Marriage between a man and a woman was established by God in the Garden of Eden. It is through this union that the human race is populated. It is also by this union the two people of the opposite sex can enjoy a fellowship like none other. It was God’s intent that they comfort each other and support each other. However, in our modern era marriages have come under attack. It should be no surprise to us because anything that is of God, Satan will either try to duplicate in an inferior notion or nullify both of which he is failed. The attack on marriage is not in one way but many means whereas the unbelievers or the backslidden Christians cooperate.
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are the prime example set before millions of people who chose not to marry. She said, it is an “assumption that a lavish ceremony and piece of paper equate to a happy life.” This couple remained dedicated to each other for decades, having children and pursuing their careers yet without God’s blessing. However, this is not the usual case for people who shack up together. There is no security especially for the woman. There is no predictability. There is no way to guarantee oneself that the other is reliable. Most people who do not marry usually break up and go on to another relationship without marriage. For those people, marriage is a mockery in their minds eliminating the idea of God to them.
Multiple marriages diminishes the value and purpose of being wedded together. Elizabeth Taylor is a good example of that. She flipped from one man to another and then another and then another and then came back to a previous one. It is obvious that this type of person is searching for something that can never be found without God as the center of their life. To be married multiple times cheapens such relationships to temporary liaisons. Some women may be looking for a father image in a groom. Some men may be looking for mother image for the reason they marry. They have unresolved subjective needs.
Being married but having another partner or mistress dishonors what God intended. Whether it is true or not, the French have a reputation for being married yet having someone else on the side. In this case, marriage is only a contract sometimes for convenience and sometimes for financial gain. Those who have a third person in their life is trying to supplement what is missing in the home. Of course, this relationship is unmerited, and unfair to all involved. Paul addressed the practice of incest and condemned it in First Corinthians 5: 1 as another means to seek a sinful life.
Then we come to the matter of homosexuality and lesbianism in which the persons declare they have undying love for each other. This is not the kind of love that could grow into godlike love. It is primarily a matter of fellowship and sexual activity. There are then many research projects conducted to explain why people of the same sex are attracted to each other. The point is that God sees this as an abomination. It, too, is a disgrace against God’s plan for man and woman to live together the rest of their lives. There are multiple biblical verses where God says he will not under any circumstances accept this lifestyle no matter what Supreme Court rulings say, no matter what society approves. The Scripture in Romans 1: 24 – 28 plainly declares homosexuality as unnatural and dishonoring to one’s body. As a result, God gave them up to vile affections leaving the natural use of the opposite sex resulting in a recompense of what they were doing because they did not want to pay attention to God leaving them with a reprobate mind. When Paul wrote to Timothy in his first letter chapter 1, verse ten, he called this behavior that which people defile themselves with mankind.
In Ephesians 5 Paul draws a comparison between human marriage and that of the church being a wedding to Christ who is the bridegroom. This is most significant! When we involve ourselves in marriage in this lifetime, it is a foreshadow of Christ and the church. To dilute human marriage is to destroy the comparison that teaches us how Christ is the head of the church, our bridegroom. Within the home the man and woman are symbols representing God’s love that is forever, unchangeable, devoted, and sincere. Under no circumstances can the Christian church except the poor substitutes of the world for what God intended it to be in marriage.
Christian Writer 