Marriage: Lifetime Partnership

God's Plan and Purposes for Marriage - Message 2 - Jesus Defines Marriage as a Lifetime Partnership - Matthew 19:4-6; Genesis 1:26-28. In looking at Jesus' definition of marriage, based upon the Scriptural record of God's plan from the beginning in the Garden with Adam and Eve, we see that marriage is the covenantal union of one biological man and one biological woman for life. This union is dissolved naturally only by death. From the text we begin to answer the questions, "Why were we created?" and "Why were we created male and female?"