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Transcript of The church of Christ at Gospel Meeting July 26-29 Pleasant View.
This is a Great
Ephesians 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Mystery
What is the mystery?
Ephesians 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
is a great mystery…
This
:
What are the mysteries of marriage?
I. The differences between man and
womanII. The joining into one
fleshIII. The presence of
conflict
The Differences Between Man and Woman
• Designed for different purposes– Genesis 2:7, 15 And the Lord
God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul…the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Genesis 2:18, 22 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him…And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man
The Differences Between Man and Woman
• Designed with different needs– I Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye
husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
The Differences Between Man and Woman
• Men need:– to be
respected (5:22)
– to receive physical affection (Prov.31:23)
• Women need:– to be loved
(5:25)– to be
listened to regularly (Titus 2:4)
The Joining into One Flesh
• Ephesians 5:28, 31 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh
The Joining into One Flesh
• Spouses make a clean break– In-laws are not allowed to
interfere•Ruth 1:11-12—Naomi was separated from their lives
•Genesis 29:18ff—Laban interfered in Jacob’s life
– Friends are not allowed to interfere
The Joining into One Flesh
• Spouses become one flesh– Song of Solomon 4:10
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse…
– Song of Solomon 5:16 …This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
The Presence of Conflict
• Ephesians 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church– There is conflict in the
church (Matthew 18:7; Revelation2-3)
– It must then follow…
The Presence of Conflict
• Our marriages are more vulnerable to conflict than we think– Song of Solomon 2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes
The Presence of Conflict
• Our conflict can be resolved– Song of Solomon 5:6 I
opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer (6:1-4)