What is the ‘mystery of marriage’ from God’s Word?

We read in Ephesians 5:31-33,

“As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.” This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one. So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”

Christian marriages are fundamentally different than just legally binding, secular, or non-Christian unions. Holy matrimony is a sacred institution established by God, and in the Bible it’s referred to as, “A divine covenant between a man and a woman, designed to reflect God's love, commitment, and faithfulness.”

The Apostle Paul says in Romans 8:6-11,

 “Now the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace; the mind of the flesh is actively hostile to God. It does not submit itself to God’s law, since it cannot, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God lives in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. If Christ lives in you, though your body is dead because of sin, your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.”

According to Scripture those who continue to reject Jesus are controlled by their sinful nature, while follower’s of Christ are directed and guided by the Holy Spirit. Anyone who has not yet become born again, are not children of God.

Statements like these may come across as harsh and offensively exclusive as they relate to life & marriage … yet having God’s Spirit is literally available to everyone, and is only a sincere prayer away!