Genesis 2:24. The Second God-given Institution

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 Genesis 2:24 “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”

    God made man and and woman a family, united by the most sacred ties. In case anyone should presume that the precedent of marital family order and relation that God set at creation is merely a suggestion, inspiration spells it out as an injunction: “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” God himself ordained marriage between one man and one woman as an official institution, and biology and sociology testify to the wisdom in that. Notice also that marriage should bring a degree of separation from one’s parents in order to unite more fully with one’s spouse. To leave father and mother is not to abandon or cut ties with them, but to establish a distinct and autonomous household. 

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Ezra James
The Word of God is bread from heaven. God sent it, but we must gather it, appreciate it, digest it, and live by it. These days it is increasingly scarce. Many are starving for it and don't know it because they keep feasting on bad bread that doesn't satisfy. But if we would learn to carefully gather up the fragments of the True, Heavenly Bread of Life, we would always enjoy a feast of crumbs, because even God's crumbs are miracles mighty to save (Mark 7:24-30). ESPAÑOL: La Palabra de Dios es pan del cielo. Dios lo envió, pero debemos recogerlo, apreciarlo, digerirlo y vivir por él. Hoy en día es cada vez más escaso. Muchos están muriendo de hambre por falta de él sin saberlo porque se alimentan de pan falso que no satisface. Pero si aprendiéramos a recoger cuidadosamente los fragmentos del Verdadero Pan Celestial, Pan de Vida, siempre disfrutaríamos de un banquete de migajas, porque hasta las migajas de Dios son milagros poderosos para salvar (Marcos 7:24-30).