Before God and these witnesses

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ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="4"></div> <div> Each of us knows his own birthday, and remembers the day he was married.</div> <div> The pronouncement of husband and wife marks a definite time at which the covenant begins, </div> <div> and removes any doubts in the minds of Beth and Chris or the witnesses about the validity of the marriage.</div> <div> In a similar way, the new believer's eternal destiny is memorialized by his public pronouncement.</div> <div> <I>But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: </I></div> <div> <I>Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  </I>John 1:12-13</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>