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Marriage: God’s Foundation

Marriage: God’s Foundation. God’s Plan of Marriage Health Class. God has established marriage. The Garden of Eden What does God say about marriage? Adolescent views of marriage Roles in marriage Problems from abusing marriage Questions and answer time. The First Marriage (Genesis 2).

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Marriage: God’s Foundation

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  1. Marriage: God’s Foundation God’s Plan of Marriage Health Class

  2. God has established marriage • The Garden of Eden • What does God say about marriage? • Adolescent views of marriage • Roles in marriage • Problems from abusing marriage • Questions and answer time

  3. The First Marriage (Genesis 2) 19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field.

  4. The First Marriage (Genesis 2)    But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 21 So 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. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

  5. The First Marriage (Genesis 2) •     23 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.” •  24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

  6. God speaks of marriage in the 6th commandment You shall not commit adultery. WDTM? We should fear and love God that we lead a pure and decent life in words and actions, and that husband and wife love and honor each other.

  7. God gives blessings in marriage • Companionship • Family Stability • Intimacy • Emotional and Spiritual support • Children • Sex

  8. Those blessings are often misunderstood during adolescence • Adolescents look for companionship with friends instead of family. • Adolescents are in a period of dramatic change. • Adolescents often misunderstand intimacy. • Adolescents are torn between support and independence. • Adolescents are still children. • Adolescents are often physically developed, but not mentally or emotionally stable.

  9. God continues to hold out his roles for marriage • God provides for both fathers and mothers to raise a child. • God gives fathers the primary duty to raise their children “in the fear and admonition of the LORD.” • God reminds parents to not “frustrate” their children. • God tells children to obey their parents.

  10. God continues to hold out his roles for marriage “A cord of three strands is not easily broken” - Ecclesiastes 4:12 God Husband Wife

  11. Problems come from ignoring or abusing God’s plan of marriage • Basing marriage upon emotional attachment rather than upon God’s Word? • Intimacy without commitment? • Separation from the means of grace? • Sex outside of marriage? • Children having children? • A dulled or dead conscience?

  12. Question and Answer Time

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