THE PERFECT MARRIAGE
Among human beings, do you
believe that there is a perfect marriage?
In my life time I have known
a lot of good marriages. I know a lot of
marriages where the couple
stayed together until one partner died.
I am not sure that any of these
marriages were perfect.
I think all marriages have
problems from time to time. The key is
how problems are resolved to
stay together.
Unfortunately, many marriages
end in divorce. Even among church folk.
That’s life, but there is way
to improve the statistics.
Last week we discussed the
fact that God created us for His glory and
commands us to put Him first
in our lives. No marriage can move toward
perfection without God being
first.
In this lesson, I want to
look at the first marriage between Adam and Eve
and how God put them
together.
MARRIAGE CREATED IN GOD’S
Gen 1:27-28
27 So God created man in his
own image,
in the image of God he
created him;
male and female he created
them.
28 God blessed them and said
to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue
it.
God’s design for marriage was
to populate the earth with people who
looked like Him. Not only was the first family purposed to
look like
God, but be the image of God.
God gave the marriage everything
to be successful.
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GOD IS THE SOL
Gen 2:18
The Lord God said, "It
is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for
him."
The Hebrew word for alone is
“bad’ God used a double negative to describe
Man without a partner: not good and bad.
MAN INCOMPLETE WITHOUT A
TREASURE
Watch this Ladies, you
complete the man. Without women, men are
in a bad situation.
Gen 2:18
And the Lord God said, It is
not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
The word help is the Hebrew
word ezer which means one who helps, and a treasure
Man is not complete without
the treasure of a woman
A treasure is something
important. A treasure is something you
Protect. A treasure is something of great value. A
treasure is
Something you live for.
MAN NEEDS SOMEONE IN HIS
FACE
The Hebrew word for meet is
neged which means front of or before
your face.
God created a treasure for man
to be in his face. Man is not complete
Without the treasure of a
woman that is in his face.
According to the text, It is
a bad situation when we don’t have someone connected to us to talk to and help
make decisions.
Gen 2:22-24
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken
out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said,
"This is now bone of my
bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called 'woman,
for she was taken out of
man."
24 For this reason a man will
leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one
flesh.
God took the
Adam’s treasure was made in
the image and likeness of himself.
TOGETHERNESS THE KEY TO
MARRIAGE
The word cleave is the Hebrew
word, dabaq which means to abide fast
Pursue hard. Man is commanded to pursue hard his
treasure.
He is commanded to abide fast
with his treasure.
The word flesh is the Hebrew
word basar which means an extension of ,
or corresponding to.
Man is commanded to pursue hard
the extension of himself,
which is his treasure.
The wife comes before family.
Her opinions and ideas are more important than family. The man and his wife work together and if
necessary over
looks outside influence.
MARRIAGE MADE WITHOUT
SECERTS
Gen 2:25
The man and his wife were
both naked, and they felt no shame.
There should be no secrets
between man and his wife.
In a perfect marriage there
are no secrets.
We are not to hide stuff from
each other.
When we are troubled it
should be discussed with our treasure,
Until sin entered their
hearts, they were innocent.
When they disobeyed God’s
command, the first couple was kicked out
Of the garden of Eden and had
to start over in the harsh realities of
life.
The perfect marriage became
imperfect. We all are a result of the
first marriage becoming
imperfect. We cannot change the past,
But we can affect the future.
THE ONE
There is one perfect
marriage. It is the one you and
I establish with Jesus
Christ. It is the role model for all
marriages.
It not prefect because of us,
but it is perfect because of Jesus Christ the
bridegroom. When we accepted
Christ we became His bride.
Let’s examine the marriage
between Christ and us, the church.
MARRIAGE MADE BEAUTIFUL IN
CHRIST
Isa 61:10-11
I delight greatly in the Lord
;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with
garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of
righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his
head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself
with her jewels.
11 For as the soil makes the
sprout come up
and a garden causes seeds to
grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise
spring up before all nations.
MADE PERFECT IN CHRIST
Heb 12:23-24
You have come to God, the
judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the
mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better
word than the blood of Abel.
1 John 4:17
There is no fear in love. But
perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one
who fears is not made perfect in love.
MADE PREFECT IN CHRIST
LOVE
Rom 5:8
8 But God demonstrates his
own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Eph 5:1-2
5 Be imitators of God,
therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and live a life of love, just as Christ
loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to
God.
MARRIAGE MADE PERFECT
BECAUSE OF FORGIVENESS
Rom 3:21-25
21 But now righteousness from God, apart from law, has
been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This
righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.
There is no difference, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by
Christ Jesus.
MARRIAGE MADE PERFECT
BECAUSE OF GRACE
Eph 2:5-6
5 Even when we were dead in
sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up
together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
MARRIAGE MADE PERFECT IN A
NEW CREATION
2 Cor
17 Therefore if any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things
are become new.
18 And all things are of God,
who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the
ministry of reconciliation;
MARRIAGE MADE
John 16:7-11
7 But I tell you the truth:
It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will
not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will
convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: 9
in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; 10 in regard to
righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no
longer; 11 and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now
stands condemned.
MARRIAGE MADE
2 Cor 12:9-10
9 And he said unto me, My
grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most
gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of
Christ may rest upon me.
10 Therefore I take pleasure
in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses
for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
MARRIAGE IS MADE
Prov 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all
thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge
him, and he shall direct thy paths.
MARRIAGE TO JESUS IS
PERMENANT
Eph 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy
Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
SUMMARY
Rev. M. Mitchell
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