147 Spiritual Marriage
Spiritual Marriage THIRD YEAR—SUBJECT 40 Scriptural Marriage
(READ ROMANS 7) Marriage is ordained of God, and when Scripturally consummated it is the happiest state of men and women in this life.
Marriage has been practiced in some form in all ages, among all people. It is a scriptural institution in which all Christians should be interested. All young people intend to engage in it, then why not study God’s word along that line?
Thousands of unscriptural marriages are being entered into every year. Hundreds of our young people are marrying out of Christ, thinking such is no harm. Observation teaches me that three out of every four who do so lose their interest in the church of Christ, and as God teaches we reap what we sow, it is time we were being educated on this subject. The sons of God marrying the daughters of men was one of the things that brought on the flood. Genesis 6:2. When God selected his people he told them plainly they should not allow their sons and daughters to marry out of God’s people, and tells the reason why. Deuteronomy 7:3-7. They violated this law, were driven from God, and when they came back to God they had to put away their strange wives. Nehemiah 13:23. This was among the great sins of Solomon. Nehemiah 13:26.
Under Christ Paul tells us not to be unequally yoked together with un¬believers. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 He says the widows shall marry only in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 7:39. So a Christian is on absolutely safe ground to marry only in the Lord.
QUESTIONS 1. What relationship does husband and wife sustain? Mark 10:8.
2. Of what is a man guilty who puts away his wife and marries again? Luke 16:18.
3. How long is a woman bound to her husband? Romans 7:2.
4. How many exceptions to this rule did Christ give?
5. How many wives must an elder or a deacon have? 1 Timothy 3:2.
6. If a wife departs from her husband what does Paul say about her mar¬rying again? 1 Corinthians 7:11.
7. If a husband or a wife departs from their companion on account of their companion being a Christian, what does Paul say about it? 1 Corinthians 7:12-16.
8. Which should rule, the man or the woman? Ephesians 5:22. Why? Ephesians 5:23.
9. What relationship does the church sustain to Christ? Romans 7:1-4.
10. If the church is married to Christ, and she is his body then how many churches or bodies does he have? Ephesians 4:4; Colossians 1:24.
11. When can a man or woman marry the second time and not violate God’s law? Romans 7:2.
12. How must they marry? 1 Corinthians 7:29.