session 6: Is marriage still relevant? session 5: Who, me—work? session 6: Is marriage still relevant? session 7: Sex only within marriage— is that realistic? session 8: Why set aside one day?

Brides and grooms seeing each other for the first time … Click this link to view some sweet wedding-day photos of couples seeing each other on their wedding day for the first time.

session 6

1. Whose idea is marriage? Genesis 2:18–25

2. What is God’s design for marriage? Genesis 2:24 Matthew 19:3–6

3. Why did God design marriage this way? Genesis 1:28 Genesis 2:18 Genesis 2:24–25 1 Corinthians 10:31 Ephesians 5:31–32

Yes, God designed marriage for our good and his glory. So, is marriage still relevant? Yes, God designed marriage for our good and his glory.

“What, then, is marriage for “What, then, is marriage for? It is for helping each other to become our future glory-selves, the new creations that God will eventually make us …

‘I see who God is making you, and it excites me! … It is to look at another person and get a glimpse of the person God is creating, and to say, ‘I see who God is making you, and it excites me! I want to be part of that. I want to partner with you and God in the journey you are taking to his throne. And when we get there, I will look at your magnificence and say, I always knew you could be like this. I got glimpses of it on earth, but now look at you!’” —Timothy Keller

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