Among the people of God, however, marriage must
be a union of the body, and of the spirit as well, for here both are
enemaoured of the same matchless face, both live and move through the same
spirit, both are illumined by the same glory. This connection between them is
a spiritual one, hence it is a bond that will abide forever. Likewise do they
enjoy strong and lasting ties in the physical world as well, for if the
marriage is based both on the spirit and the body, that union is a true one,
hence it will endure. If, however, the bound is physical and nothing more, it
is sure to be weak and likely to end in separation.
2. Be unity in spirituality :
When, therefore, the people of God undertake to
marry, the union must be a true relationship, a spiritual coming together as
well as a physical one, so that throughout every phase of life, and in all the
worlds of God, their union will endure, for the real oneness is a gleaming out
of the love of God.
3. Marriage is the mutual commitment of mind
and heart :
Godly marriage, is the commitment of the two
parties one to the other, and their mutual attachment of mind and heart. Each
must, however, exercise the utmost care to become thoroughly acquainted with
the character of the other, that the binding covenant between them may be a
tie that will endure forever. Their purpose must be this to become loving
companions and comrades and one with each other for time and eternity.
4. Be united both physically and spiritually,
this is godly marriage :
The true marriage is this, that husband and wife
should be united both physically and spiritually, that they may ever improve
the spiritual life and each other and may enjoy everlasting unity throughout.
This is Godly marriage.
5. Carry out your moral responsibilities :
The Institution of marriage, while giving due
importance to the physical aspect of marital union considers it as subordinate
to the moral and spiritual purposes and functions with which it has been
invested by an all-wise and loving providence. Only when these different
values are given each their due importance, and only on the basis of the
subordination of the physical to the moral, and the carnal to the spiritual
can such excesses and laxity in marital relations as our decadent age is so
sadly witnessing be avoided, and family life be restored to its original
purity, and fulfil the true function for which it has been instituted by God.