THE FOREMOST REASON FOR MARRIAGE

THE FOREMOST REASON FOR MARRIAGE

Friday, March 20, 2015

  What is the foremost reason for marriage?

  In answering this or other questions involving humankind, we must first understand and accept that all that is not for or all about us: “… all things were created in Him [Jesus], the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers, all things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.” (MKJV Col.1)

  What is the foremost reason for marriage according to people? The answer(s) depend on who you ask, Christians or not: “As with Adam, loneliness.” (God doesn’t say Adam was lonely.) “Adam needed a dishwasher.”  “Procreation.” (One of numerous line items in serving God.) “To help God name plants and animals.” (Another line-item.) “God needs people to take care of His stuff.” (God needs people?) “Intimacy.” “She knew how to cook, clean house, and wrap gifts properly.” “A type of Christ and the church on earth (Yes! More on this next week.), companionship, and the family the building block of society.” “What would God do without us?”

  Studying the Genesis record we see Adam created by God from His creation to serve God within God’s wondrous endowment of grace; undeserved, unearned favor and spiritual blessing; free will. Woman, Eve, was created by God from Adam to help Adam in free will in serving God.

  They were to serve God in ultimate “one flesh” unity. They did not do so.

  The first Adam, in exercising God-given free will, trusted Satan’s promise of God-ness knowledge and position and thereby failed his foremost reason for being. Adam did not however cancel His foremost reason for being. Years later after much study Solomon arrived at the same conclusion.

  What is our foremost reason for marriage? If not continually enlightened according to God’s foremost reason, then what is our marital experience?

  Please understand that dilemma in marriage is basically to the degree that husbands and wives have the problem of not being motivated in harmony by God’ foremost reason for marriage.

EBB4

PS. I’m not soliciting your answers to the final 2 questions. They are thought/action questions. Also, please don’t think I’m pushing marriage as requirement to ultimately fulfill serving God effectively. 1Cor.7:6-9; 1Tim.4:1-3; 5:14.