I. Marriage is a covenant relationship. II. Marriage is a public and social relationship. III.  Marriage is for the mutual help of husband and wife, and their companionship. IV. Marriage is a sexual relationship. V.  Marriage was designed by God from the beginning to be between one man and one woman, at one time. VI. Marriage of a man and a woman is about the marriage of Christ and his bride, the church. VII. It is God who makes marriages, not man.