1. Marriage is a Picture of the Relationship between the
Believer and Christ.
Ezk.16:8, 38, Hosea 2:19 and Ephesians 5:22-32.
2. Notice when Marriage was instituted.
A. Before sin
entered into the human race
B. Before the
earth was cursed
C. Before man was driven from the Garden of
Eden
D. Before man was
alienated from God because of sin
E. After Adam was
unable to find a help meet in the animal kingdom
3. God made a help meet for Adam by subtraction.
A. God could have
just created a woman, but God wanted a help meet that was closer
than that.
The man is not complete without the woman and the woman is not
complete
without the man. Gen. 2:21-25, Adam
recognized the woman is part of
him. Gen.
2:23, notice also Ephesians 5:28-30.
B. This "bone
of my bones and flesh of my flesh" carries responsibility, Gen.2:24
C. The Lord Jesus
reaffirms God's law of marriage in Matt.19:1-6, Eph.5:31.
WHAT DOES MARRIAGE TEACH?
1. Man is born into
this world incomplete and deficient.
2. Man can only
find completeness in a wife.
3. The man and his
wife are an invisible unit, one flesh.
WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL TRUTH?
1. Man is separated
from God because of sin.
2. Man can only
find completeness in Christ, Col.2:10
3. The Believer and
Christ form an invisible unit, Eph.5:30
WHAT CONSTITUTES A MARRIAGE?
1. Although we are
told to obey the laws of the land, marriage is more than a legal
involvement.
2. It is more than
a physical union, I Cor.6:15,16
3. Marriage is a covenant
(this is important and we will deal with the matter of divorce
later) between
two people, Prov.2:17, Malachi 2:14
When two people hold hands and repeat their marriage vows,
that is teaching a Spiritual truth.
A person is saved when they repent of their sins and
receives the Lord Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, John1:12
Amen! Solid Bible Truth!
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