Mar

ri
age
Marr
iageist
hel
egal
uni
onorr
elat
ionshi
pbet
weenamanandawomant
obecomehusband
andwife.

Mar
ri
agewasi
nst
it
utedbyGodr
ightf
rom t
het
imeofcr
eat
ion.

Funct
ionsofMar
ri
age.

1Compani
onshi
p–Godsawt hatmanwasaloneanditwasnotgood.SoHecr
eat
edt
he
womanasahelperandcompani
onformansothatmanisnotl
onely
.

2.Procr
eat
ion–Godcommandedmant obefr
uit
ful
,mul
ti
ply
,repl
eni
shandsubduet
heear
th.
Throughmarr
iageandchi
l
dbear
ingGod’
spl
anisbei
ngful
fi
ll
ed.

3.Chasti
ty–Mar r
iageistoprev
entmanfr
om l
i
vingl
ikeani
mal
s.I
tdi
scour
agesal
lfor
msof
best
ialbehav
ior
,prosti
tut
ionandsex
uali
mmorali
ty.

4.
Raisi
nggodl
ygenerationforGod.Godi
ntendt
orai
seGodf
ear
inggener
ati
ont
hrough
marr
iageast
heyprocreate

5.
Prevent
ionofTerri
bleDiseases–Mar r
iagei
stopr
evental
lfor
msofsexual
l
yt r
ansmit
ted
di
seasessuchasgonor r
hea,syphi
l
is,Her
pes,HI
V/AI
DSandformsofdeadl
ydiseasest
hatare
at
tacki
ngdisobedi
entpeopletoday.

Responsi
6. bi
li
ty:
Ther
eareresponsi
bil
i
tiesordut
iesf
orhusbandandwif
einmar
ri
agei
nthe
homeandinthehomeandinthecommuni ty(
ReadEphesi
ans5:21-
31)

Mor
alLessons:
1.
Manistoencour
agel
i
feandnott
oter
minat
eli
fe.SoChr
ist
iansar
etoav
oidanddi
scour
age
abor
ti
ons.

2.
Godhascr
eatedal
lthi
ngsthatwil
lmakemanenj
oyt
heear
th,
sot
her
eisnoneedf
oranyl
ack
orf
ormantobecomeselfi
shorgreedy
.

3.
Mar r
iagei
saninsti
tut
ionestabl
ishedbyGodf ormanandwomant ocomet oget
heras
husbandandwif
e.Otherform ofhumanrelati
onshipsli
kehomosexual
it
y,l
esbiani
sm orgay
marri
ageetcar
ev er
ysinful
andshoul dbediscouraged.

4.
Sexual
immor
ali
tyi
snotpar
tofGod’
spl
anf
orman.I
tisasi
nbef
oreGodandshal
lat
tract
puni
shmentf
rom

Ty
pesofMar
ri
age
Maj
orTy
pesofMar
ri
ages

1.
Chr
ist
ianmar
ri
age

2.
Isl
ami
cmar
ri
age

3.
Tradi
ti
onal
mar
ri
age

4.
Cour
tmar
ri
age.

5.
OtherTy
peofMar
ri
agesar
e:

Pol
ygamy
:(a)Pol
ygy
ny:
Thi
sisat
ypeofmar
ri
agei
nwhi
chamanmar
ri
esmor
ethanone
wi
fe

Pol
yandr
y:Thi
sisat
ypeofmar
ri
agei
nwhi
chawomanmar
ri
esmor
ethanonehusband.

Monogamy
:Thi
sisat
ypeofmar
ri
agei
nwhi
chamani
smar
ri
edt
oonewoman.

Lev
irat
e:I
samar
ri
agei
nwhi
chamanmar
ri
est
hewi
dowofhi
sdeadbr
other
.

Sor
ogat
e:I
sat
ypeofmar
ri
agei
nwhi
chawi
dowermar
ri
esoneofwi
fe’
ssi
ster
.

Gay
(samesexmar
ri
age)
:(a)Homosexual
:Isat
ypeofmar
ri
agebet
weenamananda
man.(
b)Lesbi
ans:
Thi
sisat
ypeofmar
ri
agebet
weenawomanandawoman.
SUBTOPI
C2

I
mpor
tanceofMar
ri
age:
I
tisor
dai
nedbyGod

I
treducesf
orni
cat
ion

I
talsohel
pinreduci
ngt
hei
nci
denceofHI
V/AI
DSandot
hersexual
transmi
tt
ed
di
seases.
(STDS).

Mar
ri
agedi
scour
agest
eenagepr
egnancy

Chi
l
drenr
aisedi
ngoodmar
ri
agesar
elessl
i
kel
ytobecr
imi
nal
s.

Mar
ri
ager
educeshat
redanddi
scr
imi
nat
ionamongdi
ff
erentt
ri
bes.