Catechism: How Do We Love Others?Sample

Why do people get married? The most common answer you’ll probably hear is that people believe marriage will make them happy. But what if God designed marriage not just for our happiness but for our holiness?

Maybe it doesn’t sound romantic, and it’s certainly not the only way to become more holy, but God designed marriage to be a picture of Jesus’s love for us. Love within a marriage is sacrificial; it puts others first, and seeks the good of the other person. When we see marriage this way, we appreciate it as a tool God will use to make us more like him.

Read Ephesians 5:21-33

Reflection Questions: 

1. Think about how marriage is described in this passage. How is it different from what our culture portrays marriage to be?  
2. God designed sex as a gift for husbands and wives to enjoy. What makes marriage the safest, most fulfilling context for sex?  
3. Is the way you relate to the opposite sex now preparing you for the kind of marriage you want to have in the future? Ask God to help you as you pursue purity and genuine love in your relationships with others.