THE ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE AND THE HOME

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THE ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE AND THE HOME

• Therefore a man shall leave his father and
  mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall
  become one flesh (Gen. 224)

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Marriage

• God-joined relationship of a man and a woman
  (Matt. 196)
• Life-long bond not to be separated (1 Cor.
  710-11)

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Home

• A relationship, a social unit living together
  family (Josh. 2415)
• Not the place of abode (physical house)

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Origin of Marriage and Home

• Ordained by God in the beginning of mans
  existence (Gen. 218-25)
• Universal for all men (Heb. 134 1 Cor. 59)
• Marriage law applies to all men
• Can remain single if so choose (1 Cor. 95)
• Designed for mans happiness forbidding to marry
  is sign of apostasy (1 Tim. 43)

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Purpose of Marriage and Home

• Companionship (Gen. 218)
• Reproduction (Gen. 128)
• Sexual satisfaction (1 Cor. 71-9)
• Avoid fornication (1 Cor. 72, 9 Heb. 134)
• Raise/Train children (Deut. 66-7 Eph. 64)

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Perversions of Marriage and Home

• Homosexual unions (Gen. 224 Rom. 126-27)
• Polygamy (Gen. 419 1 Cor. 72)
• Tolerated before, but from the beginning it was
  not so (cf. Matt. 198)
• Divorce
• From the beginning it was not so (Matt. 198)
• Hated by God (Mal. 216)
• Not permitted (1 Cor. 710-11)
• One exception fornication

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