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Genesis 2:24

MARRIAGE: God’s Gift to Man & Woman. Genesis 2:24. [By Ron Halbrook]. MARRIAGE: God’s Gift. Introduction: Marriage is God’s gift to man & woman Gen. 2:24. Gen. 2. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,

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Genesis 2:24

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  1. MARRIAGE: God’s Gift to Man & Woman Genesis 2:24 [By Ron Halbrook]

  2. MARRIAGE: God’s Gift Introduction: • Marriage is God’s gift to man & woman Gen. 2:24

  3. Gen. 2 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  4. MARRIAGE: God’s Gift Introduction: 2. Seek to better understand this gift: • What God did in the beginning • Includes the gift of children • Means two friends in love • Permanent relationship • Ordained of God as holy & honorable

  5. MARRIAGE: God’s Gift Introduction: • Marriage is God’s gift to man & woman • Seek to better understand this gift • The better we understand it, the more we value it: • Show God we are thankful! • Fulfill our duties to God & to our mates! • Cultivate the relationship!

  6. I. In the Beginning MARRIAGE: God’s Gift A.Gen. 1:1, 24-27Man & Woman Unique: In God’s Image

  7. Gen. 1 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

  8. In God’s Image MARRIAGE: God’s Gift GOD: Father, Son, Holy Spirit • Spirit • Intelligence • Moral choice • Emotion • Fellowship • MAN: • Male, Female • Spirit • Intelligence • Moral choice • Emotion • Fellowship

  9. I. In the Beginning MARRIAGE: God’s Gift B.Gen. 2:18-24Woman: God’s Crowning Work— She Has No Equal in Her Role!

  10. Gen. 2 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 23 And Adam said, This is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

  11. Gen. 2 Marriage vows unite male & female in a sacred covenant: Purpose is commitment not convenience! 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. New independent home Cemented together for life Two people united as one

  12. I. In the Beginning MARRIAGE: God’s Gift C. Cultivate the Garden of Marriage!

  13. II. The Gift of Children MARRIAGE: God’s Gift A.God Ordained Birth & Nurturing of Children in Marriage • Child needs father & mother • Deepens fellowship of marriage • Enriches character of parents • Perpetuates mankind

  14. II. The Gift of Children MARRIAGE: God’s Gift B.Ps. 127:3-5Children: A Heritage, A Reward from God • Home stronger, happier with children

  15. Ps. 127:3-5 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

  16. II. Gift of Children MARRIAGE: God’s Gift C.Eccl. 4:9-12God Blesses Father, Mother, & Child in This Intimate Relationship

  17. Eccl. 4:9-12 9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 Forif they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 11 Again,if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12 Andif one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

  18. III. Friends in Love MARRIAGE: God’s Gift A.Song of Sol. 2:7Song of Solomon Celebrates Steadfast Love from Courtship to Marriage.

  19. Song of Sol. 2:7 7 Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.

  20. III. Friends in Love MARRIAGE: God’s Gift B.Song of Sol. 8:6-7The Bride Extols the Value of True Love.

  21. Song of Sol. 8:6-7 6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. Remember Irrevocable Eternal flame Indestructible Priceless

  22. III. Friends in Love MARRIAGE: God’s Gift C. Experiences of Friendship Deepen in Marriage. • Prov. 18:22Marriage God’s gift, celibacy not greater gift or higher calling

  23. Prov. 18:22 22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtainethfavour of the LORD.

  24. III. Friends in Love MARRIAGE: God’s Gift C. Experiences of Friendship Deepen in Marriage. • Prov. 18:24“All weather” not “fair weather” friend

  25. Prov. 18:24 24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

  26. III. Friends in Love MARRIAGE: God’s Gift C. Experiences of Friendship Deepen in Marriage. • Prov. 13:20Choose carefully: friends influence friends

  27. Prov. 13:20 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  28. III. Friends in Love MARRIAGE: God’s Gift C. Experiences of Friendship Deepen in Marriage. • Prov. 27:17Share, test ideas— constructive criticism

  29. Prov. 27:17 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

  30. IV. Permanent MARRIAGE: God’s Gift A.Mal. 2:13-16God Hates Divorce.

  31. Mal. 2:13-16 13 And this have ye done again,covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Becausethe LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whomthou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

  32. Mal. 2:13-16 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

  33. Mal. 2:13-16 16Forthe LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one coverethviolence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

  34. IV. Permanent MARRIAGE: God’s Gift B. Lawful to Divorce for Every Cause? • Annie’s Mailbox: Man With Dying Wife— Divorce Her, Marry Cora (Louisville Courier-Journal, 9-1-03) • Matt. 19:3-9Jesus’ Answer Different

  35. Matt. 19:3-9 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made themat the beginningmade themmaleandfemale, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, butone flesh. Whattherefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. When God joins them, man has no right to release them!

  36. Matt. 19:3-9 9 And I say unto you,Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication,and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

  37. C. “Except It Be for Fornication” • Porneia: Unlawful Sexual Intercourse in General • Fornication Including: • Harlotry, Prostitution • Adultery • Incest • Homosexual Acts • Unlawful Marriages • All Such “‘sexual intercourse’ in gen. without more precise definition” (Kittel, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament VI:584, 587)

  38. IV. Permanent MARRIAGE: God’s Gift D. God’s Gift of Marriage Given to a Man & a Woman: • If Never Before Married(Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:4-5)

  39. Matt. 19:4-5 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made themat the beginningmade themmaleandfemale, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

  40. IV. Permanent MARRIAGE: God’s Gift D. God’s Gift of Marriage Given to a Man & a Woman: • If Mate Died(Rom. 7:2-3)

  41. Rom. 7:2-3 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

  42. IV. Permanent MARRIAGE: God’s Gift D. God’s Gift of Marriage Given to a Man & a Woman: • If Divorce Mate for Fornication(Matt. 19:9)

  43. Matt. 19:3-9 9 And I say unto you,Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication,and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

  44. IV. Permanent MARRIAGE: God’s Gift E. God Does Not Sanction Man’s Sinful Desires: • Easy Divorce(Mal. 2:16; Matt. 19:3-9)

  45. Mal. 2:16 16Forthe LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one coverethviolence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

  46. Matt. 19:9 9 And I say unto you,Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication,and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

  47. IV. Permanent MARRIAGE: God’s Gift E. God Does Not Sanction Man’s Sinful Desires: • Homosexual Acts: Against Nature(Rom. 1:26-27)

  48. Rom. 1:26-27 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

  49. MARRIAGE: God’s Gift V. Marriage Holy, Honorable A.Heb. 13:4When God Joins a Man & a Woman, Marriage Is Holy, Honorable.

  50. Heb. 13:4 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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