They have invented a new phrase, a phrase that is a black and white contradiction – free love in two words – ‘free love’ – as if a lover ever had been, or ever could be, free. It is the nature of love to bind itself, and the institution of marriage merely paid the average man the compliment of taking him at his word.
It is on this note (by G. K. Chesterton) that society has therefore decided to override marriage and exalt that foolish ideal of ‘free love.’ The belief that love can be an ideal consisting of freedom is false, love does indeed have ‘strings attached.’ There is no escaping the reality that love, true love, implies commitment. And no mere commitment either, rather a commitment of an intense and unwavering nature.
Divorce has facilitated society for the indulgence of ‘free love’ and currently our society has simply disdained marriage. Marriage has been superceded by the one night stands of 'free love' and the relationships without commitment.
Christ, through the Scriptures, exemplified the intensity of love by carrying out His commitment to us even unto the cross. It is there that Love was nailed down and it is there that the display of Love is most beautifully manifested. In fact, it is from that example – His crucifixion – that society has received its model of how to love within a marriage. Ephesians tells us to “love as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her.” Paul, the author of Ephesians, in another of his letters (II Corinthians) tells us that he would rather “spend or be spent” for love of the saints. Paul sacrificed of himself to make an investment into the lives of others, thus offering a glimpse of the magnitude of his love unto others, how much more so then the love of Christ who sacrificed all of Himself to rescue us?
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