Marriage

The Best Part of Life
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Analyzing the Marriage Vows
Let's analyze how God's word applies to what we are committing ourselves to do in saying these wedding vows:

God is our Witness
[FROM VOWS] in the sight of God

"Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment (translated: cover his wife with violence,) saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to you spirit, that ye deal not treacherously."    Malachi 2:14-16

Notice in verse 14 that God says that he is a witness of activities that take place in a marriage. He is there from the beginning. In the end of verse 14, he says that it is a covenant. When we enter a marriage, we are entering a covenant relationship that God is watching over.

• The Importance of Marriage
• Holding Onto The Best Part
• God is our Witness
• God Ordained and Instituted the Marriage
• Marriage Must be Entered in Truth
• We are to Separate from our Relatives