Genesis 2:18
King James Version
18 And the Lord God said,
It is not good that the man should be alone;
I will make him an help meet for him.
Why do people marry?
Is it necessary to marry?
What were you taught about marriage?
Are you married, or thinking of doing so?
What are your expectations on marriage?
What is your family like?
How are your parents toward each other?
How are you towards your spouse?
In a rapidly-changing world, it's important we know GOD's laws.
Who better to teach, than the LORD JESUS.
And this is what He taught us about marriage:
Matthew 19:1-6
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19 And it came to pass,
that when Jesus had finished these sayings,
he departed from Galilee,
and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
2 And great multitudes followed him;
and he healed them there.
3 The Pharisees also came unto him,
tempting him, and saying unto him,
Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife
for every cause?
4 And he answered and said unto them,
Have ye not read,
that he which made them at the beginning
made them male and female,
5 And said,
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother,
and shall cleave to his wife:
and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh.
What therefore God hath joined together,
let not man put asunder.
Mark 10:11-12
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11 And he saith unto them,
Whosoever shall put away his wife,
and marry another,
committeth adultery against her.
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband,
and be married to another,
she committeth adultery.
Even as the world ignores GOD's WORD -- to its detriment, of course -- still, the Bible has much to say about the "sanctity of marriage":
Genesis 2:21-24
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21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep
to fall upon Adam, and he slept:
and he took one of his ribs,
and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib,
which the Lord God had taken from man,
made he a woman,
and brought her unto 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 shall a man leave
his father and his mother,
and shall cleave unto his wife:
and they shall be one flesh.
Exodus 20:14
King James Version
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Exodus 20:15
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15 Thou shalt not steal.
Exodus 20:17
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17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,
thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife,
nor his manservant, nor his maidservant,
nor his ox, nor his ass,
nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Exodus 22:16-17
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16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed,
and lie with her,
he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him,
he shall pay money
according to the dowry of virgins.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
King James Version
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest
all the days of the life of thy vanity,
which he hath given thee under the sun,
all the days of thy vanity:
for that is thy portion in this life,
and in thy labour which thou takest
under the sun.
Romans 7:2-3
King James Version
2 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.
3 So then if, while her husband liveth,
she be married to another man,
she shall be called an adulteress:
but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law;
so that she is no adulteress,
though she be married to another man.
1 Corinthians 7:2-7
King James Version
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication,
let every man have his own wife,
and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence:
and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not power of her own body,
but the husband:
and likewise also the husband hath not power
of his own body, but the wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other,
except it be with consent for a time,
that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer;
and come together again,
that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 But I speak this by permission,
and not of commandment.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself.
But every man hath his proper gift of God,
one after this manner, and another after that.
1 Corinthians 7:8-9
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8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows,
it is good for them if they abide even as I.
9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry:
for it is better to marry than to burn.
1 Corinthians 7:10-11
King James Version
10 And unto the married I command,
yet not I, but the Lord,
Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11 But and if she depart,
let her remain unmarried
or be reconciled to her husband:
and let not the husband put away his wife.
Ephesians 5:21-33
King James Version
21 Submitting yourselves one to another
in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit yourselves
unto your own husbands,
as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife,
even as Christ is the head of the church:
and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ,
so let the wives be to their own husbands
in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives,
even as Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church,
not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing;
but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies.
He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh;
but nourisheth and cherisheth it,
even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body,
of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave
his father and mother,
and shall be joined unto his wife,
and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery:
but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular
so love his wife even as himself;
and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
1 Timothy 5:8
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8 But if any provide not for his own,
and specially for those of his own house,
he hath denied the faith,
and is worse than an infidel.
Hebrews 13:4
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4 Marriage is honourable in all,
and the bed undefiled:
but whoremongers and adulterers
God will judge.
1 Peter 3:1-6
King James Version
3 Likewise, ye wives,
be in subjection to your own husbands;
that, if any obey not the word,
they also may without the word be won
by the conversation of the wives;
2 While they behold your chaste conversation
coupled with fear.
3 Whose adorning let it not be
that outward adorning of plaiting the hair,
and of wearing of gold,
or of putting on of apparel;
4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart,
in that which is not corruptible,
even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit,
which is in the sight of God of great price.
5 For after this manner in the old time
the holy women also, who trusted in God,
adorned themselves,
being in subjection unto their own husbands:
6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham,
calling him lord:
whose daughters ye are,
as long as ye do well,
and are not afraid with any amazement.
1 Peter 3:7
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7 Likewise, ye husbands,
dwell with them according to knowledge,
giving honour unto the wife,
as unto the weaker vessel,
and as being heirs together of the grace of life;
that your prayers be not hindered.
1 Peter 3:8-12
King James Version
8 Finally, be ye all of one mind,
having compassion one of another,
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing:
but contrariwise blessing;
knowing that ye are thereunto called,
that ye should inherit a blessing.
10 For he that will love life, and see good days,
let him refrain his tongue from evil,
and his lips that they speak no guile:
11 Let him eschew evil, and do good;
let him seek peace, and ensue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
and his ears are open unto their prayers:
but the face of the Lord is against them
that do evil.
1 Timothy 3:1-5
King James Version
3 This is a true saying,
if a man desire the office of a bishop,
he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless,
the husband of one wife,
vigilant, sober, of good behaviour,
given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker,
not greedy of filthy lucre;
but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house,
having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house,
how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Man can debate all he wants.
Trying to get around GOD's law.
Not possible, for it is the NONNEGOTIABLE gospel.
GOD's WORD stands.
By it we are blessed, or doomed.
Depending on our obedience, or disobedience.
Depending on our belief, or unbelief.
A born again always looks to GOD's law.
That we understand, follow, and share His WORD.
We must be acceptable in GOD's eyes.
As we go through this series, we shall find out why.
Next, we turn to the LAW on DIVORCE.
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