Christian Marriage Revealed

1. The Christian marriage is revealed in the creation of man– In the second chapter of the Bible we find God’s purpose regarding the marriage union. In Genesis 2:7 we read, “The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”

The term “breath of life” in the Hebrew is actually translated the “breath of lives.” When God breathed life into Adam He also imparted the essence of Eve’s life as well.

2. The Christian marriage is revealed in the making of one flesh – Genesis 2:21 says, “So the LORD God caused man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.”

God did not breathe life into woman as He did in man. The reason is, when God took Adam’s rib, He also withdrew the life of Eve previously imparted into Adam.

The big idea here is that there was more than a physical connection in the first marriage union. With God removed Adam’s rib, Adam and Eve became “one flesh”. In addition, the same Spirit that brought life to Adam is also the same Spirit that gave life to Eve as well.

3. The Christian Marriage is revealed in the work of the Spirit– The marriage union isn’t a contract, or a legal agreement. It isn’t two people who have decided to live together and combine their resources. It isn’t simply an arrangement that society came up with to allow a man and woman to be sexual involved without feeling guilty. And, most importantly, the marriage union was not the invention of man – but the creation of God.

The same work of the Holy Spirit that is involved at salvation – the miracle of joining us to Jesus – is the same miraculous work of the Spirit that joins a man and woman in holy matrimony.

4. Ultimate purpose of marriage – The marriage union is the only human relationship that is used to illustrate the most sacred of all relationships – our relationship with Christ. That’s why we are described as the bride of Christ, and Jesus is described as the bridegroom.

God’s desire is that the marriage relationship be a physical expression of the miracle and beauty of our relationship with Him. In Ephesians 5:25 we read, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her…” The Bible continues by saying, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.”

Every marriage has the potential of revealing the reality of God’s grace, love and redemption. That’s why Satan fights marriages so intensely. Your marriage is a physical of expression of what Satan hates – the hope of forgiveness and the grace of redemption.

Conclusion:

Let’s fight for our marriages with the sense of purpose that gives our marriages something worth fighting for!