Origin of Marriage Sermon
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Origin of Marriage Sermon
RC Ford [Pastor del campus de Stewarts Creek]
Puntos del sermón y referencias bíblicas:
Sermon Takeaway = Origin of Marriage
Scripture Reference: Genesis 2:18–25
Sermon Point: Marriage Completes
Scripture Reference: Genesis 2:18
Sermon Point: Marriage Complements
Sermon Point: Marriage Covenants
Scripture Reference: Genesis 2:23-25
Preguntas para el debate sobre el sermón
Conóceme
El objetivo de estas preguntas es obtener respuestas sinceras y reveladoras. No dudes en plantear todas estas preguntas a tu grupo o, simplemente, elige la que mejor se adapte a él.
Think of a time when you made an agreement with someone or a business. What were the terms of the agreement? How could the agreement be broken? What were the implications of the agreement being broken?
Adentrémonos en la Biblia
El objetivo de estas preguntas es animar a los miembros del grupo a profundizar en la Biblia para descubrir la verdad a partir de pasajes que no formaban parte del texto principal del mensaje del fin de semana.
Read Ephesians 5:22-27. In marriage, it can become all too natural to think that husbands and wives are responsible for defining who does what to make the marriage work. This is a step they should take but it is not what should be considered first. These verses in Ephesians should be understood as an integral first step for a husband and wife. Describe, in your own words, what it means for husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church (v.25)? What is the difference between submitting out of obligation and out of love (v.22)? How do verses 22 and 25 complement each other, thus wives and husbands?
Read 1 Corinthians 7:2-5. When it comes to sexual intimacy in marriage, husbands and wives have a mutual responsibility: protect one another. What does this mean? Scripture tells us two become one. We also know from years of history that unfaithfulness has divided and ended many marriages. To protect one another means husbands and wives should make the desire for one another a priority. What are common causes, even excuses, why husbands and wives deprive one another? What are ways husbands and wives can build up one another so the challenges of life do not diminish desire for one another?
Solicitud
El objetivo de estas preguntas es poner en práctica los puntos principales del mensaje del fin de semana.
Read Genesis 2:18. Up until this point, God said everything He created was good. Sun, moon, animals, work. But, after He made Adam, He said, it’s not good that man should be alone. This is before the fall. Adam had a perfect relationship with God. He was in a perfect environment - no traffic, no disease, no sin. But, he was incomplete without a wife. So, God made a helper suitable for Adam, Eve, his wife. How would you describe the need for one another, as a husband and wife, without including jobs, household chores, etc?
Read Genesis 2:21-22. God could have made Eve from dust like Adam. But, He wanted Adam and us to know that she was part of him and equal to him; Eve complimented Adam. Matthew Henry speaks to this when he says, “The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with, under his arm to be protected and near his heart to be loved.” How does the original story of marriage differ from the current cultural direction of the roles of men and women, husbands and wives? What are three things current Christ-following husbands and wives can do to fortify their marriage?
Read Genesis 2:23-25. Marriage is permanent. It’s a covenant, not a contract. Contracts have escape clauses, marriage doesn’t. A covenant is a relationship of obligation sealed with an oath. If married, did you know what a covenant was and/or did you view your marriage as a covenant when you got married? How would you explain ‘covenant’ to a couple looking to get married? How would you help prepare a couple for marriage?
