The Christian marriage is a covenant and not a contract!

Marriage and sex are from God and are therefore good. Our ability to establish a relationship with one of the opposite sex is directly tied to our creation in the image of God: so God created man in his own image . . . male and female he created them. Everything that God made was “very good. ” Scripture teaches,

 “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favour from the Lord.”

 But human beings distorted marriage, this gracious gift given by the Creator and pronounced “good,” by sin. Maleness and femaleness are at the heart of human relationships; they are good gifts from a loving God. Marriage is God’s idea. It is neither man nor society’s idea. In order for our marriages to glorify God, we have to do it God’s way according to God’s blueprint.  We have to completely reject and toss out most of the pre-conceived ideas we have learnt from the world around us about marriage and take on God’s idea of marriage. Before you can erect a building that will weather the hurricanes and tornadoes of life, you have to make sure that the foundation you lay is strong enough to hold the building up.

 Since the Christian marriage is a covenant between a man and a woman in the presence of God, the couple has to use the Word of God as the building blocks of their marriage. They must be willing to allow the Word to change their whole outlook on life to God’s outlook.  Only then can they begin the process of building a strong solid marriage.