KalledtoPreach:

I think it would be a good thing for you to think through the relationship between the marriage of a man and wife and how it is a picture of Christ and His bride, the church, as Pilgrim said:

"The Scripture is clear.... no believer is to join with an unbeliever, especially in a relationship which exemplifies Christ's intimate union with the Church.

There is more to significance to the union of man and wife than is commonly acknowledged today, even in the church.

Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love and the future to God's providence." - St. Augustine
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