Honor Marriage

“He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."” (Matthew 19:4-6 ESV).

As we consider the command to honor marriage, we must consider what God says about who is to marry who. We begin with what seems very clear, that God created male and female, which is determined by physical characteristics, not by what you think you are or want to be. For example, if a person, a male by birth, who has fathered children, walks around dresses as a woman and thinks he is a woman, is not a woman, but one who is deceived and dishonors God.

This male and female that God created, who have the proper physical parts to come together to create children, are to marry. It is to be one male to one female, not some other combination that some promote. Any marriage combination other than one male and one female and for life, dishonors God and is sin. Remember, “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.” (Hebrews 13:4 ESV).

Prayer

Father, even many Christians have deviated from this command. We are not willing to take a stand against the immoral behavior that is becoming a more normal way of life and as a result the family unit Is rapidly breaking down, resulting in social distress in our culture. Looking at the cross, we see love as a sacrifice, but today love has become more of a feeling. Love as a sacrifice looks out for the benefit of the other while love as a feeling looks out for the benefit of self. Father, we need to bring honor and sacrifice back into marriage.

See "The Commands of Jesus" Index to view other commands.