BIBLE PRINCIPLES GOVERNING MARRIAGE?

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BIBLE PRINCIPLESGOVERNING MARRIAGE?
Synonyms Duty Obligation Responsibility Dedication
Devotion Faithfulness Pledge Promise
COMMITMENT
To agree or pledge to do something (Webster).
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Genesis 224
Therefore a man shall leave his father and
mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall
become one flesh.
joined
to cling to, join with, stay with. It is used
of something sticking to or clinging to
something else. (Word Study Dictionary)
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Matthew 196
So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together, let not
man separate.
joined together,
Yoked together
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Matthew 196
So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together, let not
man separate.
let not man
separate.
Yoked together
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Matthew 196
So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together, let not
man separate.
let not man
separate.
One Man Joined Together With One Woman For Life
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BIBLE PRINCIPLESGOVERNING MARRIAGE?
COMMITMENT
ONENESS
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Genesis 224 Matthew 195
Therefore a man shall leave his father and
mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall
become one flesh.
joined
Joined Together BY GOD!
For this reason a man shall leave his father and
mother and be joined to his wife, and the two
shall become one flesh.
joined
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Genesis 224 Matthew 195
Therefore a man shall leave his father and
mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall
become one flesh.
become
flesh.
one
For this reason a man shall leave his father and
mother and be joined to his wife, and the two
shall become one flesh.
become one flesh.
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1 Peter 37
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.
honor
value, esteem to the highest degree
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1 Peter 37
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.
being heirs
together
Spiritual oneness
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1 Peter 37
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.
vessel,
an instrument, an implement (Word Study
Dictionary)
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2 Corinthians 47
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,
that the excellence of the power may be of God
and not of us.
vessels,
We are instruments in the hand of God in
proclaiming the gospel!
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2 Timothy 221
Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the
latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified
and useful for the Master, prepared for every
good work.
vessel
We are instruments in the hand of God for every
good work!
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1 Peter 37
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.
vessel,
I will make him a helper comparable to
him (Genesis 218)
an instrument, an implement (Word Study
Dictionary)
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BIBLE PRINCIPLESGOVERNING MARRIAGE?
COMMITMENT
CONSIDERATION
ONENESS
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Consideration Defined
continuous and careful thought thoughtful and
sympathetic regard thoughtful of the rights and
feelings of others (Webster).
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1 Corinthians 71-5
Now concerning the things of which you wrote to
me It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let
each man have his own wife, and let each woman
have her own husband. Let the husband render to
his wife the affection due her, and likewise also
the wife to her husband. The wife does not have
authority over her own body, but the husband
does. And likewise the husband does not have
authority over his own body, but the wife does.
Do not deprive one another except with consent
for a time, that you may give yourselves to
fasting and prayer and come together again so
that Satan does not tempt you because of your
lack of self-control.
sexis the added language that God has given to
the husband and wife, to express their deep and
abiding love for each another (Thomas Warren).
Do not deprive one another
so that Satan does not tempt you because of your
lack of
self-control.
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Ephesians 522-25
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the
Lord. For the husband is the 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. Husbands love
your wives, just as Christ also loved the church
and gave Himself for her.
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QUALITIES PRESENT WHEN GODS WORD IS OBEYED
KINDNESS FORGIVENESS PATIENCE
GENTLENESS SELF-CONTROL COMPASSION
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BIBLE PRINCIPLESGOVERNING MARRIAGE?
COMMITMENT
CONSIDERATION
ONENESS
LOVE
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Ephesians 525
1 Peter 122
Love one another fervently with a pure heart
Husbands love your wives, just as Christ also
loved the church and gave Himself for her.
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BIBLE PRINCIPLESGOVERNING MARRIAGE?
COMMITMENT
CONSIDERATION
ONENESS
LOVE
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Gods Plan of Salvation
Hear the word (Rom. 1017)
Believe in Christ (Mark 1616)
Repent of sins (Acts 238)
Confess Christ (Rom. 109-10)
Be Baptized (Acts 238)