God’s Design for Marriage

In the beginning, God creates man and woman with purpose and intention. He forms both male and female in his image, each distinct yet equally valuable. He then establishes marriage as a reflection of himself. Just as Father, Son and Holy Spirit exist in perfect relationship—equal in nature yet distinct in role—God designs marriage to mirror this divine partnership. Centuries later, Paul writes to believers in the bustling city of Ephesus about how to live together in Jesus. He doesn't invent new teaching about marriage. Instead, he points back to this Genesis blueprint (Ephesians 5:31). The Ephesian church includes people from vastly different backgrounds, and Paul reminds them that every relationship, including marriage, should grow from the soil of Jesus's example on the cross...