Marriage- God's design
In the Bible, we see that God designed a plan for our life in a loving and careful manner.
It is important for us to know that from the very beginning, man and woman were created by God. They were made equally by God and a woman was made to be a “helper” to the man. A man and a woman are to be united in marriage which is based on faithfulness, commitment and love.
Because of cheap movies and wrong examples, men and women but especially men confuse “love” with lust these days. If marriage is based on simply the desire to get sexual fulfillment, it will break apart very easily because this is not at all the reason god had in mind in designing marriage.
True, godly love is a different concept altogether. It involves a giving of husband and wife to each other,a sharing of plans, hopes and dreams between two people who want to build an entire life together until death does them part.
Husband's sometimes expect their wives because of false ideals to be perfect in all areas- as a homemaker, mother and wife. However, the Apostle Paul commanded: “Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them” (Colossians 3:19). A wife was not intended to be a perfect housekeeper, mother, companion, etc. all wrapped up in one. Sometimes because this is the ideal perception men have of women, it leads to letting down of expectations right from the start of marrige.
A woman was designed and created to be a helper to the man, to encourage and guide him, to share hopes and dreams with him and to lead their home in an attitude of confidence and love!
God's purposes for marriage are much higher and greater than our own. God said that it was not good for man to be alone (Gen. 2:18) and therefore He created Eve as an answer to that aloneness. Even though before the creation of Eve, Adam had everything that He could want, a close, perfect relationship with God, a perfect environment and all the possessions, he still had a void. Eve was made to fill that void. The intimacy of marriage blends two individuals into oneness and sameness. Eve was to be a suitable helper, a woman that would complement and complete him in every way. This intimacy in marriage develops from an attitude of servanthood in seeking to meet each other's needs and desires.
1.Marriage is the joining of a man with a woman to form a home of their own.
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh" (Genesis 2:24).
Marriage is the joining of a man and woman in a lifelong commitment. The man and woman leave the home of their father and mother and establish a home of their own. In an Indian context, this is not always possible but in most cultures, the norm is to have a nuclear family.
2. Marriage is a covenant relationship for life.
"For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband" (Romans 7:2).
Marriage is not only the joining of a man and woman, but it is also a covenant, a promise to be faithful in that union for life. The love the husband and wife have is exclusive to each other.
3. Marriage begins with an event (a wedding) which marks for the couple and for observers a change from singlehood to marriage.
It is important to make your commitment to wed publicly. This way, you also gain support of others and show that you are from this day no longer single.
5. Marriage gives the right to experience the bond of physical union.
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh" (Genesis 2:24).
The sexual relationship is a very fundamental and tangible expression of the oneness and commitment of marriage, and it is fully in God's design for marriage.
Some material has been referred from:
http://www.christianlibrary.org/authors/Grady_Scott/marry01.htm
http://vaszary.com/marriage.htm |
