Marriage is ordained by God. God set the rules for marriage and anything outside of His plan will ultimately have problems, issues and challenges that cannot be resolved. The Bible (God’s word) clearly lays out what His plan for marriage decrees. Mark 10:6-9 Says, “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Colossians 3:18-19 says “Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.”
Ephesians 5:25-26 says, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word.”
And if obeying God’s plan becomes difficult as human nature ultimately will find ways that cause that to happen, Christ showed us how giving our lives to Him means He always is there to help us. As Proverbs 16:9 says, “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.”
The world has turned its back on God and we are seeing the results and it’s not a pretty picture.
Yep! Exactly
Clearest description and explanation of marriage I’ve read.
Well stated by you.
Amen. That is THE root cause.