Reproof
Introduction
Beloved Sisters,
This morning the LORD revealed with utmost certainty through several of your requests and the compelling of the Spirit in my soul that I was to write down the wisdom that has been and is being revealed to me thus far concerning Biblical womanhood and marriage, namely, in being a wife, a help meet unto the husband, and not any heathen man, professing Christian man, or false prophet, but a man of God. This writing could aptly be called, “Being Married to a Man of God”. Many of the subjects which I will be LORD willing writing upon I had known in principle in some superficial way even before marriage, but were enlarged to me shortly after marriage. Though much of what follows was revealed to me early on after I was married, at the very same time that I was being granted glorious revelations, I was fiercely buffeted, often falling, encumbered with pride, ignorance, fears, and incompetence in spiritual warfare. Fatherly chastening was frequent and increasingly severe. Though the revelations were glorious and did bring my soul to bright clearings after periods of foresting, I have had no liberty to write them down. I feared my own pride, my own potential downfall shortly thereafter. For I was falling frequently, oft beguiled by pride, and devilish wisdom. The Scriptures tell us to be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body (Jam 3:1-3. Surely my every transgression within the marriage covenant has been manifested in word! “Thou therefore which teachest another, teach thou not thyself” (Rom 2:21a) Oh how I do need Him every hour! His grace to be steadfast, His grace to rise quickly in Godly sorrow and repentance after falling, though God forbid that I do, it is not my expectation or intention, but I acknowledge that it may occur, and His unfathomable mysterious power to scarcely save me from my vile body of death!
I had expected before that I was not being given liberty to write these things because the LORD would have me to achieve some level of practical mastery of this wisdom before that time. Though you know, those of you whom I have spoken to, that I have been faithfully sharing these principles in person and by God’s grace with His Spirit. Have I reached a level of mastery? Only to the extent to which I can say that I have mastered the maintaining of saving faith and repentance, of keeping the narrow way, of following Christ, of abiding constantly in Him!
Constantly abiding, Jesus is mine;
Constantly abiding, rapture divine;
He never leaves me lonely, whispers, oh, so kind:
“I will never leave thee”—Jesus is mine.
-Hymn: Constantly Abiding
Yes, I have a measure of understanding of how to abide in Christ, but could I presume to say that I can never fall, or that I have achieved a mastery of this abiding such that I am certain I will never fall away? God forbid that I be lifted up in such a proud notion and the false peace that ensues, and thus deny the burden of the LORD throughout His WORD through His Son, prophets, and apostles that we must labor to enter His rest, fear lest we come short of it, work out our salvation with fear and trembling, and behold both the goodness and severity of the LORD (Heb 4:1, 11, Phil 2:12, Rom 11:22)! It is a fight! It is a race! Much labor and zeal is required to maintain saving faith! So vile is our flesh, that if we do not make conscious effort, if we do not SET OUR HEART to seek the LORD, if we do not order our steps, if we do not follow the light we are given with all of our might, our faith will dissipate, even dissolve into a horrendous shipwreck. Faith left unattended surely dies!
Beloved sisters, so it is with marital faithfulness: surely there is a journey in learning the wisdom of such faithfulness, and the journey never ends, for the imparting and enlargement of such wisdom progresses from glory to glory as we walk before Him in the land of the living, and yet, even having acquired an abundance of wisdom, there is a daily fight to keep it, to walk in it, to not stray from it. Surely this fight of stay faithful to our husbands is the same fight to maintain saving faith. They are the same fight. They are inextricably tied together. If you falter in faith you cannot be faithful to your husband. Yet if you are strong in your faith, you cannot BUT be faithful unto your husband.
Praise to the heavenly Father for His love which He doth impart
For such love by His Holy Spirit doth He shed abroad in the heart
This anointing which we have received surely teachest us all
Thus in marital faithfulness, if we remain under such, can never we fall
Can masters of wisdom fall? Wherefore let him that thinketh he standest take heed lest he fall (1 Cor 10:12). Certainly the apostle Paul warned the Ephesian elders that of their own selves would men arise, speaking perverse things, drawing disciples away after themselves (Acts 20:30). Paul himself kept under his body, bringing it under subjection: lest that by any means, when he had preached to others, he himself would become a castaway (1 Cor 9:27). Anyone can fall. The Scriptures do not promise that simply having revelations of wisdom will surely keep us from falling. But rather the Scriptures promise that if we give diligence to make our calling and election sure, then we shall never fall. They promise us that if we give all diligence to add to our faith: virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge temperance, to temperance patience, to patience godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity; if these things be in us and abound they make us that we shall be neither barren not unfruitful in the knowledge of our LORD Jesus Christ. (see 2 Pet 2:1-11) King Solomon has superior storehouses of heavenly wisdom imparted to him and yet his heart was turned away by strange women.
