Marriage

The Making of Marriage


So God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them;male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”


Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all thebirds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.(Genesis 1:27-30)


So the man gave names to all the livestock,the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, hetook one of the man’s ribs and then closedup the place with flesh.


Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and hebrought her to the man. The man said, "Thisis now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh;she shall be called ‘woman, 'for she was takenout of man.”


That is why a man leaves hisfather and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.(Genesis 2:20-25)

The Way of Marriage

The Way of Marriage

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submitto their husbands in everything.

The Way of Marriage

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for herto make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holyand blameless.

The Way of Marriage

In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no oneever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body.

The Way of Marriage

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a profound mystery—but I am talking aboutChrist and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.(Ephesians 5:21-33)

The Mission of Marriage


God blessed them and said to them,“Be fruitful and increase in number; fill theearth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in thesea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”(Genesis 1:28)


This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.(Ephesians 5:32)

Everyday Marriage

Marriage

Spiritual

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