Seven-Fold Purpose Of Marriage - A Biblical View Series

In His infinite wisdom, the Lord God purposed for marriage to protect us from the consequences and devastation of a society engrossed in moral chaos and sexual immorality. Meditate on His words carefully…Hebrews 13:4 (The Message) “Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband, God draws a firm line against” illicit relationship. One of the key possible divine purposes for marriage is sanctification. God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy. Marriage calls us to an entirely new and selfless life. This lifetime commitment of providing emotional, physical, and spiritual intimacy and care for another uncovers who you are as your true self, “ultimately revealing your unique purpose for being created.”

Another key purpose for marriage is Conserve the Constraint (1 Corinthians 7:3-5) “The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 And lastly, we can point to Paul or the final part of this purpose of marriage in 1 Corinthians 7:2, which says that to prevent man (male and female) from being tempted by sin, “each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband” (NET). The purpose in having the institution of marriage is seen in God’s desire to provide for companionship, children, and the completion of the man and the woman in each other in preserving chastity.

The ultimate thing we can say about marriage is that it exists for God’s glory. That is, it exists to display God. Marriage is patterned after Christ’s covenant relationship to the church. And therefore the highest meaning and most ultimate purpose of marriage is to put the covenant relationship of Christ and his church on display. That is why marriage exists. Marriage, is one of these God-glorifying, God-ordained institutions that was created with the purpose of conforming us into the holy image of Christ. The joys, difficulties, and challenges of marriage serve as crucibles to refine our character and strengthen our faith in and knowledge of God. In summary, God’s primary purpose of marriage, in line with one of His primary purposes for us living in this depraved world, is to transform His people into the likeness of His Son.