Marriage is in the political arena these days. What does the Bible say about marriage and as Christians do we have a right to stand up for what we believe in a culture that believes in little? Where do our rights begin and end?
Here is a definition and some material to start our discussion.
MARRIAGE - The union of a man and a woman as husband and wife, which becomes the foundation for a home and family.
Origin of Marriage. Marriage was instituted by God when He declared, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him" (Gen 2:18). So God fashioned woman and brought her to man. On seeing the woman, Adam exclaimed, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man" (Gen 2:23). This passage also emphasizes the truth that "a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh" (Gen 2:24). This suggests that God's ideal is for a man to be the husband of one wife and for the marriage to be permanent.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright © 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
Here is a definition and some material to start our discussion.
MARRIAGE - The union of a man and a woman as husband and wife, which becomes the foundation for a home and family.
Origin of Marriage. Marriage was instituted by God when He declared, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him" (Gen 2:18). So God fashioned woman and brought her to man. On seeing the woman, Adam exclaimed, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man" (Gen 2:23). This passage also emphasizes the truth that "a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh" (Gen 2:24). This suggests that God's ideal is for a man to be the husband of one wife and for the marriage to be permanent.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright © 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
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JTG said - Standing up in a respectful, non-judging, "hating the sin/not the sinner" approach seems like the biblical answer. Certaintly not easy, but practical. There's only one righful judge- Jesus Christ, he is without sin, therefore he only can faithfully judge. Again, only through relationship between a "man and a woman" can life be created and ideally within the union of marriage should life be created. These seem to be the laws of nature, by which I believe that God ordained.
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