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The faithful discipline of the LORD.  A hand, A stick, A knife, A sword.  Chastising every son adored.  This be my duty declares the LORD. Why dost thou fight when reproved by him?  Thy LORD and thy God dost hate thy sin.  But treats you as daughters and sons with him. How long will you be crushed under the weight of sin?  Go now, go now to his feet, and cry to him.  He'll surely hear you, delight in him. His hand is heavy upon my brow,  But I will go, i will go,  Let every saint wrestle with him. Surely the waters will not overtake the one who waits on him. ALEXANDER JACOBI

Three years ago a newspaper posed the question to its readers – is anyone faithful any more? A question it proceeded to answer and conclude that it was impossible to be faithful. Therefore we have to teach ourselves to accept that and live with it. The tragedy of the article was not just in its conclusion, which gives a hopeless picture of life, but also in its limited understanding that faithfulness goes beyond marriage. All areas of our lives require some form of faithfulness. A society in which people are increasingly unfaithful in marriage will undoubtedly lead to faithlessness in other areas e.g. work, citizen obligations. Sin is contagious. The secular vision of faithfulness stands in sharp contrast biblical faithfulness. When the Bible speaks of faithfulness it goes beyond marriage. When Paul wrote the letter to Colossians it was one of the most things that were front and centre on his mind. He introduces himself with a clear statement: Paul, an apostle of Chris...