Marriage in the Lord

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Marriage in the Lord

• WHY WERE MAN AND WOMAN CREATED?
• Animals, fish and birds created from water and
  earth.
• Gen.1v20-25
• Man was created from the dust of the ground.
  Gen.2v7
• Woman was a special creation created from the
  man.
• Gen.2v21-23
• Marriage was the first principle created by God.
• Gen.2v24-25.
• The Lord Jesus Christ confirms this in Mark
  10v6-9
• She was created specifically for him, and
  deliberately after him. 1 Tim.2v13, 1 Cor.11v8-9
• Man was created in the image and likeness of
  God
• Gen.1v26.
• Why was woman created?

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Marriage in the Lord

• Why was woman created?
• No other creation in the image and likeness of
  God
• When other creation brought before Adam no help
  found for him Gen.2v18-20
• Woman created to be a companion for the man able
  to draw out of him the image and likeness of
  God Gen.1v26
• Think about her creation. Gen.2v21-23. Created
  from the man himself. She would be very
  sympathetic to his needs, as they would be her
  own.
• They were to have dominion over creation.
  Gen.1v26
• They were to replenish the earth and subdue
  it Gen.1v28

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Marriage in the Lord

• The principle behind Gen.2v18-24 (1)
• No companion found in creation that reflected his
  
• intelligence, or who could minister to his wants,
  or
• rejoice with him in creation, or reflect the
  glory of his
• nature. None of the animals could do this.
  v19-20.
• It was necessary to form a companion God
  created
• man in his own image and likeness now had to
• sub-divide him into two a negative positive
  an
• active and passive part male and female yet one
  flesh
• In the formation of a companion, she was created
  upon
• a different principle. She was to be a dependant
• creature, a sympathy was to be established
  between
• Them by which they would be attached inseparably.
  If
• she was created from dust, she would have the
  same
• attachment as the animals.

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Marriage in the Lord

• The principle behind Gen.2v18-24 (2)
• The womans companionship designed to be morally
• and intellectually sympathetic with the image
  and
• likeness of God. Woman was created to reflect
  the
• glory of the man as he reflected the glory of
  God.
• The necessity of this is found in the law of the
  flesh. If
• you cut your finger, all of you suffers.
• Bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh v23
• Delicate operation rib taken out of his side,
  with the
• flesh and all the nerve ends from the spinal cord
  when
• he was in a deep sleep v21.
• This quivering rib, with its nerves vessels
  increased
• In size and formed a human figure capable of
• reflecting the glory of the man. Eph.5v22-31

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Marriage in the Lord

• Practicalities of seeking a husband or wife.
• Marriage begins before the wedding day. Not in a
• physical sense, but in building a new
  relationship. Take
• your time about marriage. To know you are
  cementing
• a wrong relationship is asking for trouble.
• Who would you rather marry? One from Gal.5v19-21
• or someone from Gal.5v22-25?
• Marry in the Lord! 1 Cor.7v39, 11v11-12,
• 2 Cor.6v14-18.
• Why should this be? Mal.2v14-15
• What shall we do if we cant find someone in the
  Truth? James 5v20
• Examples of marrying out of the Truth. Gen.6v1-2,
  v5
• 1 Kings 11v1-8
• The reason this happens 1 Cor.7v32-35

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Marriage in the Lord

• Marriage and the Ecclesia
• The attitude of the Ecclesia should be reflected
  in the
• Home. There is no option Eph.5v20-33.
• It is vital that the Ecclesia is seen in the
  family and the
• family in the Ecclesia. Family is not an isolated
  unit, it
• has an impact on the Ecclesia.
• The reason we are baptised is to come into the
  house of
• God Brethren Sisters of Christ with God as
  our
• Father. 1 Tim.3v15 Ecclesia is house of God
• Matt.12v46-50 we are the family of God. Eph.3v15
• Family life impacts on the Ecclesia. Family life
  reflects
• Ecclesia life one cannot do without the other.
  We
• owe it to each other 1Tim.3v4-5
• Individual responsibility obligation
  Heb.10v22-25
• Ecclesia's in a house Acts 16v15, 32-33, 1
  Cor.1v9-10
• The one body 1 Cor.12v12-27 The head Christ
  Eph.4v15-16