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1.
2. Genesis 2
“This is the account of the heavens and
the earth when they were created, when the
LORD God made the earth and the heavens….
Then the LORD God formed a man from the
dust of the ground and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life, and the man
became a living being….”
3. Genesis 2
“Now the LORD God had planted a garden
in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man
he had formed…A river watering the garden
flowed from Eden…(and) The LORD God took
the man and put him in the Garden of Eden
to work it and take care of it….”
4. Genesis 2
“Then the LORD God made a woman from
the rib he had taken out of the man, and he
brought her to the man.
The man said, “This is now bone of my
bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be
called „woman,‟ for she was taken out of man.”
5. Genesis 2
“The LORD God said, “It is not good for
the man to be alone. I will make a helper
suitable for him….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, he took one of the man‟s ribs
and then closed up the place with flesh….”
6. Genesis 2
“That is why a man leaves his father 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 2:4, 7-8, 11, 18-25)
9. The Purpose of Marriage
“It is not good for the man to be alone.”
(Genesis 2:18)
10. The Purpose of Marriage
1) TRUE FRIENDSHIP
“It is not good for the man to be alone.”
(Genesis 2:18)
11. The Purpose of Marriage
1) TRUE FRIENDSHIP
“It is not good for the man to be alone.”
(Genesis 2:18)
“I will make a helper suitable for him.”
(Genesis 2:18)
12. The Purpose of Marriage
1) TRUE FRIENDSHIP
“It is not good for the man to be alone.”
(Genesis 2:18)
“I will make a helper suitable for him.”
(Genesis 2:18)
“This is bone of my bone and flesh of
my flesh….” (Genesis 2:23)
13. The Purpose of Marriage
1) TRUE FRIENDSHIP
a. Constancy (aka. life-long commitment)
14. The Purpose of Marriage
1) TRUE FRIENDSHIP
a. Constancy (aka. life-long commitment)
b. Transparency (aka. fully known and loved)
15. The Purpose of Marriage
1) TRUE FRIENDSHIP
a. Constancy (aka. life-long commitment)
b. Transparency (aka. fully known and loved)
c. Sympathy (aka. shared passions)
16. The Purpose of Marriage
1) TRUE FRIENDSHIP
a. Constancy (aka. life-long commitment)
b. Transparency (aka. fully known and loved)
c. Sympathy (aka. shared passions)
d. Christ (aka. spiritual friendship)
17. Tim Keller
“Friendship is a deep oneness that develops as
two people, speaking the truth in love to each
other, journey together to the same horizon….
Perhaps the richest and best relationships, however,
are those that combine both the natural and the
supernatural elements. Marriage, of course, can add
the power of romantic love to the natural and
supernatural bonds of friendship, and this is what can
make marriage the richest of all human friendships.”
18. The Purpose of Marriage
1) TRUE FRIENDSHIP
a. Constancy (aka. life-long commitment)
b. Transparency (aka. fully known and loved)
c. Sympathy (aka. shared passions)
d. Christ (aka. spiritual friendship)
“This is my lover, this is my friend.”
(Song of Solomon 5:16)
19.
20. Ephesians 5
“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ
loved the church and gave himself up for her,
that he might sanctify her, having cleansed
her by the washing of water with the word,
so that he might present the church to himself
in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any
such thing, that she might be holy and
without blemish.” (25-27)
22. The Purpose of Marriage
2) PERSONAL REFINEMENT
a. Cleansed (once dirty, now clean)
23. The Purpose of Marriage
2) PERSONAL REFINEMENT
a. Cleansed (once dirty, now clean)
b. Perfected (once blemished, now perfectly crafted)
24. The Purpose of Marriage
2) PERSONAL REFINEMENT
a. Cleansed (once dirty, now clean)
b. Perfected (once blemished, now perfectly crafted)
c. Sanctified (once unacceptable, now Holy)
25. The Purpose of Marriage
2) PERSONAL REFINEMENT
a. Cleansed (once dirty, now clean)
b. Perfected (once blemished, now perfectly crafted)
c. Sanctified (once unacceptable, now Holy)
“What if God‟s primary purpose in marriage is
not to make you Happy, but to make you Holy?”
(Gary Thomas, Sacred Marriage)
28. How Do We Find God’s Best?
1) Screen first for FRIENDSHIP
29. How Do We Find God’s Best?
1) Screen first for FRIENDSHIP
2) Never stop DATING your SPOUSE
30. How Do We Find God’s Best?
1) Screen first for FRIENDSHIP
2) Never stop DATING your SPOUSE
3) Make sure KIDS KNOW that your SPOUSE
IS MORE IMPORTANT than they are!
31. How Do We Find God’s Best?
1) Screen first for FRIENDSHIP
2) Never stop DATING your SPOUSE
3) Make sure KIDS KNOW that your SPOUSE
IS MORE IMPORTANT than they are!
4) Stop asking „WHY,‟ Start asking „HOW‟
32.
33. Revelation 21
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new
earth; for the first heaven and the first earth
passed away, and there is no longer any sea.
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God, made
ready as a bride adorned for her husband….”
34. Revelation 21
“And I heard a loud voice from the
throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of
God is among men, and He will dwell among
them, and they shall be His people, and God
Himself will be among them, and He will
wipe away every tear from their eyes….”
35. Revelation 21
“And there will no longer be any death;
there will no longer be any mourning, or
crying, or pain; the first things have passed
away. And He who sits on the throne said,
“Behold, I am making all things new.”
(Revelation 21:1-5)
