What is marriage | what does the bible says about Marriage

 

143. When was this ordinance Instituted ? 

In the creation. 

144. Why was it instituted ? 

“It is not good that the man should be alone” (Gen. 2:18). 

145. What constitutes the marriage ? 

“For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave unto his wife; and they twain shall be 

one flesh” (Matthew 19:5). 

146. What injunction was laid on the marriage vow ?

“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder” (Matthew 19:6). 

147. Is divorce therefore unscriptural ? 

Yes. 

148. Did not Moses sanction divorce ? 

Moses permitted it because of the hardness of the hearts of the people, “but from the beginning it was not 

so” (Matthew 19:8). 

149. What did Christ call the putting away of a companion? 

Except for the one cause Of fornication, He called it adultery (Matthew 19:9). 

150, What does He call marrying divorced persons? 

He calls it adultery (Matthew 5:32; 19:9; Mark 10:11; Luke 16:18). 

151. What is the proper thing to say of those who are living together as husband and wife while one or

 both of them have a divorced companion living? 

They are living in adultery. 

152. Have not the civil authorities the power to grant divorces and authorize re-marriage? 

“What therefore God hath joined together let not man put asunder” (Matthew 19:6). 

153. How then shall we regard the second alliance? 

The same as if no second marriage ceremony has been performed. 

154. What about divorced people, anyway? 

Let them remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to their former companions (1 Corinthians 7:11). 

155. What about plural marriages? Like divorces, they were permitted under Old Testament authority, 

but under the New It is, “Let every man have his own wife, and every woman have her own husband” 

 (1 Corinthians 7:2). 

156. What does a laxness in marriage vows indicate ? 

It Indicates a condition of inward decay which is not good. 

157. What sin was especially mentioned in God’s indictment against the antediluvians ? 

They were loose in the marriage vow (Genesis 6:1-8).

158. What was the cause of the downfall of Samson, of Solomon, and finally of all Israel? 

They were loose in the marriage vow. 

159. What great sin lies at the root of the decay of all fallen or falling nations ? 

Looseness in the marriage vow. 

160. Why does this sin so vitally affect the existence and power of nations ? 

Because it is connected with the very vitals of moral purity. The very fact that the marriage vow is 

 lightly regarded shows that this moral purity is gone. This gone, the home is destroyed. Destroy the 

 home, and you destroy the nation. 

161 How may minds of the people be gotten right on the marriage question? 

If such a thing is possible, it will be by teaching the sacredness of the marriage vow, and by planting 

ourselves upon Gospel grounds in that the idea of marriage among divorced persons is entirely banished. 

162. What two restrictions did the Israelites have on this question ? 

Marriage with heathens (Deuteronomy 7:1-3; Ezra 9:1-3; Nehemiah 13:23-27), and marriage with near 

relatives (Leviticus 18). 

163 From what standpoint is marriage with near relatives objectionable ? 

It multiplies and intensifies family weaknesses. 

164. From what standpoint is marriage with heathen objectionable ? 

It leads believers away from God. 

165. Was not Ruth converted through the influence of the family among whom she married ? 

Yes. Here and there you find a case where a child of God marries a worldling and it ends all right. But 

where you find one case like that, you find a number that turned out bad. Shall we justify mixed 

 marriages because of Ruth, and close our eyes to the fate of all Israel? 

166. Then may it not be well to advise only those who are strong-minded and well established in the 

faith to marry out in the world, and thus win souls for Christ? 

Let all such take a lesson from Samson, the strongest man, and Solomon, the wisest man. Listen to the 

voice of Nehemiah: “Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was 

there no king like unto him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: 

nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.” (Nehemiah 13:26) 

167. What advice has the New Testament to give? 

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers” (2 Corinthians 6:14). Marry “. . . only in the 

 Lord” (1 Corinthians 7:39). 

168. Then what about those who are already unevenly yoked? 

Let them make the most of circumstances. Read answer to this question (1 Corinthians 7:12-14). 

169. What is the best safeguard against mixed marriages ? 

Avoid the unequal yoke in associations. 

170. Would not that be selfishness ? 

You may be sociable and friendly with all people without attempting to court all people. 

171. At what age should people begin to consider the marriage question ? 

When the body is fully matured it is a permission from God to consider the question, all other questions 

 being favorable. [Many scriptural Churches has collectively determined the age of 18 years as a 

minimum]. 

172. What are the chief objections to early marriages ? 

A lack of sober judgment and interference with physical development. 

173. Is it obligatory that all marriageable people marry ? 

No. Some of the noblest Christian workers we have ever seen were never married. 

174. Would it not be better to marry unbelievers than to remain single all your lives? 

Better remain single all your lives than to be tied to someone who is liable to make your life a failure, or 

your posterity a generation of infidels. 

175. How may we know what is the best thing to do ?

Obey God’s Word, follow His directions, accept His leadings, and He will lead you into positions where

 you will be of the highest possible service to Him.