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The Covenant of Marriage: Trust, Security, and Unconditional Love

Explore the biblical concept of marriage as a covenant based on trust, security, and unconditional love. Discover the lifelong commitment and responsibilities it entails, contrasting it with contractual relationships. Learn how to adorn God's doctrine by embracing the covenant of marriage.

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The Covenant of Marriage: Trust, Security, and Unconditional Love

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  1. Gen 1:26-28 ~ Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." NKJV

  2. Gen 2:18 ~ And the Lord God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." NKJV Gen 2:24 ~ Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. NKJV

  3. Mal 2:14 ~ Yet you say, "For what reason?" Because the Lord has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, with whom you have dealt treacherously; Yet she is your companion and your wife by covenant. NKJV Prov 2:17 ~ Who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God. NKJV

  4. The Hebrew word berit is found 280 times in all parts of the Old Testament. It means: covenant; or confederacy. The first occurrence of the word is in Gen. 6:18: “But with thee [Noah] will I establish my covenant.” The KJV translates berit as “covenant” 260 times. Men “enter into” (Deut 29:12) or “join” (Jer. 50:5) God’s covenant. They are to “observe carefully” all the commandments of the covenant (Deut. 4:6).

  5. But above all, the covenant calls Israel to “love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and will all thy might” (Deut. 6:5). God’s “covenant” is a relationship of love and loyalty between the Lord and His chosen people. The most common verb is “to cut [karat] a covenant,” which is always translated as in Gen. 15:18: “The Lord made a covenant with Abram.” This use apparently comes from the ceremony described in Gen. 15:9-17 and Jer. 34:18,19, where Abram passed between the pieces of the sacrifice.”

  6. Matt 19:6 ~ So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." NKJV Prov 20:25 ~ It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy, And afterward to reconsider his vows. NKJV

  7. A covenant is based on mutual trust. A contract is based upon mutual distrust. • Lawyers are looking for the “fine” print • Prenuptial agreements • The Biblical marriage covenant is based on love and trust! • Trust, Security, Settled • Ruth 3:1 ~ "My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may be well with you?

  8. A covenant is based on unlimitedresponsibility, whereas a contract is based upon limiting one’s liability. • Consider God’s role in the Abrahamic covenant. • Think of all God endured to fulfill His covenant responsibilities. • “better / worse”; “rich / poor” ; “sickness / health”

  9. A covenant is to be lifelong and not to be broken, while a contract can be voided by mutual consent. • Gen 9:16-17 ~ The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth." 17 And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."

  10. A covenant is to be lifelong and not to be broken, while a contract can be voided by mutual consent. • Rom 7:1-2 ~ Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? 2 For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives.

  11. A covenant is to be lifelong and not to be broken, while a contract can be voided by mutual consent. • Contracts are 50/50 propositions with demands and expectations. • A marriage covenant is based upon unconditional love, the willingness to sacrifice you needs for those of your spouse. 100 %

  12. I give myself to thee. • How may I serve you? • What can I give? • I’ll give you 100% +. • I want to. • I take thee for me! • You had better do it! • What do I get? • I’ll meet you half way. • I have to. • Lam 3:22 ~ The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, RSV • James 5:12 ~ But let your "Yes" be "Yes," and your "No," "No," lest you fall into judgment. NKJV

  13. Titus 2:10 ~ … that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things

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