"And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?" (Matthew 19:4-5).
God’s plan, purpose and provision at the beginning - Genesis 2:18, 20, 22, 24; Matthew:19:4-5; Ephesians 5:31.
Divinely ordained necessity – Genesis 2:18; Ephesians 5:23; 1Corinthians 12:21; Psalm 68:6.
God setteth the solitary in family”, Man and woman are mutually dependence for is the man without the woman, neither is the woman without the man, in the Lord. (1Corinthians11:11).
Preservation of purity in the church and in the community – 1Corinthians 7:2, 9-11; Matthew 19:10-11; 1Timothy 5:9-15.
Marriage is one of God’s methods to keep men and women free from fornication and Immorality. God make no provision in His word for young people to have friends for Fleshly pleasure. Secret love among youth is evil in the sight of God.
Completeness and fulfillment of true living – Ephesians 5:23,29-31; Ecclesiastes 4:9-11. Marriage provides needed fellowship, comfort, companionship and partnership.
Complement to God’s work of procreation – Genesis 1:27-28; 9:1; Psalm 128:3; Malachi 2:15; Ephesians 6:1-3
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