Being married does not stop you from dating each other!
Dating your spouse will help to enrich your marriage and make it stronger.
Then, what should we do as a church?
Marriage is God’s designed and is formed around two principles: covenant keeping and a triune relationship. Divorce is not as common among Christians as non-Christians, however when it does occur it can bring shame to the church and to God’s name. Many Christians buy into the lie that marriage is only about two people loving each other and people can fall in love and out of love, thus the gender of the two people is not an issue and divorce is justified.
God established marriage as a triune relationship between Himself, Adam, and Eve. God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. There is fellowship, unity, and singularity of purpose within the Godhead (Jesus makes this clear in the Gospels). The more united that a husband and wife are to God the more united they will be to each other and the better equipped they will be to serve God’s purpose. They will be fruitful relationally, physically, and spiritually.
It follows quite naturally that the church is described as the bride of Christ. Marriage therefore should reflect Christ’s love, mercy, grace, and submission. The New Testament teaches us to follow
