Children in the Bible David September 8 Young
Children in the Bible David
September 8: Young Christian Families September 15: Faithful Christian Marriage September 22: Christian Family Worship September 29: Christian Family Purpose
Faithful Christian Marriage In a Fallen World II. Marriage Powered By God III. Biblical Roles In Marriage IV. Basic Desires In Marriage
Matthew 19: 4 -6 “‘Haven't you read, ’ he replied, ‘that at the beginning the Creator “made them male and female, ” and said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh”? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate. ’”
The Benefits of Marriage • Marriage provides a guarantee of lifelong companionship and care far better than any other human relationship or institution • Marriage leads to a higher economic standard and diminished likelihood of ending up in poverty for men and women
The Benefits of Marriage • Marriage provides women with protection against domestic violence and abandonment far better than any other human relationship or institution. • Marriage encourages men to socially beneficial pursuits far better than any other human relationship or institution
The Benefits of Marriage • Men and women in general have an innate instinct that values sexual faithfulness in intimate relationships, and marriage provides a societal encouragement of such faithfulness far better than any other relationship or institution
The Benefits of Marriage • Marriage provides greater protection against sexually transmitted diseases than any other relationship or institution • Married couples raise and nurture children far better than any other human relationship or institution
The Benefits of Marriage • Children who live with their own two married parents have significantly higher educational achievement. • Children who live with their own two married parents are much more likely to enjoy a better economic standard in their adult lives and are much less likely to end up in poverty.
The Benefits of Marriage • Children who live with their own two married parents have much better physical health and emotional health.
The Benefits of Marriage • Children who live with their own two married parents are far less likely to commit crimes, are less likely to engage in alcohol and substance abuse, and more likely to live according to higher standards of integrity and moral principles.
The Benefits of Marriage • Children who live with their own two married parents are less likely to experience physical abuse and are more likely to live in homes that provide support, protection, and stability for them.
The Benefits of Marriage • Children who live with their own two married parents are more likely to establish stable families in the next generation.
2017 Marriage Statistics Wayne County Marriages 7, 968 Divorces 4, 122
Marriages fail because of SIN
Marriages fail because of Flawed Expectations
“What Did You Expect? ” “Again and again I have sat with couples who are surprised by what they are dealing with. Yet, when I give them an opportunity to tell their story, I am impressed to find, once again, that the things they are dealing with are the kinds of things the Bible predicts that flawed people in a fallen world will face.
“What Did You Expect? ” It is troubling when I sit with a wife who is shocked that her husband is a sinner, or with a husband who was unprepared for the fact that his wife is tempted to be selfish. ” - Paul David Tripp
Picture of the woman giving some to Adam
The Results of Sin • The glory of the marriage was gone • Intimacy with God was broken • The intimacy with one another was broken • Marriage would now be lived under the curse of sin
The Results of Sin • Childbirth would be accompanied with pain • Work will be painful toil • Death is assured • No one lives in paradise • Sin invades every family
Faithful Christian Marriage In a Fallen World II. Marriage Powered By God III. Biblical Roles In Marriage IV. Basic Desires In Marriage
Be sure you are a Christian
I Could Never Promise You I could never promise you on just my strength alone That all my life I'd care for you, and love you as my own I've never known the future, I only see today Words that last a lifetime would be more than I could say
I Could Never Promise You But the love inside my heart today is more than mine alone It never changes, it never fails, never seeks it's own And by the God who gives it, and who lives in me and you I know the words I speak today are words I'm going to do
I Could Never Promise You And so I stand before you now for all to hear and see I promise you in Jesus' name the love He's given me And through the years on earth and as eternity goes by The life and love He's given us are never going to die
Make your marriage your calling
Proverbs 2: 1 -8 “My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver…
Proverbs 2: 1 -8 and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding…
Proverbs 2: 1 -8 He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. ”
Proverbs 2: 16 -17 “It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words, who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God. ”
Malachi 2: 14 “You ask, ‘Why? ’ It is because the LORD is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant. ”
Robertson Mc. Quilkin
Learn the meaning of forgiveness
Ephesians 4: 32 “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. ”
“Forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors. ”
“When you have been wronged in word or action by your husband or wife, your response must be shaped by an immediate commitment that you make before God. Forgiveness begins by your giving the offense to the Lord. That does not mean that you act as if something wrong is right…
It means that you do not carry the wrong with you (bitterness) and that you do not treat the other in light of the wrong (judgment). You entrust yourself to God’s mercy and justice. And you give yourself to overcoming evil with good. (Romans 12: 9 -21)…
You commit to respond to your spouse with the same grace that you have been given. You do not insert yourself into God’s position and mete out punishment for his or her offenses. ” -Paul David Tripp
Unforgiveness • • • Debt is power Debt is identity Debt is entitlement Debt is weaponry Debt puts us in God’s place
Be sure you are a Christian Make your marriage your calling Learn the meaning of forgiveness
Faithful Christian Marriage In a Fallen World II. Marriage Powered By God III. Biblical Roles In Marriage IV. Basic Desires In Marriage
Complimentary
Ephesians 5: 22 -23 • Wives submit to your husbands as to the Lord (v. 22) • Husbands love your wives just as Christ loved the church (v. 25)
Wives • “Wives submit to your husbands” (Don’t marry him if you cannot or will not) • “As to the Lord” (Don’t expect to have a Christian marriage if you won’t submit to Christ)
Wives • “For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is head of the church. ” (Fit your plans into his, follow his lead) • “As the church submits to Christ” (Which it is commanded to do) • “So also wives should submit to their husbands in everything” (Not just what you agree with)
Titus 2: 3 -4 “The older women…can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands. ”
Ephesians 5: 22 -23 • Wives submit to your husbands as to the Lord (v. 22) • Husbands love your wives just as Christ loved the church (v. 25)
Husbands • “Husbands love your wives” (Make this your goal, your life purpose) • “Just as Christ loved the church” (Sacrificially) • “And gave himself up for her” (Voluntarily when she didn’t deserve it) • “To make her holy” (Set apart just for Him)
Husbands • “Cleansing her by the washing with water through the word” (loving her with daily scripture) • “To present her to himself as a radiant church” (The wife’s radiance depends on the husband’s love) • “Without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish” (Giving your best to her so she can give her best to you)
Husbands • “But holy and blameless” (Perfectly joined to you in faithful unity) • “In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies” (Caring for her is caring for you)
Colossians 3: 12 -14 “Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. ”
Colossians 3: 18 -19 “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. ”
1 Peter 3: 5 -6 “For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. ”
1 Peter 3: 6 “You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear. ”
1 Peter 3: 7 “Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. ”
Faithful Christian Marriage In a Fallen World II. Marriage Powered By God III. Biblical Roles In Marriage IV. Basic Desires In Marriage
Ephesians 5: 33 “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. ”
Love and Respect Ministries “What is love and respect? We believe love best motivates a woman and respect most powerfully motivates a man. Research reveals that during marital conflict a husband most often reacts when feeling disrespected, and a wife reacts when feeling unloved…
Love and Respect Ministries We asked 7, 000 people this question: When you are in a conflict with your spouse, do you feel unloved or disrespected? 83% of the men said ‘disrespected. ’ 72% of the women said ‘unloved. ’”
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