1. God
Himself initiated marriage at the beginning of human history. Adam had no part
in planning it. Without divine revelation, man cannot understand it; much less
make it a part of his experience.
2. The
decision that the man was to marry proceeded from God, not from the man.
3. God
knew the kind of helper that the man needed. The man did not
4. God
prepared the woman for the man
5. God
presented the woman to the man. The man did not have to go in search for her
6. God
ordained the nature of their life together. Its end purpose was unity
7. Jesus
upheld God's original plan of marriage as binding on all who would become His
disciples. It is still in force today
Some
additional thoughts, also from God are a Matchmaker:-
§ That a Christian will enter into
marriage not because it is his or her decision, but because it's God's.
§ That a Christian man will trust God
both to choose and to prepare the wife he needs. On the other side, a
Christian woman will trust God to prepare her for the husband for whom God has
appointed her.
§ That a Christian man, walking in the
will of God, will find that God brings to him the wife whom He has chosen and
prepared for him. On the other side, a Christian woman will allow God to
lead her to the husband for whom he has been preparing for her.
§ That the end purpose of marriage
today is still what is was for Adam & Eve: perfect unity. Only those who
fulfil the first three requirements , however, can expect also to enjoy the
fulfilment of the end purpose
