Marriage


Marriage

—A Lifelong Union Between a Man and a Woman

  1. God and marriage.
    1. God honors marriage.
      1. He established it in the garden of Eden — Gen. 2:18, 21-24.
      2. God’s command repeated in the New Testament — Mt. 19:5; Eph. 5:31.
      3. Marriage is regulated by Old Testament laws — Lev. 20:10-21; Num.
        36:1-12; Dt. 25:5-10.
      4. Jesus went to a wedding — Jn. 2:1-2.
      5. Marriage must be honored — Mal. 2:15; Heb. 13:4.
    2. Monogamy versus polygamy.
      1. Monogamy is ideal — Gen. 2:24; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12.
      2. Polygamy was practiced in the Old Testament — Gen. 29:16-30; 1 Sam.
        1:1-2; 1 Sam. 25:42-43, 1 Kgs. 11:1-3.
      3. Polygamy causes friction — Gen. 30:1; Lev. 18:18; 1 Sam. 1:3-8.
    3. Adultery
      1. All cases are forbidden — Ex. 20:14; Lev. 18:20.
      2. adultery will keep one out of the kingdom — Gal. 5:19-21; 1 Cor. 6:9.
    4. Marriage to an unbeliever is forbidden.
      1. In Old Testament law — Ex. 34:15-16; Dt. 7:3-4.
      2. By Old Testament examples — Jdg. 16:4-21; 1 Kgs. 11:1-8; Ezr. 9:1-5,
        10-15; Neh. 13:23-27.
      3. In the New Testament — 1 Cor. 7:12-16; 2 Cor. 6:14-18.
    5. Marriage is permanent.
      1. Marriage is union for life — Mt. 19:3-6,9; Rom. 7:2-3; 1 Cor. 7:39.
      2. God hates divorce — Mal. 2:16.
      3. Divorce allowed for hardness of heart — Dt. 24:1-4; Mt. 19:7-8.

  2. To Be… or Not to Be….
    1. Remaining single is an option.
      1. It is a gift from God — 1 Cor. 7:7-8.
      2. It is preferable in times of crisis — 1 Cor. 7:25-28.
      3. Being single allows one to serve God totally — 1 Cor. 7:32-35.
    2. Purposes of marriage.
      1. To inspire happiness in people — Gen. 2:18.
      2. To express love intimately — Prov. 5:15-20; Song 2:3-7; 8:5-7.
      3. To have children — Gen. 1:27-28; Mal. 2:15, 1 Tim. 5:15.
      4. Marriage prevents immorality — 1 Cor. 7:2, 8-9.
    3. Weddings in the Bible.
      1. Isaac gets married — Gen. 24:62-67.
      2. The weddings of Jacob — Gen. 29:21-28.
      3. Samson gets hitched — Jdg. 14:10-19.
      4. The wedding of a king — Ps. 45:1-17.
      5. A wedding in Cana  — Jn. 2:1-11.
      6. Wedding parables — Mt. 22:1-14; 25:1-13; Lk. 14:8-11.
    4. Duties of marriage partners.
      1. Husband to be devoted to his wife’s good — Eph. 5:25; Col. 3:19; 1 Pet.
        3:7.
      2. Wife  to be submissive to her husband — Eph. 5:22; Col. 3:18; 1 Pet.
        3:1.
      3. Equal responsibility — 1 Cor. 7:1-5, 32-35.
    5. Marriage as a symbol.
      1. God as the husband of Israel — Isa. 54:5; Jer. 3:14; Hos. 2:16, 19-20.
      2. Jesus as the bridegroom of the church — Mk. 2:19-20; Jn. 3:29.
      3. Jesus as the husband of the church — 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:22-32.
      4. The church as the bride of Christ — Eph. 5:22-24; Rev. 21:2, 9-10.
      5. Heaven begins with a wedding — Mt. 22:1-10, 25:1-10; Rev. 19:7,9.

      Related Studies:
      See Adultery.

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      Isaiah 54:5 Notes:

      Isa. 54:5 Notes

      Marriage as a symbol, God as the husband of Israel

      Isa. 54:5; Jer. 3:14; Hos. 2:16, 19-20

      Isa. 54:5 (NKJV) For your Maker [is] your husband, The LORD of hosts [is] His name; And your Redeemer [is] the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth.

      Jer. 3:14 (NKJV) “Return, O backsliding children,” says the LORD; “for I am married to you. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.”

      Hos. 2:16, 19-20 (NKJV) “And it shall be, in that day,” Says the LORD, “[That] you will call Me ‘My Husband,’ And no longer call Me ‘My Master,’…. [19] “I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, In lovingkindness and mercy; [20] I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the LORD.”

      God uses marriage as an illustration of His love relationship with Israel and of the love of Jesus for the church. Now the church is betrothed to Jesus (2 Cor. 11:2). When the new heaven is created, Jesus as the bridegroom will consummate the marriage of His bride in a heavenly wedding (Rev. 19:7).

      God wants us to remain faithful to Him as our divine appointment draws near. Unfaithfulness to Him is the same as adultery; usually this form of unfaithfulness was idolatry. God promises judgment for those who continue in unfaithfulness. When the Assyrians destroyed the adulterous northern kingdom of Israel, the Bible called it "divorce." When the adulterous nation of Judah was carried away into exile, however, this was a temporary separation rather than divorce, because God took them back again as His wife.

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      Genesis. 2:18, 21-24 Notes:

      Gen. 2:18, 21-24 Notes

      Marriage

      Gen. 2:18-24 (NKJV) And the LORD God said, “[It is] not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” [19] Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought [them] to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that [was] its name. [20] So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. [21] And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. [22] Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. [23] And Adam said: “This [is] now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” [24] Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

      God established marriage to be the union of one man and one woman for life. He wants marriage to be held in honor. God has designed it for the happiness of the human race, as a channel for love to be expressed in an intimate manner and for reproduction. The only type of marriage that is forbidden in the Bible is a marriage between a believer and an unbeliever.

      Both husbands and wives have responsibilities in marriage. The husband must devote himself to his wife’s well being, and the wife must yield herself to her husband. Some see this relationship as one of equal responsibility, but when the topic of headship is studied you will find that the man has a greater authority and responsibility in the partnership of the marriage covenant.

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      1 Corinthians 7:7-8:

      1 Cor. 7:7-8 Notes

      Remaining Single Is An Option

      1 Cor. 7:7-8

      1 Cor. 7:7-8 (NKJV) For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that. [8] But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am;

      It was typical for people in Bible times to be married and have children. However the apostle Paul counted it as a gift from God to remain single. This gift enabled him to devote himself more fully to “the Lord’s affairs.”

      It is better to remain single than to marry an unbeliever against God’s will. The Bible also makes it plain that those who are not married should maintain sexual purity.

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