Marriage - God's Idea
TEXT: PROVERBS 18:22 INTRODUCTION: MARRIAGE IS A UNION BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. IT IS A COVENANT TO WHICH GOD IS A WITNESS. SOCIETY MAY WANT TO DEFINE MARRIAGE AS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE INCLUDING SAME SEX BUT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD IT CAN NEVER BE SO. MARK 10:6-9 ANY RELATIONSHIP OUTSIDE OF THE COVENANTED UNION OF ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN IS SEXUAL IMMORALITY. 1 THESS 4:3-5; HEB 13:4 MARRIAGE IS SO MUCH GODS IDEA THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHRIST AND THE CHURCH IS DESCRIBED IN THE LANGUAGE OF MARRIAGE. HE, CHRIST IS THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE CHURCH IS HIS BRIDE. DISCUSSIONS: (1) What can we testify about Godly marriage that is good? (2) What are the challenges we have in the Christian Marriage today? Areas of conflict: (a) Communication (b) Sex (c) Money (d) Children (e) In-Laws. How do we overcome them? (3) What character of God can we see reflected in Christian Marriage? (4) Why do our young ones today not desire m...