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Marriage
What is Marriage?
From the BFC's
Biblical Principles for
Living:
Article 103-3 - Marriage and Singleness
103-3.1 Marriage is the joining together of one
man and one woman in a covenant union instituted and
ordained by God.1 The purpose of this union is to
glorify God, demonstrate the relationship between Christ and
the Church,2 provide companionship, and
perpetuate the human race.3 It is holy in God’s
sight and is to be a bond until the death of one partner.4
For this reason, marriage partners are commanded to be
committed to each other physically, emotionally, and
sexually, and to have no other than their marriage partner.5
Although God did not specifically condemn polygamy in every
instance and sometimes blessed the individuals involved in
polygamous relationships in the Old Testament, the Old
Testament standard is always one man married to one woman.6
This standard is reinforced by the teaching of our Lord
during His earthly ministry and the New Testament writers.7
The intimacy of marriage includes mutual rights and mutual
obligations of each partner to the other.8 Sexual
relations outside of the marriage bond by either of the
marriage partners is adultery and degrades the spiritual and
physical oneness and permanence God reserved for marriage.9
For a Christian to marry a non-Christian is a violation of
the Word of God.10
103-3.2 God has revealed in Scripture that His
will is for some people to remain single; in such cases
singleness fulfills the plan of God.11 Those who
can control their sexual desires may remain unmarried to the
glory of God.12 In fact, the single believer may
have undivided loyalty and may be more free to serve the
Lord and His church.13 Abstinence from impure
sexual activity prior to marriage and outside of the
marriage union is the Biblical standard.14 Sexual
intercourse is to be experienced only in the marriage union;
all sexual intercourse outside that union, including
homosexual relations, is sin in God’s eyes.15
1Gen.2:23-24
2Eph.5:22-23
3Gen.1:26-28; 2:18-25
4Rom.7:2; 1 Cor.7:39
5Heb.13:4
6Eph.5:31
7Mat.19:4-6; Mark 10:6-9; 1 Cor.6:16; Eph.5:31-33
81 Cor.7:1-5
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91 Cor 6:16-18
101 Cor.7:39; 2 Cor.6:14-16
111 Cor.7:7,8,17
12Mat.19:11-12; 1 Cor.6:13; 7:9
131 Cor.7:32-35
141 Thes.4:3-8
151 Cor.6:18; Eph.5:3; Heb.13:4
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