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Married Part 2: Marriage is a Covenant

Definition of Terms:

What is Marriage?

Marriage is a covenant union between two mature adults of opposite sexes for the purpose of procreation, pleasure and mutual pursuit of their God given destiny.

Genesis 2:24 NKJV

Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Marriage as we learned yesterday is for mature adults who are independent of parents and able to provide for themselves and others. 

  This is because marriage is a sacred union. God is the chief joiner in every legal marriage. Marriage is more than a legal thing or a customary practice. It is a Divine institution. It is a holy thing.

Matthew 19:4-6 NKJV

And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,' and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."

You don’t just walk into a marriage and walk out. It is serious business. God was the Officiating Minister. 

  He was present to join the couple and establish the covenant. Marriage is first of all a spiritual covenant. Then it is mental and emotional covenant before it becomes a physical covenant through sex.

Once a man and woman are married. They are no longer two different people. As far as God is concerned they have one destiny. They ought to work together towards a common goal irrespective of their skill sets and their jobs. 

Their jobs are only means of earning an income or making a difference that moves them towards a Divine Destiny. Think about that for a moment. See Ecclesiastes 4:9; Matthew 18:19.

This is why many marriages don’t work because the two are not in agreement. Each person seeks to be pursuing their own dreams and goals instead of a common vision. So long as a couple has different focus there will be tension in the marriage and when the tension becomes unbearable, the marriage will eventually break.

Every Christian couple needs to sit down with each other before the Lord to discover their God given destiny together. This becomes their rallying point every time. It keeps them together and keeps them walking together amicable. 


  Love may bring two people together but the difference in their values will tear them apart. A house divided against itself shall not stand. See Proverbs 28:19 NKJV, NASB; Matthew 12:25

In marriage your body belongs to your spouse and your spouse’s body belongs to you. It is an exchange of resources for the benefit of the other person.

   That’s what happens in a covenant. You are no longer your own. You belong to your spouse. See 1 Corinthians 7:1-5;

In a covenant, all that belongs to one party belongs to the other party. That’s why the Bible says, “All things are yours, the world…things present and things to come. All are yours and you are Christ’s….” 

   This is because your Maker is your Husband. All that He has belongs to you. Until men begin to see it this way the tension and acrimony in marriages will never end. Think about it!

It is time for couples to recognize that marriage is NOT an American invention. It is Divine institution. It is Divinely instituted to demonstrate the reality of the covenant union between God and Israel and the union between Christ and the church. 

  We are the Body of Christ because He is our husband. See Isaiah 54:5; Hosea 2:18-20; 2 Corinthians 11:2.

Eniyekpemi Fidelis O,

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