•MARRIAGE IS A COVENANT BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN TO LIVE AS A HUSBAND AND A WIFE THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
•THIS COVENANT CAN BE ENTERED INTO EITHER IN A CIVIL OFFICE[DC’S OFFICE], IN THE CHURCH OR IN A TRADITIONAL SETTING.
•BUT FOR US CHRISTIANS THIS COVENANT SHOULD BE SOLEMNIZED IN THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
•MARRIAGE IS OF GOD. IT IS HIM WHO CREATED A MAN AND A WOMAN AND JOINED TH FIRST MARRIAGE. GEN 1:26-27, 2:22-24, MT 19:3-6
•GOD GAVE HIS CHURCH ALL POWER TO CARRY OUT HIS WILL AND PLAN ACCORDING TO HIS WORD. MT 16:18-19, JOHN 20:22, EPHE 3:10. MARRIAGE IS A PART OF GOD’S WILL.
•IT IS ONLY THE CHURCH THAT KNOWS THE ORIGIN AND THE PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE.
•IT IS THE CHURCH THAT CAN TRULY TEACH HUSBANDS AND WIVES ON THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE IN MARRIAG RELATIONSHIP. EPHE 5:21-6:9.
•WHY DO PEOPLE GET MARRIED? WE HAVE THREE MAIN REASONS FOR MARRIAGE.
•1. FOR REPRODUCTION-PROPAGATION OF THE HUMAN RACE. GEN 1:28
•2. FOR COMPANIONSHIP-GEN 2:18.
•3. FOR PHYSICAL [SEXUAL] RELATIONSHIP, 1CORN 7:1-5.
•EVEN THOUGH THE BIBLE MENTIONS CHILD BEARING AS ONE OF THE CHIEF REASONS FOR MARRIAGE, THERE ARE MANY MARRIED COUPLES WHO DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN. WHY?
•WHEN GOD BLESSED PEOPLE AND TOLD THEM TO INCREASE AND MULTIPLY, THERE WAS NO SIN. THE BODIES OF BOTH THE HUSBAND AND THE WIFE WERE GOOD, FERTILE AND ABLE TO BEAR CHILDREN. GEN 1:30. BUT WHEN SIN ENTERED INTO THE WORLD, THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WERE AFFECTED.
•BELOW ARE SOME OF THE CAUSES OF CHILDLESSNESS IN MARRIAGES TO BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. FIRST LET US LOOK AT WOMEN.
•WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF CHILDLESSNESS TO WOMEN? WHY DO MARRIED LADIES FAIL TO GET CHILDREN. SOME OF THE REASONS ARE
1. BARRENNESS. THE WOMAN IS BARREN FROM CHILDHOOD. BIBLICAL EXAMPLES ARE, SARAH THE WIFE OF ABRAHAM, GEN 11:30 ELIZABETH THE WIFE OF ZECHARIA, LUKA, 1:7
•2. THE LORD CLOSING THE WOMB OF A WOMAN LIKE HE CLOSED THAT OF RACHEL FOR SOME TIME, GEN 30:22
3. SICKNESS. MOST OF THE SICKNESSES THAT PREVENT WOMEN FROM HAVING CHILDREN ARE AS A RESULT OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BEFORE MARRIAGE, OR EVEN IN MARRIAGE BUT OUTSIDE THE MARRIAGE PARTNER
•4. ABORTION. LADIES WHO CONCEIVE AT HOME BEFORE THEY ARE MARRIED ABORT TO AVOID HAVING A CHILD. THIS MAY MAKE THEM BARREN FOR LIFE.
•5.USING FAMILY PLANNING METHODS BEFORE BEARING CHILDREN. SOME OF THESE METHODS SUCH AS PILLS, OR OTHER ARTIFICIAL[MEDICAL] METHODS MAY BE DANGEROUS TO LADIES WHO HAVE NOT GIVEN BIRTH
6. USING DRUGS. WOMEN WHO USE DRUGS MAY HAVE PROBLEMS IN CONCEPTION. SO THEY MAY NOT HAVE CHILDREN
7. PROMISCUITY. HAVING MANY SEXUAL PARTNERS MAY ALSO AFFECT THE CONCEPTION ABILITY OF A WOMAN
THERE ARE THREE MAIN REASONS WHY A MAN CANNOT FATHER A CHILD. THESE ARE
•1. TOTAL IMPOTENCE. HERE THE MAN IS BORN WITHOUT ABILITY TO HAVE ERECTION FOR MANY REASONS. MAT 19:12
•2. PARTIAL IMPOTENCE HERE, THE MAN CAN RELATE TO HIS WIFE VWERY WELL SEXUALLY, BUT THE WIFE CANNOT CONCEIVE. HIS SEMEN DOES NOT HAVE SEED[SPERM] THIS IS CALLED LOW SPERM COUNT.
•3. USE OF DRUGS. SOME DRUGS ARE DANGEROUS TO THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMEN. THEY PREVENT THE FORMATION OF OR WEAKEN THE SPERMS OF A MAN. THEREFORE THE MAN MAY NOT FATHER A CHILD.
•ONE THING WE MUST ALL KNOW, CHILDREN ARE AGIFT FROM GOD. GEN 33:5. PSALM 127:3. A MAN OR A WOMAN CAN BE PHYSICAALY FIT, AND AVOID ALL WE HAVE MENTIONED AS BAD THINGS, AND YET FAIL TO GET CHILDREN.
•ONE THING WE ALL MUST DO, IS TO COMMIT OUR LIVES TO GOD. WE MUST SURRENDER OUR WILL AND PLANS TO HIM SO THA HE CAN GIVE US THE BEST HE HAS FOR US HERE ON EARTH. PRO 16:3,PSALM 55:22
•HAVE YOU COMMITTED YOUR LIFE TO GOD? IF SO YOUR MARRIAGE PLANS AND FAMILY MATTERS WILL BE UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP. BUT IF NOT I INVITE YOU TO CONSIDER YOUR WAYS. YOU ARE NOT WHAT GOD MEANT YOU TO BE. GOD IS ALL YOU NEED. READ DAN 5:23
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