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Origin of Marriage Sermon

RC Ford [Stewarts Creek Campus Pastor]

Sermon Points & Scripture References: 

• 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

Sermon Discussion Questions

Get to know me

The purpose of these questions is to generate responses that are self-revealing and informative. Feel free to ask all of these questions to your group or simply choose the one that best fits your group.

1. 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?

Into the Bible

The purpose of these questions is to draw group members into the Bible to discover the truth from passages that were not the primary text for the weekend message.

1. 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?

2. 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?

Application

The purpose of these questions is to apply the main points from the weekend message.

1. 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? 

2. 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?

3. 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?