"Therefore What God Has Joined Together... "

The Torchlight felicitates with the newest couple in town, Chimobi & Francisca Onyirimba, who tied their nuptial union, Saturday, October 3, at the St. Leo's Catholic Church, Ikeja, Lagos.

God designed marriage to fulfill certain purposes. When we understand them, we will be better able to live out our marriage union happily.

Here are Six of these Purposes of Marriage.

1. Companionship

True companionship grows out of a oneness of spirit. This occurs in marriage when both the husband and wife can say, “My spouse is my best friend.” For two cannot walk together, except they agreed?(Amos 3:3).

2. Enjoyment

The two of you are made for each other. 

"A man should fulfill his duty as a husband, and a woman should fulfill her duty as a wife, and each should satisfy the other's needs. A wife is not the master of her own body, but her husband is; in the same way a husband is not the master of his own body, but his wife is. Do not deny yourselves to each other, unless you first agree to do so for a while in order to spend your time in prayer; but then resume normal marital relations. In this way you will be kept from giving in to Satan's temptation because of your lack of self-control" (1 Cor.7:3-5).

3. Completeness

God made Eve to complete what was lacking in Adam. Then the man said,

“At last, here is one of my own kind— Bone taken from my bone, and flesh from my flesh.

‘Woman’ is her name because she was taken out of man. That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one" (Gen.2:23-24).

4. Fruitfulness

And God said, “Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control" (Gen. 1:28).

5. Protection

A husband is to protect his wife by laying down his life, if need be, as Christ laid down his life for the Church (Eph. 5:25).

6. Typify Christ and the Church

Marriage is to be a foretaste of our divine union with the Lord. It is a human object lesson of the divine relationship between Christ and believers. As the scripture says, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife, and the two will become one.” There is a deep secret truth revealed in this scripture, which I understand as applying to Christ and the church. But it also applies to you: every husband must love his wife as himself, and every wife must respect her husband" (Eph. 5:31–33.)

Happy wedlock!

Culled and adapted from,

The Wedding Covenant booklet.

https://iblp.org/programs/daily-success/command-33-honor-marriage/what-are-six-purposes-marriage