The divine basis and context of marriage explains why obedience to the will of God is so important for it. Marriage can work only as it conforms to the purpose and work of him who created and established it. In this it resembles all other relationships, whether with other human beings or with the larger world of nature and animals. Inner human harmony depends on harmony with God. Conversely, disruption of harmony with God means disruption of inner human harmony. This disruption will be
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