|
1
|
- Why did God Create Marriage?
- Presenter: Pr. Howard Garrett
|
|
2
|
- Gen 1: 28
- Procreation
- Divine Illustration
- Self Realization
- It is not good for man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable
for him
|
|
3
|
- Malachi 2;11-16
- Covenant-a relationship, a covenant specifies the terms under which the
parties relate with one another.
- The New covenant- Luke 22:20 This cup is the New Testament in my blood,
which is shed for you.
|
|
4
|
- It is important to keep in mind that marriage is a legal relationship
established by God.
- The marriage covenant functions under authority. Since covenants govern
relationships, they always deal with the issue of authority. Without a
hierarchy of authority, chaos is the results.
- The chain of command; I Cor. 11
|
|
5
|
- Marriage covenant broken under the penalty of death. When you break any
covenant of God, you die on the spot, immediately. Broken marriages are
a group of dead couples.
- Gen. 2:16
- Did Adam die that day?
- When you break a covenant you are separated from God and that’s death.
|
|
6
|
- There is a cause and effect connection between our faithfulness to the
covenant and our relationship with God.
- Look @ Malachi 2:13-14
- The effect; The people weep and groan because God ignores their
offerings.
- The cause; They dealt treacherously with (i.e. divorcing) the wife of
your youth.
- The New Testament version; I Peter 3:7
|
|
7
|
- Deut. 22: 13-15
- A law to protect an innocent wife
- This law protected the wife from a godless and hateful husband
- God had made an arrangement to protect a wife under such circumstances
- Deut: 22:20-21
- If the woman was guilty. Then she would be stoned.
- God honors marriage and God honors sexual purity. Adultery in Israel was
to be punished by stoning.
|
|
8
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
10
|
|
Notes
