What’s the purpose of marriage? Is it just free sex and housekeeping? Is marriage just an arrangement of living off my husband/wife financially in exchange for taking care of a home and making meals? Is it merely a cultural invention?
Hebrews 13:4 NIV says
“Marriage should be honored by everyone.”
So whatever state you’re in – married, single, divorced, or widowed – the Bible commands everyone to honor marriage. Everyone means everyone should honor this oldest human institution.
Unfortunately, marriage is no longer honored by everyone in our society. It is now often dismissed and demeaned as outdated and irrelevant to modern society. More and more people are delaying marriage while many are seeking to redefine it merely as a consensual, contractual relationship recognized by the law.
Mark 10: says,
“God’s plan has been seen from the beginning of creation, when he made us male and female This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united as one body. Now since they are no longer two but one no one should separate them, for GOD has joined them together.”
In this passage Jesus points out that:
* Marriage is God’s Plan.
* Marriage is between man and woman.
* Marriage is to be permanent
From a Christian perspective, marriage is not a societal convention or cultural invention. Marriage matters because it is an
exclusive, lifelong covenant
between a man and a woman God-designed, God-ordained, and God-orchestrated for his highest creation and for His glory.
So, how is your marriage lining up with God’s design?
