Sermon Tone Analysis

*Genesis 2:24-25** - Marriage*

 

            If there is one topic that I enjoy talking about, it is marriage.

We are continuing our study of God's Word from the book of Genesis.

At this moment we are in *Genesis 2:24-25**.*

*FIRST -- GOD DID NOT RUSH ADAM IN MARRIAGE.

* *GEN.

2:18-20*

 

*SECOND -* *There Was Preparation For Marriage.

2:18-20**  *

 

*THIRD -  When God Provides a Mate For you, He Will Not Provide a Mate Just Like You.*   *GEN.

2:21-22*

 

*FOURTH - When You First Meet Your Future Spouse, It Will Be a Divine Meeting.*

*GEN.

2:22*

 

*FIFTH -- RECOGNIZE THAT MARRIAGE BRINGS YOU INTO A NEW RELATIONSHIP.*

*Genesis 2:24-25*

*24 For this cause** a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

NASV*

 

            When you become married there is a change.

The most immediate change is that your focus changes to your spouse.

Before you were married your focus could have been your job, a hobby, or just being with others.

But at marriage your focus becomes your spouse.

You see the key words in *verse 24*,  *"**LEAVE, CLEAVE,* and *ONE** FLESH*," are all directed to your husband or

your wife.

Before marriage you could be a work alcoholic and most like it did not bother anyone.

Or maybe you were a hobby alcoholic.

You spend all your free time around a hobby and that didn't bother anyone.

Or maybe you spent all your free time with your friends and that did not bother anyone.

But now that your married a new relationship has developed where you need to spend key time with your wife or your husband.

You see your husband or your wife becomes your best friend.

Your wife does not become your house cleaner and cook and the husband does not become just a person who brings in money to spend.

Your spouse become your very best friend.

*second -- be there for your SPOUSE.

*

 

*                *How many of you like to bowl?

I have recently discovered how to bowl a 300 game.

You will enjoy the game like you never have before.

Here is the secret.

The length of a bowling alley is approximately 62 feet.

Don't bowl from 60 feet, bowl from 15 feet.

The majority of bowling will be strikes.

And when you leave a spare, you will always make it.

What am I saying?

I'm saying this, error increases with distance.

In other words, if you're going to make an impact on your marriage you must be there, on site, consistently.

Genesis 2:24 tells us how that comes about.

*Genesis 2:24*

*24 For this cause** a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

NASV*

 

A.

The word *"LEAVE*."

The Hebrew word means "severing, losing, departing from."

Now notice who your are to leave.

Some married partners have trouble leaving their parents.

There are at least 2 ways that couples need to leave their parents.

One is financially, (emotionally and in the decision making realm.)

There needs to be a financial severance.

That does not mean that as parents we will never give our children any money or try to help them.

Every loving parent will help out their children within reason, right.

I'm talking about where the young married couple receive constant and consistent financial support from their parents.

When a young couple constantly keeps running back to mommy and daddy to receive financial help they are not building character.

There is something about going to hard times that seems to glue a marriage together.

Struggles bond young couples together.

When parents consistently, month after month, give money to their married kids, they rob their child the process of maturity.

There needs to be a financial severance.

There needs to be an emotional severance.

Not that you quit loving your kids, or your kids stop loving you.

I'm talking about when we as parents nose into our children's marriage.

*THIRD -- BE THERE FOR YOUR PARENTS.*

Let me share with you how you can be there for your parents.

Have a compassionate concern and love for your parents.

There are more and more parents living longer, but for what?

The greatest demonstration of love that be manifested by a child is the demonstration of  love directed to towards a parent whose hair has turned gray, whose walk is not as fast, who's hearing is going, and whose sight is not all there.

You, as a child, need to remember your parents birthday, anniversary, Mother's Day, Fathers Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, or Christmas.

We are going to be called to account by how we treat our parents.

An article appeared in the Ann Landers column.

It said, "It was grandfathers birthday, he was 79.

He got up early, shaved, showered, combed his hair, and put on his Sunday best so he would look nice when they came.

He skipped his daily walk to the town cafe, where he had coffee with his friends.

He wanted to be home when they came.

He put his chair on the sidewalk, so he could get a better view of the street.

At noon he got tired.

But he didn't take a nap so he would be ready when they came.

The rest of the afternoon he spent near the telephone so he could answer it when they called.

He has 5 children, 13 grandchildren

and 3 great grandchildren and one son and daughter lives within 10 miles of his place.

They have not visited him for a long time.

But today was his birthday.

And surely they would come.

At supper time he sat on the porch, waiting.

At 8:30 he went to his room to prepare for bed.

Before retiring, he left a note on the door which read, Be sure to wake me up when they come.

For it's my 79 birthday.

Be there for your spouse.

Be there for your family.

Be there for your parents.

*...and shall cleave to his wife...*

 

            The Hebrew word for *"CLEAVE" *means to bond, to attach to.

It can be translated to glue or to cling to.

*THIRD -- RECOGNIZE THE PERMANENCE OF MARRIAGE.*

*Genesis 2:24*

*24** **Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

(KJV)*

 

            Jesus quotes this Scripture in Matthew chapter 19.