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Prioritizing our lives with an Eternal Perspective Faith With an Eternal Perspective

“Life From an Eternal Perspective”. Prioritizing our lives with an Eternal Perspective Faith With an Eternal Perspective Growing Spiritually with an Eternal Perspective Viewing Our Marriages From an Eternal Perspective Homes With an Eternal Perspective

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Prioritizing our lives with an Eternal Perspective Faith With an Eternal Perspective

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  1. “Life From an Eternal Perspective” • Prioritizing our lives with an Eternal Perspective • Faith With an Eternal Perspective • Growing Spiritually with an Eternal Perspective • Viewing Our Marriages From an Eternal Perspective • Homes With an Eternal Perspective • Passing the Torch: An Eternal Perspective • Serving God From the Eternal Perspective

  2. “MarriagesWith an Eternal Perspective”

  3. Divorce: A Troubling Dilemma • 60 percent of marriages for couples between the ages of 20 and 25 end in divorce. — National Center for Health Statistics • 65 percent of altar-bound men and women live together before getting married. — Bride's Magazine • Surprisingly, divorce rates among conservative Christians were significantly higher than for other faith groups, and much higher than atheists and agnostics experience. – Barna Research Group

  4. Variation in Divorce Rates by Religion • "We rarely find substantial differences" between the moral behavior of Christians and non-Christians. Barna Project Director Meg Flammang said: "We would love to be able to report that Christians are living very distinct lives and impacting the community, but ... in the area of divorce rates they continue to be the same." 

  5. In Divorce Rates Among Christian Faith Groups

  6. Variation in divorce rates by location

  7. Highest Rates of Divorce by State • Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama and Oklahoma round out the Top Five in frequency of divorce...the divorce rates in these conservative states are roughly 50 percent above the national average" of 4.2/1000 people. 

  8. Raising Children in Broken Homes: Does it Work? • Children of divorce have a higher risk of divorce when they marry, and an even higher risk if the person they marry comes from a divorced home. One study found that when the wife alone had experienced a parental divorce, her odds of divorce increased to 59 percent. When both spouses experienced parental divorce, the odds of divorce nearly tripled to 189 percent. — Journal of Marriage and the Family No!

  9. Marriage Without Godly Principles: Does it Work? No!

  10. Sex To Make Him/Her Love Me Concept: Does it Work? • The likelihood that a woman will eventually marry is significantly lower for those who first had a child out of wedlock. By age 35, only 70 percent of all unwed mothers are married in contrast to 88 percent of women who have not had a child out of wedlock. — "Finding a Mate? The Marital and Cohabitation Histories of Unwed Mothers," Lawrence L. Wu and Barbara Wolfe No!

  11. Cohabitation: Does it Work?

  12. Cohabitation: Does it Work? • 55 percent of cohabitating couples get married within five years of moving in together. Forty percent of couples who live together break up within that same time period. — Annual Review of Sociology • Research indicates that people who live together prior to getting married are more likely to have marriages that end in divorce. — The Boston Herald • A recent study on cohabitation concluded that after five to seven years, only 21 percent of unmarried couples were still living together. — The Boston Herald No!

  13. God Hates Divorce! • "For the LORD God of Israel says That He hates divorce, For it covers one's garment with violence," Says the LORD of hosts. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, That you do not deal treacherously." (Malachi 2:16 NKJV) • "So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." (Matthew 19:6 NKJV)

  14. Marriage Is Honorable • Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. (Hebrews 13:4 NKJV)

  15. God Saw…and It Was Good • …God called the dry land Earth, …the gathering together of the waters He called Seas….God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:10) • …the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:12) • Then God made two great lights…to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:16-18) • So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded…and every winged bird …And God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:21) • …God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:25)

  16. God Saw It Was Not Good • And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." (Genesis 2:18)

  17. Keys to a Successful Marriage • Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God. (Ephesians 5:17-21 NKJV)

  18. Keys to a Successful Marriage • Leave & Cleave: • Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Genesis 2:24)

  19. Keys to a Successful Marriage • Becoming One: • "and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? (Matthew 19:5)

  20. Keys to a Successful Marriage • Becoming One: • Intimacy Only Permitted In Marriage: • Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites… will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10 NKJV)

  21. God Joins Together • “…what God has joined together, let not man separate." (Matthew 19:6 NKJV)

  22. Becoming One • Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. (1 Peter 3:8-9 NKJV)

  23. Husbands: • Head of Woman: • But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. (1 Corinthians 11:3)

  24. Husbands: • Responsible For Spiritual Leadership: • Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." (Ephesians 5:25-31 NKJV)

  25. Husbands: • The Husband Dwells With the Wife as “The Weaker Vessel” • Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. (1 Peter 3:7 NKJV)

  26. Wives: • Helper: • And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." (Genesis 2:18 NKJV)

  27. Wives: • Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. (Ephesians 5:22-24)

  28. Wives: • Chaste, Accompanied by Fear: • Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. (1 Peter 3:1-2 NKJV)

  29. Wives: • Focus of Beauty Is Inward More Than Outward: • Do not let your adornment be merely outward--arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel-- rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, (1 Peter 3:3-5 NKJV)

  30. Wives: • Respect and Honor the Husband : • as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror. (1 Peter 3:6 NKJV)

  31. What must I do to be saved? Romans 10:17 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. HEAR Romans 10:17

  32. What must I do to be saved? John 8:24 "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." Believe John 8:24 HEAR Romans 10:17

  33. What must I do to be saved? Repent Luke 13:3 Luke 13:3 "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Believe John 8:24 HEAR Romans 10:17

  34. What must I do to be saved? Confess Romans 10:19 Repent Luke 13:3 Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Believe John 8:24 HEAR Romans 10:17

  35. Baptized 1 Peter 3:21 What must I do to be saved? Confess Romans 10:19 Repent Luke 13:3 1 Peter 3:21 There is also an antitype which now saves us--baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Believe John 8:24 HEAR Romans 10:17

  36. Baptized 1 Peter 3:21 What must I do to be saved? Confess Romans 10:19 Live Faithfully (Col. 1:22-23) Repent Luke 13:3 Colossians 1:22-23 … to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight-- if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard… Believe John 8:24 HEAR Romans 10:17

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