19/02/2024
DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE
Marriage is an institution ordained and ordered by God. It is the only institution that was
established before sin came into the world.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis 2:18
*SPIRITUAL TYPE OF MARRIAGE.
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Spiritual Marriage
(This is so that the couple vow to obey God’s law in relation to marriage and also to have
the marriage sealed by God.)
(a)The church conducts the vows and blesses the couple.
(b)As far as the church is concerned, you are not married unless this is done.
(c)The church also publishes the names of all couples getting married, on its
noticeboard for at least three weeks, so that if there is any objection to the
marriage it may be voiced.
We require all couples to fulfil all 3 forms of marriage to avoid confusion and dispute later on,
as to whether they were or have indeed been married.
*Biblical Reasons for Marriage
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Marriage is not man’s idea, neither was it initiated by him. It was God himself who realized
man’s need for a companion and addressed it. To understand why God instituted marriage, we
need to go to the Bible for the answers.
Biblical Reasons for Marriage
1. To solve the problem of loneliness
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make
him an help meet for him.
Genesis 2:18
2. To be a helpmeet
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make
him an help meet for him.
Genesis 2:18
Helpmeet: Ways the woman can help the man––by prayer, s*x, providing food, counsel,
encouragement, comfort; by showing hospitality; by performing housekeeping duties; by
helping financially, socially, etc.
3. To avoid fornication
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not
to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his
own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1,2
4. To have children
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the
cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon
the earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male
and female created he them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the
earth.
Genesis 1:26-28
When children enter into the world outside the medium of marriage, they are handicapped and
often turn out to be delinquent.
Please note: The absence of children does not nullify your marriage. Similarly, it is not the
arrival of children that validates the marriage. *By Pastor Godfrey Onyango*
