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Articles: Philosophy | Marriage - God's expectation
- Mrs. Sravani Suresh Anand
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Rules out homosexuality, Genesis 2:22-23 'Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.The man said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man.' It was man and woman who was made husband and wife.
Rules out adultery, '....be joined to his wife...' not to some other woman.
If there's any lack of satisfying intimacy in your marriage, the answerr isnot going to be found outside of your marriage; the problem is inside of your marriage - that's what needs to be fixed.
5. Be companion to your mate.
'... and they shall become one flesh.'
The sexual union between husband and wife only symbolizes their greater union. A preceeding union of spirits, of emotions, of intellects, of common interests, goals, plans and hopes will enhance the sexual union.
Genesis 2:18 'The LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'
The basic obligation of marriage is to be the answer to the mate's need for genuine companionship
6. Work together for the glory of God
'... and they shall become one flesh'.
One flesh refers to the entire life-union of the couple, of which sexual intercourse is the unique realization and expression. The essential moral problem with non marital sexual intercourse is that it performs a life-uniting acts without a life-united intent, thus violating its intrinsic meaning.
Between man and his wife in their perfect union there should be no guilt, hiding, blaming, alienation and conflict.
Marriages are to be a reflection, not of our own self-centeredness, but of the divine plan of redemption in which sinners, who were once lost and alienated from God by their sin, are reunited as one flesh, one body with Him. This brings God great glory and pleasure.
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