Marriage Ceremony and Requirements

 1. What wedding customs prevailed among the Israelites?

The books of the Bible written expressly to and for Christians give no form of marriage ceremony for them.

Maintaining Marriage in Honor Before God and Men

 1. (a) As respects his marriage, what should be a Christian’s concern? (b) What questions might arise as to the regulations of the civil authorities regarding marriage? (Mark 12:17)

FOR God’s congregated people to stay within his favor, it is vital that marriage be held in honor among them. (Heb. 13:4)

“Let Marriage Be Honorable Among All”

Therefore with good reason he injected toward the close of his letter this admonition, “Let marriage be honorable among all, and the marriage bed be without defilement, for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.” (Heb. 13:4, NW)

 1. What question has recently been raised as to the arranging of marriage, and in view of what marital facts?

THE question has recently been raised, Are better results gained in marriage when the parents of the couple arrange for the marriage of their children, as in India today and as in Israel anciently, than when sons and daughters pick their own mates?

Finding Joy in the Gift of Marriage

 2-4. (a) What is the situation today in many lands as far as heeding Jesus’ words at Matthew 19:6 is concerned? (b) What attitude is revealed by those who ignore the Bible’s advice on the permanency of marriage?

² In many lands today, there is very little regard on the part of the people for the marriage arrangement and for continuing that which God has yoked together.

Marriage Obligations and Divorce

 1. What marriage rule must prevail among Christians, as shown by what scriptures?

FOR his followers Jesus Christ put marriage back where God had started it in the garden of Eden.

Upholding the Honorableness of Marriage

“Let marriage be honorable among all, and the marriage bed be without defilement, for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.”—Heb 13:4.

Marriage​—An Arrangement Honored in God’s Word

“Let marriage be honorable among all.”​—Heb. 13:4.

Theocratic Marriage in an Alien World

“You must form no marriage alliance with them.

Marriage in Paradise

 1. Where did human marriage begin, and where will its purpose be fulfilled?

MARRIAGE of man and woman began in Paradise.

Let God Be in Your Marriage

The same principle applies to our making a success of marriage.

HONORABLE CONDUCT IN MARRIAGE

It was Jehovah’s purpose for the earth to be filled with human creatures, and he arranged for this to come about by men and women coming together in marriage and building up families.

It was because, as the king in Jesus’ illustration said, those invited to the marriage feast “were not worthy.” (Matt. 22:8)

What would it have meant for them to leave their selfish materialistic concerns and come to the spiritual “marriage feast”?

The King’s Marriage Feast in the Purpose of God

“The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man, a king that made a marriage feast for his son.