« Marriage and the home: 1 How God sees them. They are "heirs together of the grace of life" (1 Peter 3: 7). What higher calling! 2 Being one flesh God had established intimate relations of spouses in the human state of innocence. "Be fruitful and replenish the earth" (Genesis 1:28). Scripture does not sin for the act itself or the fact to talk about. The Holy Spirit uses various expressions to speak of. But this is a subject that the Bible, especially the New Testament, speaks with a dignity and seriousness, just the opposite of the current lightness. "Marriage is honorable in all respects" (Hebrews 13: 4). In 1 Corinthians 6: 15-19, the Apostle wrote that our bodies, a member of Christ's body is the temple of the Holy Spirit; and thereafter, in Chapter 7, it extends more detail in this matter. A holy reserves together with a seriousness should characterize us. Intimate relationships are not only intended to beget children »
"Marriage is a common life full of responsibilities
It is not only given to ensure offspring to man (Genesis 1:28), but is an intimate communion of spirit, soul and body.Marriage requires both spouses: selfless love, loyalty, mutual trust, sense of responsibility;that is not all.But it provides a lot of joy and satisfaction.Spouses who realize that love is forgotten and book, according to 1 Corinthians 13: 5 does not seek its own, will be happy experience that the esteem and mutual inclination merely deepen, s enrich and beautify.Because "it is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35).But in this life together, first place belongs to the Lord.Marriage is a unit
"He created them male and female, and blessed them;and called their name Adam (man) "(Genesis 5: 1-2), not men (plural).The husband and wife together constitute the man.They shall be one flesh.We return to this statement.Marriage involves separation from parents (Genesis 2:24).Sometimes fathers or mothers too closely linked to their children find it difficult to accept this divine order.A young man or young woman can have with his parents as such strong links they exceed a subsidiary healthy relationship.In both cases, such dependency burden on the young couple.We have already drawn attention to the need for autonomy and vis-à-vis parents independence.Parents must ensure that their advice or their well-meaning exhortations do not constitute interference in the domain that belongs to the responsibilities of the young couple.In this case, they can not claim for themselves the already quoted commandment: "Honor thy father and thy mother" (Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6: 1-3).Rather they have the wisdom to refrain from showing any will."The head of the woman is the man," not parents or in-laws, and even "the head of every man.God instituted monogamous marriage
"Therefore a man shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."This verse of Gen. 2:24 is quoted four times in the New Testament, but with a variant that does not allow any other interpretation: "The two shall be one flesh" (Matthew 19: 5; Mark 10: 8; 1 Corinthians 6 : 16; Ephesians 5:31).Marriage, special solicitude on the part of God.This is not Adam but God who found that loneliness, over time, would not be good for Adam.How the interest of God to Adam lonely had to be beneficial.God himself was concerned about the good of man.He was one who was, and when the hour chosen by God came, he brought him a companion.Whoever puts his trust in Him, will still experience today.What God has joined together (Matthew 19: 6).God would unite the couple, because He alone is able to probe every man, and knows which are made for each other.After the fall, Adam made a veiled reproach to God, "The woman you gave me" (Genesis 3:12).Nevertheless, he recognized that it was God who had given him specifically.A wise woman is from the Lord (Proverbs 7:14 p.m.).God still wants to give today.However, it should not be held responsible for unhappy marriages: they are always the result of self-will.
If God unites two beings, he gives the grace to resolve any problems that may arise.Abraham's servant prayed to the Lord to let him know that the wife avaitdestinéeà Isaac.The father and the brother of Rebecca recognized that this thing actually proceeded from God (Genesis 24:14 and 50).In our countries, it is concluded and confirmed by civil status, and not by mere consent (Romans 13: 1-2).
Note the biblical example of Rebecca in Genesis 24: she gave her consent, saying: "I will go" (v 58).It's only nine verses later we are told: "it was his wife" (v 67).The first verse presents marriage as an agreement between the spouses, the last rather demonstrates the public document related to the company.Furthermore, passages like those of 2 Corinthians 12:17 Romans 8:21 ET urge us to ensure "that which is honest, not only before God but also before men."Outside of those concerned, it is only God who hears mutual consent but marriage to civil status is ratified "man".
