Marriage: In The Beginning

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MarriageIn The Beginning
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• Gentlemen, do not even consider marriage until
  you have mastered the art of war.
• General Montgomery

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• God ordained marriage.
• It is not good for man to be alone.

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Three primary relationships in Gods design for
marriage

• Relationship to God
• Relationship to spouse
• Parent-child relationship

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Satan has attempted to pervert Gods design

• Marriage is optional
• Polygamy
• Adultery
• Homosexuality
• Fornication
• Rape
• Incest

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Back to Genesis

• How it began.
• What God intended it to be.
• What went wrong.
• How can we correct it.

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• Gen 218a
• "It is not good for the man
• to be alone

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• Gen 219-20
• 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed
  every beast of the field and every bird of the
  sky, and brought them to the man to see what he
  would call them and whatever the man called a
  living creature, that was its name. 20 And the
  man gave names to all the cattle, and to the
  birds of the sky, and to every beast of the
  field, but for Adam there was not found a helper
  suitable for him.

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• Gen. 218b
• I will make him a helper suitable for him."

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• Gen 221-25
• 21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall
  upon the man, and he slept then He took one of
  his ribs, and closed up the flesh at that place.
  22 And the LORD God fashioned into a woman the
  rib which He had taken from the man, and brought
  her to the man.

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• 23 And the man said,
• "This is now bone of my bones,
• And flesh of my flesh
• She shall be called Woman,
• Because she was taken out of Man."

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WOW!
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• 24 For this cause a man shall leave his father
  and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife and
  they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and
  his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

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Gods intention for marriage

• A helping relationship
• A complementary relationship
• A physical relationship
• A unified relationship
• A gift from God

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Foundational truths for marriage
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Leave

• The marital bond should be stronger than the
  parent-child bond.
• Severance

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Cleaving

• Glued to one another
• Permanence

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One flesh

• Equality
• Dignity
• Honor

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Intimacy

• Naked and unashamed
• No inhibitions
• No secrets

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God made them distinctly male and female.

• Obvious differences, but God given distinctions.

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• 1 Corinthians 113-12
• God is the head of Christ, yet they are one
• Man is the head of woman, yet they are one.

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Co-equal in the eyes of God

• 1 Peter 37
• 7 You husbands likewise, live with your wives in
  an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel,
  since she is a woman and grant her honor as a
  fellow heir of the grace of life

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• Gal 328-29
• 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
  neither slave nor free man, there is neither male
  nor female for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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What happened?

• Satan deceived and Adam disobeyed
• Genesis 31-5
• Lust of the flesh - good to eat
• Lust of the eyes pleasing to look upon
• Pride of life desirable to make one wise

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Eve deceived, Adam disobedient

• Satan came to Eve first
• Satan will not submit to authority

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The Consequences vs. 7-21

• Blame game It was the _________
• Curse upon Satan
• Curse upon the woman
• Curse upon the man
• A sacrifice must be made
• Spiritual war declared
• Death entered

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How do we respond?

• Return to Gods plan.
• Understand His purpose.
• Apply His pattern.
• Recognize His provision.
• See His perspective.