1. Honoring Marriage
John 4:16-18

2. Honoring Marriage
John 4:16-18

3. 920,000 Texans “living together” (2017 Census Bureau)
Statistics
HONORING
MARRIAGE
920,000 Texans “living together” (2017 Census Bureau)
950,715 Population of Austin (United States Census Bureau)
2,312,717 Population of Houston (United States Census Bureau)
66% of couples live together before marriage
(National Center for Family and Marriage Research)

4. By Those Who Are Married – bed is undefiled By Those Who Are Unmarried
Marriage Is To Be Held In Honor
HONORING
MARRIAGE
Hebrews 13:4
By Those Who Are Married – bed is undefiled
By Those Who Are Unmarried
Only option is “abstain” (1 Thess. 4:3)
“Possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor” (1 Thess. 4:4)
“Not in lustful passion” (1 Thess. 4:5)
1 Peter 2:11-12
1 Corinthians 6:15-20

5. We demonstrate we do not honor marriage… When we commit adultery
Marriage Is To Be Held In Honor
HONORING
MARRIAGE
We demonstrate we do not honor marriage…
When we commit adultery
When we commit fornication
This is to have “no concern” for our own soul!

6. Where is the “boundary line”? Sin = Missing The Mark
Consider Some “Gray Areas”…
HONORING
MARRIAGE
Where is the “boundary line”?
Sin = Missing The Mark
Which mark? (Matt. 5:27-28; 1 John 3:3-4)
1 John 5:17 “all unrighteousness is sin”
2 Corinthians 10:5 “taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ”
“Gray Areas” are our perceptions of what God calls sin.
SIN
NOT SIN

7. I MUST possess my vessel in sanctification and honor (1 Thess. 4:4)
As A Christian…
HONORING
MARRIAGE
I MUST possess my vessel in sanctification and honor (1 Thess. 4:4)
I MUST not live according to the flesh (Rom. 8:12-13)
Col. 3:5-6; Gal. 6:7-8; 1 Pet. 4:1-2
I MUST walk in newness of life (Rom. 6:4-19)
Do not LET sin reign
Do not go on PRESENTING your body

8. Do you REJECT the truth of God? Do you ACCEPT the truth of God?
CONCLUSION
HONORING
MARRIAGE
Ezekiel 18:20
Isaiah 59:2
1 Thessalonians 4:6, 8
Do you REJECT the truth of God?
Do you ACCEPT the truth of God?