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, (1 Kings 11:1-8)
Thus, I greatly long to stay in fear and trembling as I write these revelations. For these revelations of wisdom alone cannot save me or you. Staying in Christ will save us! He is the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father but by Him! He is the living God. The flesh profiteth nothing but the Spirit quickeneth! Surely His WORDs are Spirit and life! (John 6:63)
Oh Christ, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption You are made unto us
And so to remain in You, the only saving One, we are much zealous
You are the Way, oh Christ, here is my heart oh take and seal it
To your burning keeping purifying heart of love oh may mine be knit
The purpose of this writing expressly stated: the wisdom described herein, to the degree to which I am led by and filled with the Holy Spirit, is necessary for our course of redemption. It is necessary for the initiation of the sealing of the covenant, our progression in Christ through the work which He wills to do upon the earth in our day, for the house of God to be built up, for us to continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety (1 Tim 2:15). Freely have I received, and thus freely I give what has been granted to me from heaven (Matt 10:8).
26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with his own blood.29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. (Acts 20:26-30)
I seek to go through the following subjects briefly, yet with the LORD’s unction. I fear going into subjects which are not burning coals within my heart simply for completeness sake. I am aware of many subjects which would be appropriate and even necessary to include here, such as Sarah’s absence of fear, the meek and quiet spirit, being saved through childbearing... but which I feel I lack the completeness of wisdom of the heart to attempt to expound upon at the present time. Thus there will LORD willing be more writings in the time ahead after this one as the LORD allows.
Go to Chapter 2 Marital Faithfulness
a written series by Preethi Morris and reviewed by Sean Morris
Please bear in mind that much of the content in this book pertains to Biblical subjection within marriage and is specifically in application to sisters who are married to men of God who seek God with all their hearts. For further explanation on the basis of Biblical subjection please hear the sermon, "Subjection or Rebellion" and read "The Absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ"
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Marital Faithfulness
Chapter 3: Like Relations
Chapter 4: The Washing of the Bridegroom
Chapter 5: Weapons of Warfare
Chapter 6: The Beguilement of Eve
Chapter 7: She, the Man-Slayer
Chapter 8: Holy Dependence
Chapter 9: Her Tongue
Chapter 10: The Death Sentence
Chapter 11: Love-the Fulfillment of all Righteousness
Chapter 12: Temptations and the Heart
Chapter 13: The Nature of Divine Provocation
Chapter 14: An Outpouring on Reproof
Introduction
Beloved Sisters,
This morning the LORD revealed with utmost certainty through several of your requests and the compelling of the Spirit in my soul that I was to write down the wisdom that has been and is being revealed to me thus far concerning Biblical womanhood and marriage, namely, in being a wife, a help meet unto the husband, and not any heathen man, professing Christian man, or false prophet, but a man of God. This writing could aptly be called, “Being Married to a Man of God”. Many of the subjects which I will be LORD willing writing upon I had known in principle in some superficial way even before marriage, but were enlarged to me shortly after marriage. Though much of what follows was revealed to me early on after I was married, at the very same time that I was being granted glorious revelations, I was fiercely buffeted, often falling, encumbered with pride, ignorance, fears, and incompetence in spiritual warfare. Fatherly chastening was frequent and increasingly severe. Though the revelations were glorious and did bring my soul to bright clearings after periods of foresting, I have had no liberty to write them down. I feared my own pride, my own potential downfall shortly thereafter. For I was falling frequently, oft beguiled by pride, and devilish wisdom. The Scriptures tell us to be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body (Jam 3:1-3. Surely my every transgression within the marriage covenant has been manifested in word! “Thou therefore which teachest another, teach thou not thyself” (Rom 2:21a) Oh how I do need Him every hour! His grace to be steadfast, His grace to rise quickly in Godly sorrow and repentance after falling, though God forbid that I do, it is not my expectation or intention, but I acknowledge that it may occur, and His unfathomable mysterious power to scarcely save me from my vile body of death!
I had expected before that I was not being given liberty to write these things because the LORD would have me to achieve some level of practical mastery of this wisdom before that time. Though you know, those of you whom I have spoken to, that I have been faithfully sharing these principles in person and by God’s grace with His Spirit. Have I reached a level of mastery? Only to the extent to which I can say that I have mastered the maintaining of saving faith and repentance, of keeping the narrow way, of following Christ, of abiding constantly in Him!
