Before we answer, we must ask another question first: What is the purpose of my existence?
Then we will come to the answer: to worship God our creator.
Whether therefore you eat or drink, or do, anything else, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
So the answer to the original question is intuitive: The purpose of marriage is salvific!
God uses relationships to learn and develop our character. Furthermore, this subject of marriage is so important that it can define your eternal future depending on who is chosen. So you can't make that choice just any old way.
Let every step toward marriage be characterized by modesty, simplicity, and sincere purpose to please and honor God. Marriage affects the future life both in this world and the world to come. The sincere Christian will not make plans that God cannot approve. "- The Science of Good Living, 359. LA 49.1
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