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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,”

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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.”

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“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.”

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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

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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

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MARRIAGE IS HETEROSEXUALMARRIAGE IS HETEROSEXUAL

Man and Woman / male and female

Not Man & Man

Not Woman & Woman

Not humans & Animals

NoSame SexMarriage

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PURPOSES OF MARRIAGEPURPOSES OF MARRIAGE

1.Provide human companionship

Gen.2:20-25

Not good for man to be alone

Woman completing part

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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

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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”

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PURPOSES OF MARRIAGEPURPOSES OF MARRIAGE

4. Helps us develop spiritually

Eph. 5:22-23

1 Pet. 3:7

Companion helps decide our eternal destiny

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To those looking forward

To those married a short while

To those married a long time

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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.

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Sermon by Arthur Pigman

Evans Church of Christ

515 Gibbs Road

Evans, Ga. 30809

706-855-1249

[email protected]

www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org

Sunday Morning April 15, 2007