I would like to share some paragraphs on marriage from "Rumours of another world" by Philip Yancey taken from page 94 and 95.
" Increasingly, marriage as a sacrament is a quaint concept that few couples take seriously and fewer still could explain. The notion, though, is rooted in creation itself, a calling to be living witnesses, to establish settlements or "signs" of God's kingdom within an uncomprehending wider culture. The sociologists who authored Habits of the Heart found that few individuals in their survey except commited Christians could explain why they stayed married to their spouses. Marriage as a social construct is arbitrary, flexible, and open to redefinition. Marriage as a sacrament established by God is another matter entirely. "
" By declaring marriage a sacrament, the church did nothing but acknowledge formally a reality that already existed. It is a vocation, a calling, to spend a life together in self-giving partnership. "
Some quotes from the bible by me:
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. (Genesis 2:24)
"Haven't you read," [Jesus] replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, '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. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." (Matthew 19:4-6)
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." (Ephesians 5:31)
" Jesus pointed to the original source for that unity: God designed and intended it, from the moment of creation. "
Without understanding the purpose of life, I find that people stayed married are just conforming to the "rule" of society, which is actually rooted in creation itself and has lost it significance. Which faith can clearly explain the need to stay married to their spouses? If human being is just evolved from apes, I don't see why the early homo sapiens would want to establish a marriage system and stayed married together. There is no purpose and need for that at all.
" Increasingly, marriage as a sacrament is a quaint concept that few couples take seriously and fewer still could explain. The notion, though, is rooted in creation itself, a calling to be living witnesses, to establish settlements or "signs" of God's kingdom within an uncomprehending wider culture. The sociologists who authored Habits of the Heart found that few individuals in their survey except commited Christians could explain why they stayed married to their spouses. Marriage as a social construct is arbitrary, flexible, and open to redefinition. Marriage as a sacrament established by God is another matter entirely. "
" By declaring marriage a sacrament, the church did nothing but acknowledge formally a reality that already existed. It is a vocation, a calling, to spend a life together in self-giving partnership. "
Some quotes from the bible by me:
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. (Genesis 2:24)
"Haven't you read," [Jesus] replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, '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. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." (Matthew 19:4-6)
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." (Ephesians 5:31)
" Jesus pointed to the original source for that unity: God designed and intended it, from the moment of creation. "
Without understanding the purpose of life, I find that people stayed married are just conforming to the "rule" of society, which is actually rooted in creation itself and has lost it significance. Which faith can clearly explain the need to stay married to their spouses? If human being is just evolved from apes, I don't see why the early homo sapiens would want to establish a marriage system and stayed married together. There is no purpose and need for that at all.
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