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FUNCTIONS OF MARRIAGE BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA Man was alone in the Garden of Eden and it wasn’t palatable to God, the Maker of all things, so He said, “It is not good that man should be alone I will make him a helper.” God created the woman to help the man. When they are joined together they both became a united force and a companion. In this write up we shall look at the functions of marriage, that is, the reasons why God instituted marriage, and the various forms marriage introduced by man. We shall consider some disadvantages of all the union ship instituted by man himself. Marriage has important roles to play in the lives of those involved in it. Some of the functions of marriage include: • For Procreation: To procreate means to give birth to children. Procreation is to bring new life into being through marriage. God created man in his own image and likeness. He gave man the ability to procreate or bring new life into being. After creating Adam and Eve, God blessed them and gav

MY ADVICE TO MARRIED COUPLE BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA Marriage is the oldest institution on earth. It is as old as creation itself. God saw a lonely man in the Garden of Eden and decided that he would give him a companion in the person of Eve. That led to the creation of the woman for the man. God did not create man for man rather he created the woman for the man. But today, there is this evil concept called ‘gay marriage’ and all other forms of union which is not right in the sight of God. They include: homosexuality and lesbianism. Homosexuality refers to a man having canal knowledge with a fellow man; while lesbianism refers to a woman having canal knowledge with a fellow woman. If you are involved in this, please stop doing it because God does not accept such act. Same Sex Marriage (Homosexuals and Lesbianism). The word ‘Homo’ means the same. A Homosexual is a man who engages in sex with another man. A Lesbian is a woman who engages in sex with another woman. Homosexuality is a

THE WEDDING CEREMONY I ATTENDED BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA Marriage is a lawful and acceptable union of a man and a woman to make up a family. It is a legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife. It all started from the days when God created the world. He was so kind to create the woman as a companion for Adam. Biblically, it is a covenant relationship between a man and woman to share their lives and family responsibilities together. It is a creation of God. The first marriage was instituted by God in the Garden Eden during creation. After the creation of Adam, the Lord felt that it is not good for him to be alone. He therefore decided to get a helpmate for him. God made Adam to go into a deep sleep and out of his ribs; he made a woman, and brought her to the man. Then the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called woman, (Eve) because she was taken out of man.” Genesis 2: 24, the Bible says: “Therefore, shall a man leaves his father and

THE RELATED CAUSE OF POVERTY BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA The word, ‘Poverty’ refers to the lack of adequate financial know how to meet basic needs by individuals, households, or an entire communities don’t have the means to subsist or acquire the basic necessities for a flourishing life. That is being so poor as to struggle to obtain food, clothing, housing and medicines. It can also refer to a condition in which people or communities lack the essentials for a minimum standard of living. It can be said that basic human needs cannot be met. The general idea is to suffer from want of the basic necessities of life. If we have food, clothing and shelter I don’t think that you are poor because you can provide for your needs. Basically, anybody can be poor, when they refuse to work to make money that would cater for their basic needs. There are young men and women who sit at home instead of doing something to earn a living if such people are poor it is not surprising. But majority attributes

CIVIL RULE BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA Civil rule is the rule by the citizens of a country administrating their own country. In the past Nigeria as a country has had a different type of rules ranging from colonial rule down to military rule. With the aforementioned types of governments we suffered disadvantages from each of them. When we were under the colonial rule we never had everything rosy that is one of the reasons why Nigerians had to struggle for self-governments among other reasons. Till she gained independence on 1st of October, 1960 and subsequently became a republican nation on 1st of October, 1963, that was when Nigeria obtained the full right to govern themselves as a country. But sadly enough came the first military coup d’état which took place in 1966, few years after independence, that terminated democratic rule for a long time till we had it back again on May 29th 1999. Civil rule is tired to democratic government which is regarded as the best form of government in t