Christian MarriageSample

"Why Did God Create Marriage?"

Scripture places tremendous emphasis on the sanctity of marriage. To understand why God treasures marriage, we need to only look at why God created marriage. God gives us four reasons for this creation right up front, in the book of Genesis:

1. He declares:
“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” God charges man with procreation and the best way to fulfill His plan was through marriage.

2. God says:
“And subdue it and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.’” In other words, man is to be in partnership with his wife in managing the earth and caring for the environment.

3. God said:
‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper suitable for him.’” Humankind's deep need for companionship is key reason God established marriage.

4. But that’s not all:
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." God wants the husband and wife relationship to be priority over all others on earth, with commitment for life, and to enjoy the gift of sex.

God is clear – from the very beginning – that marriage is the first and most important institution of man. Let us treat it as a sacred treasure.