God has also applied the image of marriage in Israel.He complained that fathers have broken his covenant even though the had married (Jeremiah 31:32).Marriage is a commitment that should not be dissolved as long as both spouses are alive (Romans 7: 2; 1 Corinthians 7:39).The bond of marriage is a union for life, firm and indissoluble. "
It is not only given to ensure offspring to man (Genesis 1:28), but is an intimate communion of spirit, soul and body.Marriage requires both spouses: selfless love, loyalty, mutual trust, sense of responsibility;that is not all.But it provides a lot of joy and satisfaction.Spouses who realize that love is forgotten and book, according to 1 Corinthians 13: 5 does not seek its own, will be happy experience that the esteem and mutual inclination merely deepen, s enrich and beautify.Because "it is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35).But in this life together, first place belongs to the Lord.Marriage is a unit
"He created them male and female, and blessed them;and called their name Adam (man) "(Genesis 5: 1-2), not men (plural).The husband and wife together constitute the man.They shall be one flesh.We return to this statement.Marriage involves separation from parents (Genesis 2:24).Sometimes fathers or mothers too closely linked to their children find it difficult to accept this divine order.A young man or young woman can have with his parents as such strong links they exceed a subsidiary healthy relationship.In both cases, such dependency burden on the young couple.We have already drawn attention to the need for autonomy and vis-à-vis parents independence.Parents must ensure that their advice or their well-meaning exhortations do not constitute interference in the domain that belongs to the responsibilities of the young couple.In this case, they can not claim for themselves the already quoted commandment: "Honor thy father and thy mother" (Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6: 1-3).Rather they have the wisdom to refrain from showing any will."The head of the woman is the man," not parents or in-laws, and even "the head of every man.God instituted monogamous marriage
"Therefore a man shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."This verse of Gen. 2:24 is quoted four times in the New Testament, but with a variant that does not allow any other interpretation: "The two shall be one flesh" (Matthew 19: 5; Mark 10: 8; 1 Corinthians 6 : 16; Ephesians 5:31).Marriage, special solicitude on the part of God.This is not Adam but God who found that loneliness, over time, would not be good for Adam.How the interest of God to Adam lonely had to be beneficial.God himself was concerned about the good of man.He was one who was, and when the hour chosen by God came, he brought him a companion.Whoever puts his trust in Him, will still experience today.What God has joined together (Matthew 19: 6).God would unite the couple, because He alone is able to probe every man, and knows which are made for each other.After the fall, Adam made a veiled reproach to God, "The woman you gave me" (Genesis 3:12).Nevertheless, he recognized that it was God who had given him specifically.A wise woman is from the Lord (Proverbs 7:14 p.m.).God still wants to give today.However, it should not be held responsible for unhappy marriages: they are always the result of self-will.
If God unites two beings, he gives the grace to resolve any problems that may arise.Abraham's servant prayed to the Lord to let him know that the wife avaitdestinéeà Isaac.The father and the brother of Rebecca recognized that this thing actually proceeded from God (Genesis 24:14 and 50).In our countries, it is concluded and confirmed by civil status, and not by mere consent (Romans 13: 1-2).
Note the biblical example of Rebecca in Genesis 24: she gave her consent, saying: "I will go" (v 58).It's only nine verses later we are told: "it was his wife" (v 67).The first verse presents marriage as an agreement between the spouses, the last rather demonstrates the public document related to the company.Furthermore, passages like those of 2 Corinthians 12:17 Romans 8:21 ET urge us to ensure "that which is honest, not only before God but also before men."Outside of those concerned, it is only God who hears mutual consent but marriage to civil status is ratified "man".
God has also applied the image of marriage in Israel.He complained that fathers have broken his covenant even though the had married (Jeremiah 31:32).Marriage is a commitment that should not be dissolved as long as both spouses are alive (Romans 7: 2; 1 Corinthians 7:39).The bond of marriage is a union for life, firm and indissoluble. "
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