THE MYSTERY OF MARRIAGE

Marriage is the coming together of a man and a woman as husband and wife,cleaving together in a life long covenant relationship.
Marriage is central to human existence as it is a God ordained institution.

God knows what is good for man and as a result He establish the marriage union ever before the fall of man in the garden of Eden when man was in his perfect state.
God is the founder and builder of the marriage institution.This is the first institution on the surface of the earth which is yet to produce a graduate.

PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE

Let's consider the divine plan and purpose of God for marriage.Every act of God is with a reason and so for marriage there is a reason.

Companionship-Marriage is the only institution divinely designed to fill this natural gap of affection and lonliness in man.It makes for companionship,sharing and living.

Partnership-Husband and wife are parners in progress.It becomes a mystery that two seperate individuals with distinct personalities,coming from different backgrounds with different plans and ambitions in life,to live and share together in the marriage union.

Procreation-"Go therefore,be fruitful and multiply" is God's command to man.This creative will of God is fulfil in marriage.The husband and wife are co-partners with God in the work of creating human life.

Preservation-Man is fulfilled as well as preservedas long as the marriage union is concerned.Human dignity and sanity is preserved as well.The society at large is equally sanitised by way of marriage,Preserved from evil and confusion.

Purity-Unlike the animal kingdom,man was created in the image and likeness of the Almighty God.God is holy you know!It is likewise expected of man to be holy.Marriage union makes it a possibility for the natural instinct and yearnings in man for copulation and affection to be expressed.

Health-Good health is paramount in God's plan for mankind.Through marriage,man is able to escape the hazards and infections associated with immoral and licentious living.Pandermic like HIV(AIDs) and STDs are a forgotten issue as long as faithfulness and fidelity in marriage is concerned.

Intimacy-The deepest and closest of all human relationships.
Unity-Two are better than one.

Power-Power with God and man.At man's disposal is the awesome power and authority given by God himself to be demonstrated within the context of marriage.

Marriage therefore is the total commitment of two hearts to one another,joined together in will,emotion,desire and ambition.
In essence,it is two seperate lives becoming one.
The success of one partner becomes the success of the other.The problems and challenges of one partner becomes the challenge of the other.
So we can rightly say that in marriage union,husband and wife become intricately woven together in the bond of love,united in body,soul and spirit.