lesson 15. what does god teach us about his gift of marriage?
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Lesson 15
What does God teach us about his gift of marriage?
How did marriage get started?
Genesis 2:21-24So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place
with flesh. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had
taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man
said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” For this
reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one
flesh.
God started it(not a human
custom)
Key Point #1
Marriage started when God made Eve and brought her to
Adam to be his wife.
What does God want marriage to be?
Romans 7:2For example, by law a
married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released
from the law of marriage.
lifelong union
What does God want marriage to be?
Matthew 19:5-6
‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will
become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two,
but one. Therefore what God has joined together,
let man not separate. of one man and one woman
Key Point #2
God wants marriage to be the lifelong union of one
man and one woman.
How does God want us to go about entering into marriage?
1 Thessalonians 4:4-5
…that each of you should learn to control his own body [footnote: learn to acquire a wife]
in a way that is holy and honorable, not in
passionate lust like the heathen, who do not
know God… holy and honorable
entered into in a way that is…
Key Point #3God wants us to enter
marriage in a way that is holy and honorable.
With what gifts does God bless a husband and wife in marriage?
Genesis 2:18
The LORD God said, “It is not
good for the man to be alone. I will
make a helper suitable for him.”
With what gifts does God bless a husband and wife in marriage?
Ephesians 5:24-25
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to
their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for
her… companionship
With what gifts does God bless a husband and wife in marriage?
Genesis 2:24
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to
his wife, and they will become one
flesh.
With what gifts does God bless a husband and wife in marriage?
1 Corinthians 7:2-5,8-9But since there is so much immorality,
each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The
husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her
husband. The wife’s body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband’s body does not belong to him alone but also to his
wife. Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer.
Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control…Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to
stay unmarried, as I am. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to
burn with passion. sexual happiness
With what gifts does God bless a husband and wife in marriage?
Psalm 113:9
He settles the barren woman in
her home as a happy mother of children. Praise
the LORD.
With what gifts does God bless a husband and wife in marriage?
Psalm 127:3
Sons are a heritage from
the LORD, children a
reward from him. children
Key Point #4
God blesses a husband and wife with his gifts of companionship, sexual happiness, and children.
Agree or Disagree?
God doesn’t want us to talk about or think about sex.
Agree or Disagree?
If two people love each other, they should get
married.
Evaluate…
The only way a Christian can be sure of a happy marriage is to marry a
person who shares the same faith.
Lesson 15
God teaches us that he wants marriage to be the lifelong union of one man and one woman – a union that God blesses with some wonderful gifts.
Vocabulary…
“Engagement”
A time to prepare for the marriage ceremony
(not a time to “test each other out”)
Vocabulary…
“Chastity”
Sexual purity, both for the married and unmarried