Constantly abiding, Jesus is mine;
Constantly abiding, rapture divine;
He never leaves me lonely, whispers, oh, so kind:
“I will never leave thee”—Jesus is mine.
-Hymn: Constantly Abiding
Yes, I have a measure of understanding of how to abide in Christ, but could I presume to say that I can never fall, or that I have achieved a mastery of this abiding such that I am certain I will never fall away? God forbid that I be lifted up in such a proud notion and the false peace that ensues, and thus deny the burden of the LORD throughout His WORD through His Son, prophets, and apostles that we must labor to enter His rest, fear lest we come short of it, work out our salvation with fear and trembling, and behold both the goodness and severity of the LORD (Heb 4:1, 11, Phil 2:12, Rom 11:22)! It is a fight! It is a race! Much labor and zeal is required to maintain saving faith! So vile is our flesh, that if we do not make conscious effort, if we do not SET OUR HEART to seek the LORD, if we do not order our steps, if we do not follow the light we are given with all of our might, our faith will dissipate, even dissolve into a horrendous shipwreck. Faith left unattended surely dies!
Beloved sisters, so it is with marital faithfulness: surely there is a journey in learning the wisdom of such faithfulness, and the journey never ends, for the imparting and enlargement of such wisdom progresses from glory to glory as we walk before Him in the land of the living, and yet, even having acquired an abundance of wisdom, there is a daily fight to keep it, to walk in it, to not stray from it. Surely this fight of stay faithful to our husbands is the same fight to maintain saving faith. They are the same fight. They are inextricably tied together. If you falter in faith you cannot be faithful to your husband. Yet if you are strong in your faith, you cannot BUT be faithful unto your husband.
Praise to the heavenly Father for His love which He doth impart
For such love by His Holy Spirit doth He shed abroad in the heart
This anointing which we have received surely teachest us all
Thus in marital faithfulness, if we remain under such, can never we fall
Can masters of wisdom fall? Wherefore let him that thinketh he standest take heed lest he fall (1 Cor 10:12). Certainly the apostle Paul warned the Ephesian elders that of their own selves would men arise, speaking perverse things, drawing disciples away after themselves (Acts 20:30). Paul himself kept under his body, bringing it under subjection: lest that by any means, when he had preached to others, he himself would become a castaway (1 Cor 9:27). Anyone can fall. The Scriptures do not promise that simply having revelations of wisdom will surely keep us from falling. But rather the Scriptures promise that if we give diligence to make our calling and election sure, then we shall never fall. They promise us that if we give all diligence to add to our faith: virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge temperance, to temperance patience, to patience godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity; if these things be in us and abound they make us that we shall be neither barren not unfruitful in the knowledge of our LORD Jesus Christ. (see 2 Pet 2:1-11) King Solomon has superior storehouses of heavenly wisdom imparted to him and yet his heart was turned away by strange women.
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, (1 Kings 11:1-8)
Thus, I greatly long to stay in fear and trembling as I write these revelations. For these revelations of wisdom alone cannot save me or you. Staying in Christ will save us! He is the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father but by Him! He is the living God. The flesh profiteth nothing but the Spirit quickeneth! Surely His WORDs are Spirit and life! (John 6:63)
Oh Christ, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption You are made unto us
And so to remain in You, the only saving One, we are much zealous
You are the Way, oh Christ, here is my heart oh take and seal it
To your burning keeping purifying heart of love oh may mine be knit
The purpose of this writing expressly stated: the wisdom described herein, to the degree to which I am led by and filled with the Holy Spirit, is necessary for our course of redemption. It is necessary for the initiation of the sealing of the covenant, our progression in Christ through the work which He wills to do upon the earth in our day, for the house of God to be built up, for us to continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety (1 Tim 2:15). Freely have I received, and thus freely I give what has been granted to me from heaven (Matt 10:8).
26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with his own blood.29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. (Acts 20:26-30)
I seek to go through the following subjects briefly, yet with the LORD’s unction. I fear going into subjects which are not burning coals within my heart simply for completeness sake. I am aware of many subjects which would be appropriate and even necessary to include here, such as Sarah’s absence of fear, the meek and quiet spirit, being saved through childbearing... but which I feel I lack the completeness of wisdom of the heart to attempt to expound upon at the present time. Thus there will LORD willing be more writings in the time ahead after this one as the LORD allows.
Go to Chapter 2 Marital Faithfulness