The Influence Of The Conservative Christian Perspective On The Convenant Of Marriage

In a different time period, getting married was considered the moral and noble thing to do; however, often now people do not get legally get married in our current time. In fact, according to a US New article, nearly half of Americans think that our country’s morals and values on marriage are poor, and almost three quarters believe the conditions are only getting worse. So, exactly why should we as a society get married? Many members of society base their decisions in accordance to The Holy Bible and in contrast many different denominations have opinionating views on marriage. However, I will take the conservative Christian perspective on the covenant of marriage. This perspective is based on The Holy Bible which states getting married should

Pastor Piper goes further in depth stating the verses in Ephesians 5:31-32 is where marriage is patterned after Christ’s covenant commitment to His church. “God obtained the church by His blood and formed a new covenant with her, an unbreakable “marriage.”(Piper, John) Ultimately marriage is bound by God and it’s for his glory. Marriage exists to portray the truth about Jesus Christ and to show the real life story of the Gospel to the world. A marriage based on the foundation of Christ will stand the test of time and trials. As one can see this is a very deep truth of marriage based on Christian Biblical principles that one should treasure and

According to the 2010 US Census young adults are delaying marriage as well as couples aged 50 and over are simply living together. Many people just simply feel like there are not advantages to being married. They believe that marriage presents financial troubles and friendship issues. (Jacques, Renee) Furthermore, they believe that marriage is just an old fashioned way of life and they detest the habit of relying on another individual for every emotional need. They have a modern belief system called a civil union or a domestic partner. Many just simply say that the majority of marriages in this country end in a divorce anyway; therefore, putting forth the effort and energy it takes to be married is just a