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Marriage

Marriage

How marriage start?

Ge 1:​27, 28; 2:​22-24; Mt 19:​4-6

Who Christian suppose marry?

Why true Christian no suppose support make im pikin wey don baptize marry person wey never give im life to Jehovah and baptize?

1Co 7:39; 2Co 6:​14, 15

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • Ge 24:​1-4, 7—Abraham decide to find wife for im pikin Isaac from among people wey de serve Jehovah, no be from Canaan people wey de worship lie-lie gods

    • Ge 28:​1-4—Isaac tell im pikin Jacob make e no marry any Canaan woman but make e find wife from among people wey de serve Jehovah

How Jehovah de feel when e servant marry person wey no de serve-am?

De 7:​3, 4

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • 1Ki 11:​1-6, 9-11—Jehovah really vex for King Solomon as e no follow the law wey E give Israel people, e marry plenty women wey come from other country, and later e join them de worship lie-lie gods

    • Ne 13:​23-27—Like Jehovah, Nehemiah really vex for the men of Israel wey marry women wey come from other country wey no de serve Jehovah and e give them strong correction

Why e good make we marry brother or sister wey de serve Jehovah well and wey people know as better person?

Pr 18:22; 31:​10, 28

Still check Eph 5:​28-31, 33

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • 1Sa 25:​2, 3, 14-17—Nabal get money, but e too harsh and get bad mouth, this one make-am be bad husband for Abigail

    • Pr 21:9—If we no use better sense choose who we go marry, we fit choose person wey no go make us happy and we no go get peace

    • Ro 7:2—Apostle Paul explain say, when woman marry, e go dey under the authority of im husband wey no dey perfect; this one suppose make woman use deep sense think before e go accept any man as im husband

When you de think of marriage

Why man suppose dey sure say e go fit care for family before e start to think of marriage?

1Ti 5:8

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • Pr 24:27—Before man marry and maybe born children, e need to work hard so that e go dey ready to care for im family

Why e good make two people wey de plan to marry each other ask for advice and put eye for the kind person wey them really be, instead of to de look how the other person fine reach?

Pr 13:10; 1Pe 3:​3-6

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • Ru 2:​4-7, 10-12—Boaz know the kind person wey Ruth be as e notice how Ruth de work hard, how e de care for Naomi, the better things wey people de talk about-am and the kind love wey e get for Jehovah

    • Ru 2:​8, 9, 20—Ruth see say Boaz dey kind, get open hand, and really love Jehovah

Why Jehovah want make two people wey want marry each other dey clean and no put hand for anything wey concern sex as them de try to know each other?

Ga 5:19; Col 3:5; 1Th 4:4

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • Pr 5:​18, 19—Some ways wey man and woman take de show say them love theirself na only for people wey don marry

    • Ca 1:2; 2:6—The shepherd boy and the Shulammite girl show theirself love for clean way no be for way wey no clean

    • Ca 4:12; 8:​8-10—The Shulammite girl show say e sabi control imself; and them compare-am to garden wey them lock

Why people suppose marry as the government law talk?

The work wey husband get

Wetin Jehovah want make husband de do?

Which example man wey don marry suppose copy when e de use im authority as head for the family?

Why husband suppose show e wife say e love-am and understand how e de feel and wetin e need?

Col 3:19; 1Pe 3:7

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • Ge 21:​8-12—Jehovah tell Abraham say make e listen to im wife even though say Abraham no like wetin Sarah talk

    • Pr 31:​10, 11, 16, 28—The wise husband of the better wife wey Bible talk about no de control im wife or de find fault for everything wey im wife de do, instead e trust im wife and de praise-am

    • Eph 5:33—Wetin apostle Paul talk show say wife really need to de feel-am say im husband really love-am

The work wey wife get

Which important work Jehovah don give Christian wife?

Because woman de under man mean say the woman no de important?

Ge 1:​26-28, 31; 2:18

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • Pr 1:8; 1Co 7:4—God don give wife and mama some authority for family

    • 1Co 11:3—Apostle Paul explain say all of us dey under authority. Na so Jehovah arrange-am. Na only Jehovah no dey under any authority

    • Heb 13:​7, 17—For congregation, both men and women need to obey the people wey de take the lead

How Christian wife wey get husband wey no de serve Jehovah fit make Jehovah happy?

Why Christian wife need to continue to respect im husband?

Eph 5:33

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • Ge 18:12; 1Pe 3:​5, 6—Sarah get deep respect for Abraham wey be im husband, e even de see-am as im “lord” for inside im mind

Which kind wife Bible de praise?

Pr 19:14; 31:​10, 13-31

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • Ge 24:​62-67—Rebekah make im husband mind come down, after Isaac mama die

    • 1Sa 25:​14-24, 32-38—Abigail protect im foolish husband and save everybody for im house as e carry body down and beg David to pity them

    • Es 4:​6-17; 5:​1-8; 7:​1-6; 8:​3-6—Queen Esther risk im life two times as e go meet im husband, even though e no talk say make Esther come, to beg-am make e protect God people

To solve problem

Which Bible advice fit help people wey don marry to solve problem for their marriage?

Which Bible advice fit help people wey don marry to make better decision about money?

Which Bible advice fit help people wey don marry to know how them go handle matter wey concern their family people and their in-laws?

Which Bible advice fit guide people wey don marry to fit know how them go handle sex matter?

Why e dey important to de put mind for where our husband or wife de do well instead of to de put mind for where e no de do well?

Ps 103:14; 130:​3, 4; Pr 17:9; 1Pe 4:8

Why e dey good to quick-quick solve problem with love instead of to carry-am for mind and continue to vex?

Why to de over vex, shout-shout, curse-curse, and to beat person wey you marry no be wetin Christians suppose do?

When husband and wife no agree for something, wetin the two of them suppose get for mind?

Which blessings husband and wife de get if them put Jehovah first for their marriage?

Ec 4:​9-12

Wetin Jehovah want for marriage

Wetin Bible talk about sex matter and marriage?

Bible allow make Christian marry pass one husband or wife?

How we know say marriage na for only one man and one woman?

Ge 2:​18, 22, 24; Mt 19:​4-6; Ro 1:​23-27

Why husband and wife no suppose leave each other?

Wetin be the only reason wey Bible talk say go fit make Christian husband and wife divorce?

How Jehovah de feel when people wey don marry divorce for reason wey Bible no support?

Mal 2:​13-16

When husband or wife die, the one wey still dey alive fit marry again?