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Why Did God Invent Marriage? · Doing Marriage Well

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  Doing Marriage Well for August 3, 2026 Why did God invent marriage?
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  This week I want to talk about why God created marriage. I think an understanding
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  of what He intended helps us do marriage well.
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  I will also look at some reasons God did not create marriage,
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  or things we try to make marriage that are not in line with what God intended.
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  God is clear about why He made a wife for Adam. It is not good for man to be
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  alone, so I will create a companion for him, a perfectly suited partner.
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  That's Genesis 2.18 in The Voice.
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  It was not good for Adam to be alone.
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  What makes this statement so amazing is Adam walked with God in the garden each evening.
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  Adam knew God as we cannot, and according to God, that was not enough for him.
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  Adam needed someone who was like he was. He needed a partner who was perfectly suited for him.
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  When I was 23, I woke up one morning wanting to be married.
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  I'd always assumed I would get
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  married, and I wanted that. but suddenly I felt I needed it right then.
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  I was walking very close with the Lord at the time and had good friends, but it was not enough.
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  Like Adam, I was lonely and it was not good.
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  I am grateful that I felt that longing to be married. I am also grateful God
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  allowed me to live in that place for more than a year.
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  It made me strongly aware of my need and it helped me to avoid taking my wife for granted.
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  It has also made it easy for me to accept her imperfections and the challenges of the two becoming one.
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  I remain aware of how it felt to be alone and how much I wanted and needed a godly wife.
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  No minor irritation of marriage today outweighs that need.
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  I believe God created marriage so we would have someone with whom to share life.
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  Sharing the good makes it better. Sharing the bad makes it less bad.
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  It doesn't get any better than sharing life with your spouse.
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  This is Paul, and I am striving to do marriage well every day.
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  A note. I used the voice version for Genesis 2.18 as it is a more accurate translation
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  of the meaning of the original than many versions.
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  I wrote about this in I Want an Ezra Canego. There's a link in the show notes.