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Introduction
We are going to talk about marriage
Who here is married?
Who here thinks they might get married one day?
Some of you maybe be thinking “why is is talking to me about marriage?”
others are thinking: “yeah, I've been thinking about this basically since i got to camp”
Either way, I am going to ask something difficult of you at the end of the lesson this morning.
Besides a decision to trust Jesus, the decision of marriage is the most important, the biggest decision you can make in this life.
It will influence everything about you.
It is so important, I want you to start thinking about it now.
Some of you maybe be thinking “why is is talking to me about marriage?”
others are thinking: “yeah, I've been thinking about this basically since i got to camp”
Either way, I am going to ask something difficult of you at the end of the lesson this morning.
We’re not talking about who to marry this morning, although that is very important.
More important than the question of who, is the question of how.
No matter who you marry, you must follow God’s design for marriage.
Otherwise you will inevitably find yourself despising a person you used to love.
But the truth is that there are likely many good christian young men or women whom you could marry, and have a wonderful relationship for the remaining 6 or so decades you have left.
More important than the question of who, is the question of how.
No matter who you marry, you must follow God’s design for marriage.
Otherwise you will inevitably find yourself hateing a person you used to love.
An example in scripture is Issac and Rebekah.
Issac is one of the few people in history who had his wife hand picked by God himself.
You can find the story in ,
Issac sent his best friend back to his homeland to find a wife for him, and God brought Rebekah to him.
Issac could not have been a luckier guy.
Both Issac and Rebekah showed great faith early in their lives, but something went wrong.
Near the end of Issac’s life the twin boys were grown men, the family was the definition of dysfunctional.
Issac and Rebekah each had their favorite kid, there was arguing and Rebekah helps her son steal his inheritance from her blind husband… It was bad.
Jacob, the younger son, had to run away because his brother was trying to murder him.
But a different example is David and Bathsheba.
Thier story start in 2 Sam 11.
This marriage started out really bad.
David was the King and Bathsheba was already married.
In short, Bathsheba got pregnant and David had her husband killed in battle to cover it up.
David had other wives at the time as well.
However, David repented of his actions, and chose to follow God with all his heart.
Near the end of David’s life, the relationship was a good one despite problems.
It was through Bathsheba that the family line of David continued to someday include Jesus.
The Bible has a lot to say about marriage.
There are 67 marriages total in the Bible, and many examples both Good and bad.
So you are still young, What do you need to be thinking about marriage?
First, let’s answer the question: What is marriage?
Jesus quotes this passage in when answering a question about divorce.
It is first important to understand that Marriage is God’s idea.
Different cultures have different ideas about marriage, but God is the one who defines it.
What sets apart the marriage relationship as unique from other relationships is the physical relationship.
Sex was designed to exist only in a marriage commitment between one man and one woman.
This is what scripture calls “one flesh”.
It creates a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bond between two people.
Faithfulness is keeping and protecting this bond all kinds of threats.
It is keeping the promise you make at your wedding, even if it is still in the future.
What are we protecting exactly?
look at the things the physical bond creates in the marriage relationship:
Oneness -
Understanding -
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Protection - Corinthians 7:3–5
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Satisfaction -
Children -
But what if we go against God’s design?
What if instead of using physical intimacy in marriage, we use it outside those boundaries simply for pleasure?
There are still physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual consequences to our actions.
Isolation
Confusion
Vulnerability
Emotional wounds
Longing
Children
Just because you aren't married now doesn't mean you cant protect you future marriage.
All of your consequences from sin, bad habits, and emotional scars go with you into marriage.
I learned this the hard way.
They don’t magically go away at your wedding, even in the best marriage they take time to heal.
With the rest of our time, let’s look at 2 ways to be faithful to your future marriage:
Faithful with my body
The biggest way to protect your future marriage is by saving your body for your spouse alone.
It is the most wonderful gift you can receive to know your spouse has saved themselves for you and you alone.
What does scripture say about this?
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Sexual sin is worthy of the same punishment as stealing a cookie.
Death.
We spoke about this last night.
Jesus’s death means we don’t have to face death because of our sin.
However that doesn't mean we don’t have to face the natural consequences of our sin.
Sexual sin is unique because you are sinning against your own body.
There is a huge list of awful diseases and problems that can happen because of sexual immorality.
The emotional walls this lifestyle makes can take years to reverse.
When you look it this way, what seems like strict limitations on pleasure are actually walls of protection.
Protection for one of the most precious things you possess.
Now lets look at the other part of this idea of faithfulness.
Faithful with my mind
Being faithful with your mind means protecting it from things you watch, listen to, read, and imagine.
remember that Jesus said:
Sexual sin always, always starts in the mind.
Pornography is just as mush a sexual sin as adultery.
It can actually be worse because it is so easy to hide.
Scientific studies have shown pornography to be as addictive as drugs because of how it physically changes the brain over time.
It enslaves your mind, and changes the way that you think.
An easy lie to believe is that you aren't harming anyone else by what is in you mind.
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