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Jun 24, 2024 · The Bible says that marriage happens when “a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24). It is the “one flesh” aspect of marriage that has led some people to assume that, if an unmarried couple has sex, then they are married in God’s eyes.
- The Character of Courtship
- The Commencement of Courtship
- The Choice of Courtship
- The Confusions of Courtship
- The Comradeship of Courtship
When we talk about “courtship,” we refer to that period during which a young man or a young woman finds a companion for life. Courtship affords two young people an opportunity to study at close range the attitudes and conduct and true worth of their friends. It would certainly be foolish for people suddenly to marry, without ever having paid any at...
When we speak of “commencement,” we speak of a beginning. The high school commencement at the end of the school year is not called “commencement” because it marks the end of a grammar school training, but because it marks the beginning of new responsibilities in life. And so when we speak of the commencement of courtship, we want to speak of a few ...
The Bible is crystal clear in teaching that believers are never to even consider marriage with unbelievers under any circumstances. From the very beginning, the God-fearing family of Seth was forbidden to intermix by marriage with the irreligious family of Cain. When God established the law in Israel, care was taken to forbid intermarriage with the...
There are many dangers and pitfalls for young people during the years of courtship. The devil stands ready to lead you into sin and to spoil the happiness of your life. God has made the bodies of men and women so that they attract each other. Woven into the physical bodies of both boys and girls are certain natural sex functions. These are necessar...
There are wholesome things to do and worthwhile places to go during your courtship days. It is important to always have something definitely planned for each date. It is when young people have nothing to do that they begin habits that arouse evil desires. It is at such times when they begin kissing and necking and cuddling around in dark rooms and ...
Jul 27, 2023 · We find a wealth of verses throughout the Bible that can be applied to marriage about love, faithfulness, integrity, and peace. God made humans to be in relationship with others, and marriage is certainly the most significant relationship someone will be in, outside of one’s relationship with God.
- Pamela Palmer
Apr 7, 2020 · Isaac and Rebekah are the first couple in the Bible whose love story begins at a well (Genesis 24). In that story, God promises Isaac’s father Abraham that he will make Abraham’s family into a great nation and that this will come about through Isaac (Genesis 17:15-19).
- Carissa Quinn
We love, because He first loved us. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
Jan 28, 2017 · Marriage in Jesus’ day, and throughout most of human history, was not what many people today think of as marriage: a relationship based on love and a union of mind and heart. Rather, it was a legal and social arrangement that granted certain rights and privileges to married people and their children.
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Mar 19, 2019 · Jesus’s love for his church is the ultimate meaning of marriage. This is the message and drama Christians seek to live out and show to the world as we make our vows, and anticipate the coming marriage supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:9). This is the story of marriage.
