In a recent article, an author reveals the negative mindset that many individuals possess about marriage. The author emphasizes that the purpose of marriage is to help one another get into heaven. The purpose of marriage is not to get into heaven but to serve God in the couples ordained purpose.
If marriage does not save a person, the how can a person be saved?
The Apostle Paul and Silas were thrown in jail in the city of Philippi for preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. At midnight they sang and prayed until God broke down all the doors and broke the stocks which held their feet with a great earthquake. The poor jailer, frightened and convicted of his sins, came to these two preachers and asked this question. “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Paul and Silas responded: “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household” (Acts 16:31).
This is the prescription for salvation. Not marriage.
The purpose of marriage is to serve God. The Holy union of Adam and Eve provide us with the purpose of marriage. God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden “… to dress it and to keep it” (Genesis 2:15). The word ‘dress’ in the Hebrew is ‘abad, which means to work as a servant. The word ‘keep’ in the Hebrew is shamar, which means to protect. God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden to work as a servant in the garden and to protect the garden. God decided to provide Adam with a helper. Genesis 2:18 records …”The Lord God said , It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet”. That word ‘meet’ in the Hebrew is ‘ezer. Ezer means to help. Eve’s primary responsibility was to help Adam who was to work as a servant and to protect the Garden of Eden.
The primary purpose of marriage is for the husband and wife to work as a team in the area that God has called the husband to serve. Couples who make the decision to follows God’s purpose for marriage can expect to have all of the resources needed to be successful.
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