why might a religious marriage help christians overcome the problems they undure in a marriage?

Answer 1

nonsense

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Answer 2

My husband and I were married at our church and it was witnessed by the members. We had some real serious problems about 9 months into the marriage and I was about 4 or 5 months pregnant. My husband left and started living in his parents house. I had all sorts of problems with his mom... it was just nuts, the whole thing was nuts and very messy. I called up my designated church elder. He dropped everything, called into work and drove a half hour to visit with me and then after talking with me went and found my husband. That night my husband was home again. I thought we were headed for divorce. It was a miracle and God's love. This person was unbiased, loving, prayerful. I am so thankful we were married in a church. Our marriage was truely blessed. And now our marriage is better than ever. I know that in my heart of hearts we are meant to be together. Just by having the church back us up. So there you have it. God bless.

Answer 3

I believe marriage to be a Christian concept, not a "State" one. The State makes you sign a piece of paper, and that's all it is. The church makes you promise in front of God and whoever you've invited to the wedding, how you will handle yourself for the rest of your life. To some of us, that's serious business, much more serious than a piece of paper that can be "erased" through divorce. I think that means that Christians might just have that much more tendency to work a little harder to keep a marriage together than one that is looked at a disposable institution.

Answer 4

Question: "Making marriage last - what is the key?"



Answer: The Apostle Paul says that the wife is "bound" to her husband as long as he lives. "For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband" (Romans 7:2). The principle we can glean here is that someone has to die before the marriage bond is over. This is God's viewpoint and all too often it does not relate to the reality of marriage today. In our modern society marriage ends in divorce over 51% of the time. That means that over half of the couples that make the vow, "Till death do us part" do not last to that point.

So the question becomes, what can the married couple do to insure that their marriage is "till death do us part?" The first and most important issue is one of obedience to God and to His Word. This is a principle that should be in force in the life before the marriage and while the man and woman are still unattached. God says, "Can two walk together, except they be agreed" (Amos 3:3)? For the born again believer this means not beginning a close relationship with anyone that is not also a believer. "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness" (2 Corinthians 6:14)? If this one principle were followed, it would save a lot of heartache and suffering later in a marriage.

Another principle that would protect the longevity of a marriage is that the husband should obey God and love, honor, and protect his wife as he would his own body (Ephesians 5:25-31). The flip side of that is that the wife should obey God and submit to her own husband as "unto the LORD" (Ephesians 5:22). The marriage between a man and a woman is a spiritual picture of the relationship between Christ and the church. Christ gave Himself for the church and He loves, honors and protects her as His "bride" (Revelation 19:7-9).

When God brought Eve to Adam in the first marriage, she was made from his "flesh and bone" (Genesis 2:31) and they became "one flesh" (Genesis 2:23-24). That is a concept that is lost in our modern society. Becoming one flesh means more than just a physical union. It means a meeting of the mind and soul to form one unit. This relationship goes far beyond sensual or emotional attraction and enters into the realm of the spiritual "oneness" that can only be found as both partners surrender to God and to each other. This is a relationship that is not made up of "me or my" but it is "us and our." This is one of the secrets to having a long lasting marriage. Making a marriage last until death parts one or the other is something that both partners have to make a priority. Solidifying one's vertical relationship with God goes a very long way to insuring that the horizontal relationship between a husband and wife is a lasting one and one that also glorifies the LORD.

Answer 5

The Barna Research Group conducted a poll of Americans in 1999 in an attempt to show that religious faith reduces the likelihood of divorce. The results shocked them: Atheists had the lowest average divorce rates (defined as the percentage of people who had been divorced at least once in their lives), at 21%. Christian divorce rates averaged about 24% (higher for "born-again" Christians, ie- fundamentalists, at 27%), and even higher for Jews, at 30%. They also collected racial and geographical data, which showed that the white Southern Baptist fundamentalists have no reason to crow about their "family values". Not only did the Southern Bible Belt have the highest divorce rate in the country, but whites as a race are the most likely to split: 27%, as compared to 22% for blacks, 20% for Hispanics, and only 8% for Asians.

UPDATE: interestingly enough, Barna Research later edited that article to lump all "non-born-again adults" into a single category, thus "accidentally" obscuring the embarrassing fact that atheists had the lowest divorce rates.

Answer 6

Today is my 13th anniversary. We had a religious marriage because we felt it was important to center our lives that way. We found that the rules laid out for a Biblical marriage helped us through a lot of rocky spots. It helped us define roles and raise our kids.

For example, in a Biblical marriage, I as the man have the responsability to be in a constant state of self-sacrifice on behalf of my wife and kids. Everything I do is supposed to be with their best interests in mind, even (and I would say, especially) when it is not in my best interests. From my wife's side of the equation, she puts her faith in me to always do the right thing for her and the kids, even if I screw up (which, of course, happens from time to time) and always supports me.

Answer 7

I think those daily little practices of religion have a great effect on strengthening a marriage. I mean, I think a huge thing that keeps my marriage strong is that my husband and I pray together every day.

I don't know why it has such a huge effect really, but I know it does.

Answer 8

I don't think religion will help in marriage.

However, I believe a Christ "centered" marriage will survive all that it encounters!

Religion is man's way of trying to reach God.

Relationship is God's way of reaching us, through Jesus Christ!

Ecclesiastes 4:12:
12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.

Answer 9

2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Answer 10

Any time a couple shares a belief system, they are less likely to divorce.

Christians have a higher divorce rate than atheists, fyi...

Answer 11

No matter what disagreement they have, the common idea that God is in control, and that they share that belief, may see them through.