1. Marriage was ordained by God Gen. 2:18-25
God Speaks on Marriage
Marriage was ordained by God
Gen. 2:18-25

2. Heb. 13:4
4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

3. So much found in the Bible about marriage

4. Matt. 19:4-6 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.

5. Marriage was established by God on the 6th day of Creation (Gen
Marriage was established by God on the 6th day of Creation (Gen. 1 and 2) The woman was created from the man and for the man. The woman was the lst to sin.. and God said to her: “..your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.” (Gen. 3:16)

6. Marriage is honorable –Heb.13:4
I.God Exalts Marriage
Marriage is honorable –Heb.13:4

7. Marriage is Honorable when God says it is Honorable
1. It was begun and ordained by God. Gen. 1:27;Gen. 5:2
2. Regardless of how men defines marriage, we must define it as God defines it.
3. The laws of the land do not determine what is or Is not marriage.
4. God’s standard always prevails over the laws of men

8. God’s Word must be respected.
Deut.12:8 ‘Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.”

9. Prov. 21:2 “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts”
Prov. 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

10. Acts 5:29 We must obey God Rather than man. Prov., 30:12 “There is a
generation that are pure in their own eyes,
and yet is not washed from their Filthiness.”
Acts 5:29
We must obey God
Rather than man.

11. God’s Pattern for Marriage
1. Humans.
Male and Female
1 man,1 Woman
2. Married as husband
And wife.

12. No Shame in the sexual Union in this state. (married) Heb. 13:4
Leaving parents and
cleaving to one
another. Gen.2:24

13. Ezekiel 16:32 defines adultery.
It says: “A wife that committeth adultery taketh strangers instead of her husband. “
Adultery.. Is when a person
who has an honorable marriage seeks and obtains sexual activity outside of that marriage.

14. Romans 7:3
“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.”

15. Matt. 5:31.32 It hath been said, whosoever shall put
away his wife, let him give her a writing
of divorcement: But I say unto you, that
whosoever shall put away his wife, saving For the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall Marry her that is divorced committeth adultery

16. What constitutes marriage in God’s sight?
1. Meet the requirement of God.
l man and l woman.
What does God say? Who is really
subjects for marriage?
a) One man One Woman
2. Meet the requirement of the law of the land, so long as it does not conflict with the law of God.

17. fulfilling the physical aspect that goes with Marriage.
A couple may
Follow the practices that
typically employed
to recognize a couple
as ‘officially married.”
A couple may
consummate the
marriage sexually
fulfilling the physical aspect
that goes with
Marriage.

18. Are 2 people married if they have a sexual relationship?
1. It is argued that when a man and
a woman have sex, God considers them to be
Married. Not True:
Fornication..I Cor. 7:2 sex before marriage is immorality!
Adultery..Matt. 19:9

19. II. Marriage is Monogamous
One Man
One Woman
Gen. 2:18-23

20. III. Marriage is Heterosexual
“attracted to the opposite sex”
Male + Female = Marriage
Not Male + Male
Not Female + Female

21. IV. Marriage is Designed
By God For Life
Rom.7:1-4 = till death
‘No Trial marriages
Matt. 19:9 God gives only 1 cause other than death for putting away and remarrying:
‘Fornication”

22. Prevent immorality-1Cor.7:2
V. Purpose of Marriage
Companionship – Gen.2:18
Procreation-Gen.1:27-28
Prevent immorality-1Cor.7:2

23. I Cor. 7:2 “Nevertheless, to avoid Fornication ,let every man have
His own wife, and let every
Woman have her own husband.

24. Marriage is for those who
Love God
And one Another