The Foundational Laws of Marriage Part 1
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Four Foundational Laws of Marriage
Four Foundational Laws of Marriage
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
“Just like the natural laws that guide and guard creation, these four laws provide the foundation and protection for marriage.”-Jimmy Evans
Jesus reaffirms them in Matt 19
3 And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”
4 He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Matthew 19:3-6
Paul reaffirms in
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31 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.
I. The Law of Purity
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother...”
leave=azab=loosen, relinquish
God designed marriage to operate as your #1 priority, except for God.
Legitimate Jealousy = Jealousy is a protective warning mechanism. Listen to it
14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
Priority in real terms
SACRIFICE
TIME
ENERGY
ATTITUDE
PROTECT YOUR PRIORITIES
II. THE LAW OF PURSUIT
“…and shall cleave to his wife...”
Cleave = dabaq = Pursue with energy
Four Common Misconceptions about Love and Marriage
1. If I marry the right person, positive emotions happen naturally and effortlessly throughout marriage.
Emotional love is insecure.
Agape love (Gods love) is enduring and powerful. /
2. If my emotions change I must have married the wrong person.
Deception from the enemy.
3. Positive events, experience, and actions should fuel the relationship and our emotions long term.
Its the little things!
4. If we have fallen out of love there is no way we can get it back.
Wrong...
5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
Remember-Repent-Redo
Repent
Love from the will, not your emotions.
III
“…they two shall become one flesh...”
God designed married coup
The marriage re
III. The Law of Possession
IV. The Law of Purity