Title: Married couple / Genesis 2:18-25
Contents What is a couple / Genesis 2:18-25
Willia Leon Phelps said -"The greatest art in the world is the art in which men and women live together."
Living together as a couple is the best art.
What is a couple?
1) It is a union relationship.
(Genesis 2:22) The LORD God made a woman out of the rib which he had taken from Adam, and brought her to Adam.
He took a comb from Adam and made a woman.
Therefore, a woman is an alter ego of a man.
The couple is one body.
In the Talmud...
A child with one body but two heads was born.
To find out if this child was two or one, the parents took them to the rabbi.
The rabbi hit one head hard with a stick.
Then the child on the other side said 'Aya' and grimaced, and the other child grinned.
Then the rabbi said, 'This is not one, but two.
2) It is a cooperative relationship
(Genesis 2:18) The LORD God said, It is not good for a man to be alone; I will make a helper for him.
He made a wife as a helper
A couple is a partnership that helps each other.
3) It is an independent relationship
(Gen 2:24) For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
Leaving parents does not mean abandoning them.
It means getting out of your parents' circle.
This means that they are now starting a family independently.
4) It is a covenant relationship.
(Mal 2:14)...She is your companion and your wife with whom you have sworn, but you do deceit to him.
The couple is in a covenant relationship.
This promise must be kept.
5) It is a relationship of sacrifice
It is a sacrificial relationship in which part of one's body is shared.
Do you know why weddings lit candles?
The candle illuminates a bright light through self-sacrifice.
The reason why the candle is lit like this has the meaning of a couple sacrificing themselves to light a beautiful light.
A couple is a sacrificial relationship
conclusion
A couple is a relationship that shares life together.
Therefore, we should cherish and respect each other and strive to be a happy couple.