Money and Marriage

And the Two Shall become one

Mark 10:6–9 CSB

6 But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. 7 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother 8 and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Tell me what you think Jesus is saying in this text?

He made them Male and Female Biological so that we could understand what should happen at the Spiritual, Physical, Social and Practical Level

Love of Money

Ecclesiastes 5:10 CSB

10 The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

Deuteronomy 8:18 CSB

18 but remember that the Lord your God gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm his covenant he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

Proverbs 15:27 CSB

27 The one who profits dishonestly troubles his household, but the one who hates bribes will live.

1 Timothy 6:9–10 CSB

9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Wise Biblical Principles

Proverbs 13:11 CSB

11 Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle, but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.

Dishonest schemes and scams will ultimately come to nothing

James 5:4–6 CSB

4 Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies. 5 You have lived luxuriously on the earth and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous, who does not resist you.

Always pay people for services render

Proverbs 21:5 CSB

5 The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit, but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.

Luke 14:28 CSB

28 “For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

What do these scriptures tell us about planning?

1 Timothy 5:8 CSB

8 But if anyone does not provide for his own family, especially for his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

(v.8) The Bible considers a man who does not provide for his family as the worse kind of person. They are wicked in the sight of God.

Proverbs 22:26–27 CSB

26 Don’t be one of those who enter agreements, who put up security for loans. 27 If you have nothing with which to pay, even your bed will be taken from under you.

Don’t buy what you cannot afford

Proverbs 11:15 CSB

15 If someone puts up security for a stranger, he will suffer for it, but the one who hates such agreements is protected.

(v.15) Don’t consign for someone’s else loan unless you are ready to pay the whole amount of the payment