What Does God Say about Marriage?
Marriage is not an invention of man. God instituted marriage. According to Gods plan, man and woman together form the unit of humanity. A man or a woman alone is only part of an entirety.
And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him (Genesis 2:18).
Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said:
This is now bone of my bone
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Genesis 2:22-24)
This text contains several beautiful statements.
Adam received his wife as a gift from God. In a sense it is still true that a man receives his wife from God. Solomon says:
Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent wife is from the Lord (Proverbs 19:14).
We also see that marriage is good. Solomon says in another place:
He who finds a wife finds a good thing,
And obtains favour from the Lord (Proverbs 18:22).
We also see how strong the marriage bond is, so strong that they are no longer two but are melted together as one flesh.
This bond is so strong that God intended for it to be broken only by death. As long as they live they are to be one together. They may not separate. Jesus quoted this passage when He was asked about marriage:
The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason? And He answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate. They said to Him, Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away? He said to them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery (Matthew 19:3-9).
In this passage in Genesis we also see how dependent man and woman are on each other. They need each other. Paul says:
Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord. For as the woman was from the man, even so the man also is through the woman; but all things are from God (1 Corinthians 11:11,12).
Marriage is an institution of God and is a continuation of His work of creation. Sexual desires are God-given. We should view our manliness or womanliness as a gift from God which we receive with thankfulness and strive to keep holy and pure in accordance with His instructions.
SAME SEX SEXUAL PERVERSION IS AN ABOMINATION.
Marriage is not an invention of man. God instituted marriage. According to Gods plan, man and woman together form the unit of humanity. A man or a woman alone is only part of an entirety.
And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him (Genesis 2:18).
Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said:
This is now bone of my bone
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Genesis 2:22-24)
This text contains several beautiful statements.
Adam received his wife as a gift from God. In a sense it is still true that a man receives his wife from God. Solomon says:
Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent wife is from the Lord (Proverbs 19:14).
We also see that marriage is good. Solomon says in another place:
He who finds a wife finds a good thing,
And obtains favour from the Lord (Proverbs 18:22).
We also see how strong the marriage bond is, so strong that they are no longer two but are melted together as one flesh.
This bond is so strong that God intended for it to be broken only by death. As long as they live they are to be one together. They may not separate. Jesus quoted this passage when He was asked about marriage:
The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason? And He answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate. They said to Him, Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away? He said to them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery (Matthew 19:3-9).
In this passage in Genesis we also see how dependent man and woman are on each other. They need each other. Paul says:
Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord. For as the woman was from the man, even so the man also is through the woman; but all things are from God (1 Corinthians 11:11,12).
Marriage is an institution of God and is a continuation of His work of creation. Sexual desires are God-given. We should view our manliness or womanliness as a gift from God which we receive with thankfulness and strive to keep holy and pure in accordance with His instructions.
SAME SEX SEXUAL PERVERSION IS AN ABOMINATION.
