Yesterday, we talked about how if we don’t know the purpose of something, then we don’t know really why it was created. In our world today, there are all kinds of different ideas about sex, marriage, and sexuality. But, if we want to know why something like marriage and family exists, we should go to the person who created it.
The Bible gives us the first example of a marriage and a family in Genesis 2. This is a longer passage, but it’s good to read the whole thing so that we know what God said.
18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.
But for Adam[a] no suitable helper was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[b] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[c] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.”
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. – Genesis 2:18-25
This verse describes to us the first marriage and the first family. It also shows us how God intended this relationship to be.
However, in our world today, many people think that no one should tell them how to live their lives. They believe that no one person can tell me who or what I am. The trouble with this attitude is that it leaves God out. God actually is that one being who can tell you what to do and how to live your life.
He has the right to do this because He created you and He loves you. He is the one who gives your life purpose and meaning. So go to His Word to get the definition of marriage and family.
