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2. Acts 7: Stephen’s Defense
Charge: Blasphemy (Moses, God, Temple) Survey of the Old Testament: Promises to the Patriarchs (Gal 3) Promises of Moses Consideration of the Temple

3. Welcome! www.SunsetChurchofChrist.net
Bibles and copies of sermons are available Please silence your cell phones
Sunday Bible Classes 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM 5:30 PM Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM

4. Psalm 107:22 Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing
Hymns
Invitation
Red Songbook -
Supplemental

5. Choosing Spouses Wisely
Judges 14

6. Samson’s Bad Choice
A daughter of the Philistines - Chosen for her looks - Worshipper of other gods - Not given to his life purpose

7. Making Choices
1. Why we want a spouse? 2. Why we need a Godly mate? 3. How to le learn about their character?

8. Why we choose a mate
Right reasons - God said it is not good to be alone

9. Why we choose a mate
Right reasons - God said it is not good to be alone
Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone”
Genesis 2:18

10. Why we choose a mate
Right reasons - God said it is not good to be alone
He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the LORD Proverbs 18:22

11. Why we choose a mate
Right reasons - God said it is not good to be alone - We can spiritually enable each others
….if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives 1 Peter 3:1b

12. Why we choose a mate
Wrong reasons - Physical attraction

13. Why we choose a mate Wrong reasons - Physical attraction
Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised Proverbs 31:30

14. Why we choose a mate
Wrong reasons - Physical attraction - Everyone else is doing it

15. Why we choose a mate
Wrong reasons - Physical attraction - Everyone else is doing it
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, "No, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations…” Samuel 8:19-20a

16. Why we choose a GODLY mate
The right person enables us - Ruth and Boaz - Manoah and his wife - Mary and Joseph
A spiritual spouse enables us when we are weak to be faithful. They enable us to bear burdens in life.

17. Why we choose a GODLY mate
The wrong person disables us - Ahab and Jezebel - Ananias and Saphira - Nabal and Abigail
A spiritual spouse enables us when we are weak to be faithful. They enable us to bear burdens in life.

18. How we choose a GODLY mate
Christian dating principles - Do not awaken love until it is ready
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases Song 2:7
Song 3:5 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases.
Song 8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases.

19. How we choose a GODLY mate
Christian dating principles - Do not awaken love until it is ready - Guard your heart

20. How we choose a GODLY mate
Christian dating principles - Do not awaken love until it is ready - Guard your heart
Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life Proverbs 4:23

21. How we choose a GODLY mate
"Put me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; if a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, it would be utterly despised.“ Song of Solomon 8:6
Christian dating principles - Do not awaken love until it is ready - Guard your heart

22. How we choose a GODLY mate
Christian dating principles - Do not awaken love until it is ready - Guard your heart - Date someone you would marry

23. How we choose a GODLY mate
Christian dating principles - Do not awaken love until it is ready - Guard your heart - Date someone you would marry
Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? Corinthians 6:14

24. How we choose a GODLY mate
Christian dating principles - Do not awaken love until it is ready - Guard your heart - Date someone you would marry - Make no opportunity for sin

25. How we choose a GODLY mate
Christian dating principles - Do not awaken love until it is ready - Guard your heart - Date someone you would marry - Make no opportunity for sin
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. Romans 13:14

26. Learning from Samson’s Sin
1. Choose a spouse for the right reasons 2. Choose spiritually enabling relationships 3. Use Christian relationship standards