Bible Basics

A Gift From God

It’s important to realize that marriage is intrinsically connected to the creation of man. Genesis 1 and 2 shows that God did not just create a man and a woman, He created a husband and a wife. After God formed man from “the dust of the ground” (Gen. 2:7), He said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him” (v. 18). The term “help meet” means literally “suitable helper.” In the original language the word for “meet” means literally, “corresponding to” him. The woman (wife) God created perfectly corresponds to or complements the man (husband) at every point. The term rendered “helper” in the Hebrew conveys the idea of someone who “assists another to reach complete fulfillment.” The man (husband) was incomplete. She (the wife) completes him. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh” (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:5). The physical sexual union consummated in marriage actually makes “one flesh” of the two, the result of which is seen in the characteristics of both father and mother present in the offspring. The preciousness and holiness of the child newly born from this marital union reflects the nature of the union itself – truly a gift from God. Same sex marriage destroys this divine gift.

                                                                                                               -- Clark Dugger

Bible Basics