Why two and not one? Along the way if we have a wrong concept towards this matter and go against the will of God regarding Creation; we talked about how animals aren’t able to be companions to Man; how material goods can’t satisfy us. God created Man and Woman not Man and Man, and Woman and Woman. The world carries many concepts of marriage that go against the concept of Creation. We hence ought to have the right understand. The Bible tells us an important concept when He created Man and Woman in the beginning: it’s not good for Man to be alone. Human beings are social creatures that require another person to fulfil the needs of the heart. If a man were to stay up in a mountain alone, his mental capacity will be affected after a while. Two becoming one will also give off godly offspring; to learn reverence; to learn about loyalty towards your partner and towards God. This will affect how the next generation moves forward as well. Therefore two becoming one grooms the next generation to continue on.

Earlier, the speaker spoke about needing to discern whether you like or love a person. You also need to discern whether a person likes or loves you.

The speaker was told to cover the following 4 points:

1. When we start a relationship just before marriage, what should we prepare?
2. What can be done and what cannot be done?
3. How do we deal with breakups?
4. Homosexuality

Hoong Wu’s POV

Genesis 24:63
When Isaac was around 40 years old, here records a famous story where his father Abraham commanded his old servant to find a wife for Isaac. Before Rebekah came, here records Isaac going out to meditare in the field. Most biblical scholars would interpret “meditate” as a prayer or form of communication with God. While the contents of the prayer was not recorded, we can see how Isaac had dedicated time to pray to Him. This is a very good habit or attitude we ought to inculcate in our lives. We should not wait till after marriage to seek to establish a prayerful life, but rather we should start before that. We often hope to find a good spouse or partner, but have we ever first wondered if we would make a good spouse? How do we become such a good spouse? The most basic requirement is for us to establish an intimate relationship with God. Before entering into marriage, we ought to focus on establishing such a relationship with God. Then, we would have the foundation to be a good partner and have a prayerful life even after marriage. If we only wait till after marriage to build this intimate relationship with God, it would not be very easy.