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The Covenant

of MarriagePastor John Isaacs

Kingsway Community Church

March 6, 2011



Metaphors Used To

Describe The Church

1. Body2. Bride

3. Family4. Building

5. Vine6. Sheep Fold

7. Army



In The Body

1. Unity

2. Fellowship3. Spiritual Gifts



Metaphors Used To

Describe The Church

1

. Body2. Bride

3. Family4. Building

5. Vine6. Sheep Fold

7. Army



The Church is the

Bride ofChrist



As The Bride

1. Devotion to Jesus

2. Blameless Living3. Doing Good Deeds



Ephesians 51

Imitate God, therefore, in everything youdo, because you are His dear children. 2 Live

a life filled with love, following the example

of Christ. He loved us and offered Himself asa sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to

God. 3 Let there be no sexual immorality,

impurity, or greed among you. Such sinshave no place among Gods people.4 Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse

jokesthese are not for you. Instead,



let there be thankfulness to God. 5 You can

be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy

person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ andof God. For a greedy person is an idolater,

worshiping the things of this world. 6 Dont

be fooled by those who try to excuse thesesins, for the anger of God will fall on all who

disobey him. 7 Dont participate in the things

these people do. 8 For once you were full ofdarkness, but now you have light from the

Lord. So live as people of light! 9 For this light

within you produces only what is good



and right and true. 10 Carefully determine

what pleases the Lord. 11 Take no part in the

worthless deeds of evil and darkness;instead, expose them. 12 It is shameful even

to talk about the things that ungodly people

do in secret. 13 But their evil intentions will beexposed when the light shines on them, 14for

the light makes everything visible. This is

why it is said, Awake, O sleeper, rise upfrom the dead, and Christ will give you

light.



15 So be careful how you live. Dont live like

fools, but like those who are wise. 16 Make

the most of every opportunity in these evildays. 17 Dont act thoughtlessly, but

understand what the Lord wants you to

do. 18 Dont be drunk with wine, becausethat will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with

the Holy Spirit, 19 singing psalms and hymns

and spiritual songs among yourselves, andmaking music to the Lord in your

hearts. 20 And give thanks for everything to



God the Father in the name of our Lord

Jesus Christ. 21 And further, submit to one

another out of reverence for Christ. 22 For wives, this means submit to your husbands

as to the Lord. 23 For a husband is the head

of his wife as Christ is the head of thechurch. He is the Savior of his body, the

church. 24 As the church submits to Christ, so

you wives should submit to your husbands ineverything. 25 For husbands, this means love

your wives, just as Christ loved the church.



He gave up his life for her 26 to make her holy

and clean, washed by the cleansing of Gods

word. 27 He did this to present her to himselfas a glorious church without a spot or

wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she

will be holy and without fault. 28 In the sameway, husbands ought to love their wives as

they love their own bodies. For a man who

loves his wife actually shows love for himself. 29 No one hates his own body but

feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for



the church. 30 And we are members of his

body. 31 As the Scriptures say, A man leaves

his father and mother and is joined to hiswife, and the two are united into

one. 32 This is a great mystery, but it is an

illustration of the way Christ and the churchare one. 33 So again I say, each man must

love his wife as he loves himself, and the

wife must respect her husband.



Ephesians 5:2

Live a life filled with love,following the example of

Christ. He loved us andoffered Himself as a

sacrifice for us, a pleasing

aroma to God.



Sacrificial love produces a

pleasing aroma to God.

What is the

spiritual aroma ofyour home?



Sacrificial love produces a

pleasing aroma to God.

What is the

spiritual aroma ofyour marriage?



Ephesians 5:33

So again I say, each manmust love his wifeas he loves himself, and

the wife must respecther husband.



Gods design for marriage:

One man joined to

one woman in a

covenantal bond for a lifetime.



Matthew 19:4-6

4 Havent you read theScriptures? Jesus replied. They

record that from the beginningGod made them male and

female. 5 And he said, This

explains why a man leaves hisfather and mother and is joined



to his wife, and the two are

united into one.6

Since they areno longer two but one, let no

one split apart what God has

joined together.



CovenantA solemn oath or agreement

that has specific promises anddemands.



Bible CovenantsNoahic Covenant

Abrahamic CovenantMosaic Covenant

Israel Covenant

Davidic CovenantThe New Covenant



Malachi 2:14

But you say, "Why does he not?"Because the LORD was witness

between you and the wife ofyour youth, to whom you have

been faithless, though she is

your companion and yourwife by covenant.



Marriage is a covenant

between one man andone woman entered

into before God.

For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, In sickness or in

health, until death does us part.



Reasons ForMarriage

1. Helpful Companionship



Genesis 2:18-2418

Then the LORD God said, It isnot good for the man to be

alone. I will make a helper who isjust right for him. 19 So the

LORD God formed from the

ground all the wild animals andall the birds of the sky. He

brought them to the man to see



what he would call them, and the

man chose a name for each one.20 He gave names to all the

livestock, all the birds of the sky,

and all the wild animals. But stillthere was no helper just right for

him. 21 So the LORD God causedthe man to fall into a deep sleep.

While the man slept, the LORD



God took out one of the mans

ribs and closed up the opening.22 Then the LORD God made a

woman from the rib, and he

brought her to the man. 23 Atlast! the man exclaimed. This

one is bone from my bone, andflesh from my flesh! She will be

called woman, because she was



taken from man. 24 This

explains why a man leaves hisfather and mother and is joined

to his wife, and the two are

united into one.



A man needs the help!A woman needs to help!

He is task oriented -- She is

relationally oriented



Reasons ForMarriage


2. Godly Offspring



Malachi 2:15

Didnt the LORD make you onewith your wife? In body and spirit

you are His. And what does he

want? Godly children from

your union. So guard your heart;remain loyal to the wife of your

youth.



Children do not givepurpose to marriage!

Children are one of the

purposes of marriage!



Reasons ForMarriage


2. Godly Offspring3. Sexual Protection



1 Corinthians 7:2-32

But because there is so muchsexual immorality, each man

should have his own wife, andeach woman should have her

own husband. 3 The husband

should fulfill his wifes sexualneeds, and the wife should fulfill

her husbands needs.



1. Quantitativeprotection

2. Qualitative

protection



Reasons ForMarriage


2. Godly Offspring3. Sexual Protection

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