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Matt. 19:4 “And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,”
Matt. 19:5 “And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?” Matt. 19:6 “Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
“If there be righteousness within the individual there will be happiness within the home; if there be happiness within the home there will be harmony in the nation; if there be harmony in the nation there will be peace in the world.”
MARRIAGE IS DIVINE IN ORIGINMARRIAGE IS DIVINE IN ORIGIN
Humanists say marriage evolved
Claim that animals paired
Marriage came about this way
MarriageUniversalpractice
Jesus EndorsedGen.2:21-24Matt. 19:4-6
MARRIAGE IS MONOGAMOUSMARRIAGE IS MONOGAMOUS
One Man for one woman
Not one man + many women
Not one woman + many men
Gen. 4:19 = Lamech took two wives
Matt. 19 Rom.7:3-4
MARRIAGE IS HETEROSEXUALMARRIAGE IS HETEROSEXUAL
Man and Woman / male and female
Not Man & Man
Not Woman & Woman
Not humans & Animals
NoSame SexMarriage
PURPOSES OF MARRIAGEPURPOSES OF MARRIAGE
1.Provide human companionship
Gen.2:20-25
Not good for man to be alone
Woman completing part
PURPOSES OF MARRIAGEPURPOSES OF MARRIAGE
2. Propagate the Race of Man
Gen.1:28 “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth,…”
Children born in wedlock
PURPOSES OF MARRIAGEPURPOSES OF MARRIAGE
3. Prevention of immorality
“Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.” 1 Cor. 7:2
Heb. 13:4 “Marriage is honorable”
PURPOSES OF MARRIAGEPURPOSES OF MARRIAGE
4. Helps us develop spiritually
Eph. 5:22-23
1 Pet. 3:7
Companion helps decide our eternal destiny
To those looking forward
To those married a short while
To those married a long time
God wants us to be happy in marriage!
If we follow his word we will be happy.
God intends for marriage to bring us closer to each other and to Him.
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Morning April 15, 2007