WHY MARRIAGE HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH SEX, BY Dr. MYLES MUNROE

 

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Another common misunderstanding is that marriage exists for the purpose

of legitimizing sexual relations. Marriage should never be equated

with sex because sex is not the primary purpose of marriage. Sexual union

is not and never has been the same thing as marital union. Marriage is a

union that implies and involves sexual union as the establishment of a

blood covenant, a central obligation, and a pleasure (see 1 Cor. 7:3-5), but

the three are not the same.

First of all, marriage involves commitment. Sex has very little to do with

commitment; it is a 100-percent physical response to physiological and biochemical

stimuli. Sex is one expression of commitment in marriage, but it

never creates commitment. By itself, sex neither makes nor breaks a marriage.

Marriage is broader and deeper than sex, and transcends it. Marriage is perhaps

one percent sex; the rest is ordinary, everyday life. If you marry for

sex, how are you going to handle the other 99 percent?

For many years it has been a common belief that adultery breaks a marriage.

That is simply not true. Sex does not create a marriage, so how can it

break a marriage? Adultery is sin and, according to the Bible, the only

legitimate grounds for divorce for a believer. Even then it is not automatic.

Divorce is not mandatory in such instances. Adultery does not break the

marriage. Breaking the marriage is a choice.

Recognizing that sexual union and marital union are not the same is

absolutely essential to any proper understanding of marriage. It is also

essential in understanding divorce and remarriage. Marriage is bigger than,

distinct from, but inclusive of sexual union. Absence of sexual activity will

never unmake a marriage, nor will its presence alone turn a relationship

into a marriage. Marriage and sex are related but they are not the same.

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MYLES MUNROE: WHY ARE CHRISTIANS FAILING IN MARRIAGE?

One of the things that really bothered me as a young Christian was hearing

about so many other Christians getting divorced. If followers of Christ

were failing in their marriages, what hope was there for anybody else? Here

were people who supposedly were filled with the Holy Spirit, who supposedly

knew the Holy God, and yet they couldn’t seem to live together and

get along. If that was true, we might as well forget the whole thing!

It took me a little while to learn that success in marriage depends on

more than just being saved. It takes more than just being in love. Being a

believer and being in love are both important in marriage, but they carry no

automatic guarantee of marital success. We need knowledge of biblical

principles; the design parameters that God Himself established. Biblical

principles never change. The principles for a successful marriage and family

that God gave Adam and Eve still work today. They are universally

applicable in every age and in every culture. Trouble comes when we violate

or ignore those principles.

Ultimately, marriage will not survive on love alone, or on feelings. By

itself, just being born again is not enough to guarantee success. A successful

marriage hinges on knowledge—knowing and understanding God’s principles.

God designed marriage for success, and only His counsel

can make it successful.

Marriage is honorable. God instituted marriage, and He alone has the

right to dictate its terms. The institution of marriage is subject to the rules,

regulations, and conditions that God has set down, and He has revealed

them in His Word.

God designed marriage for success, and only His counsel can make it

successful. No one is better at making something work than the person who

designed it. It would be a mistake to use Toyota parts to repair your Ford

automobile. Toyota parts are designed for Toyotas, not Fords. Instead, you

should take your Ford automobile to a licensed Ford service dealer. No one

knows Ford cars better than the Ford Motor Company. Would you take your

Mercedes-Benz to a Ford dealer for repairs? Not if you’re smart. Only a

Mercedes dealer could guarantee to repair it properly. Guaranteed success

means using the right “service man.” It means referring back to the designer.

Marriage is the same way. Success in marriage means using the right

“service man” or “authorized dealer”—referring back to the designer for

guidance. No one knows a product like the manufacturer. No one understands

marriage better than God does. He created it, He established it, He

ordained it, and He blesses it. Only He can make it work. Marriage is honorable

because it is of divine rather than human origin.

If we want our marriage

to be honorable and successful, we must know, understand, and follow

the principles that God has set out in His “manual,” the Bible. That is the

only sure corrective for the ignorance and misinformation that characterizes

so much of the world’s view of marriage.

Knowledge is a critical key to success in anything, and marriage is no

exception. Even Spirit-filled believers may fail in marriage unless they

know and understand the fundamental differences between marriage

“inside the garden” and marriage “outside the garden.”

………….Even though they

are born again, many believers have trouble in their marriages because they

have unknowingly embraced the world’s values and views rather than

God’s.

They need to learn how to look to the Holy Spirit for the wisdom and

knowledge to bring their marriage “inside the garden.”

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