Gods Design For Your Marriage

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Gods Design For Your Marriage
Husbands RolePriest, Prophet, King
October 19 , 2008 Pastor John Isaacs KingsWay
Community Church
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No God No Design
Marriage is Humanitys Own Social Cultural
Invention
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But, There Is A God And There Is An Intelligent
Design
Humanity Made In HIS Image
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God DesignedMarriage
Great Marriages Come From Doing It Gods Way!
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Gods Design

• Genesis 1-3
• Ephesians 521-33
• Colossians 318-19
• 1 Peter 31-7
• Titus 25
• 1 Timothy 34, 12

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Genesis 218It is not good for the man to be
alone I will make him a helper suitable for him.

• Complementary Companionship
• Procreation
• Picture of Christ Church
• To Glorify God

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Genesis 224 For this cause a man shall leave his
father and his mother, and shall cleave to his
wife and they shall become one flesh.
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Gods Design
Marriage was designed to be a lifelong covenant
bond between one man and one woman.
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Gods Design
Genesis 127 So God created man in His own image
in the image of God He created him male and
female He created them.
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Gods Design
Distinctly male and Distinctly female.
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Gods Design
Distinct Roles in Marriage.
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What Happens When Man Abandons Gods Design?
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Romans 124 So God abandoned them to do whatever
shameful things their hearts desired.

• Sexual Promiscuity
• Pornography
• Adultery
• Homosexuality
• Pedophilia

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Husbands Role

• Love
• Serve
• Lead

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Biblical headship in the home is the husband's
divine calling to take primary responsibility for
Christlike leadership, protection, and provision.
- John Piper
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Headship is not so much about being in charge
or taking control.
Headship is more about taking responsibility
to lead.
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The Book of Hebrews defines Jesus role in
leading His Church
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Hebrews 620 Where the forerunner has entered
for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest
forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
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Hebrews 11-2 God, who at various times and in
various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by
the prophets, has in these last days spoken to
us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all
things, through whom also He made the worlds.
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Hebrews 18-9 But to the Son He says "Your
throne, O God, is forever and ever A scepter of
righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom.
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With
the oil of gladness more than Your companions."
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Jesus Role

• Priest
• Prophet
• King

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Ephesians 525-26 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.
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As Priest

• Encourage your wife and family to be
  worshippers.
• Intercession for your wife and family. (John
  17)

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• God to be glorified in and through his wife
  (family).
• For her (their) relationship with Christ. That
  she would know Him more intimately.
• For her (their) protection physically.

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4. For her (them) to fulfill Gods call on her
life. 5. For the marriage relationship (and
family) to be of one heart and of one mind. 6.
For her (them) to find good friends and
companions.
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As Priest

• Encourage your wife and family to be
  worshippers.
• Intercession for your wife and family. (John
  17)

3. Speak of Gods mercy.
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As Prophet
One who speaks for God.
A Godly Perspective Bearer
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• A husband needs to hear from God.
• A husband needs to know Gods Word and have, at
  least, a basic understanding of Foundational
  Christian Theology.

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3. A husband needs to confront sin and call his
wife (family) to repentance.
Proverbs 276Faithful are the wounds of a
friend.
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As King
A King provides justice for his subjects and
protects his kingdom from its enemies.
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1 Samuel 819-20 Nevertheless the people
refused to obey the voice of Samuel and they
said, "No, but we will have a king over us, that
we also may be like all the nations, and that our
king may judge us and go out before us and fight
our battles.
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• A husband needs to have Gods wisdom in
  responding to the challenges of today and
  planning for the challenges of tomorrow.
• A husband needs to know his wifes (familys)
  enemies and become a warrior-king.

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Husbands Role

• Priest
• Prophet
• King