2. God’s Law on Marriage

3. God’s Law on Marriage
Definition of Marriage

4. Definition of Marriage
Legal Dictionary: “the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law”

5. Definition of Marriage
First Marriage
Matthew 19:4 – “have you not read”
Genesis 2:21-24
(24)A man must leave his father and mother
Ephesians 5:31
(24)They shall be joined to one another and become one flesh
Hebrews 13:4

6. Definition of Marriage
Divine & Civil Aspect of Marriage
Divine:
Matthew 19:6 – “what God has joined together”
Civil:
Genesis 29:21-23 – Jacob’s marriage to Leah
Matthew 1:18 – Mary betrothed to Joseph
John 2:1-2 – Wedding feast in Cana
Romans 13:1-7 – Our obligation to submit to civil law

7. God’s Law on Marriage
Definition of Marriage
One Man & One Woman

8. One Man & One Woman One Man & One Woman
Genesis 1:26-27 – “male and female He created them”
Genesis 2:24 – “a man… be joined to his wife”
I Corinthians 6:16 – “the two… shall become one flesh”

9. One Man & One Woman Multiple Partners
Genesis 4:19 – “took for himself two wives”
Matthew 19:4-6 – “made them at the beginning made them male and female”
I Corinthians 7:1-3 – “let each man have his own wife”

10. One Man & One Woman Homosexuality
Genesis 1:26-27 – “male and female He created them”
Genesis 2:24 – “a man shall…. be joined to his wife”
Romans 1:22-28 – “to do those things which are not fitting”
I Corinthians 6:9-11 – “the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God”

11. God’s Law on Marriage Definition of Marriage One Man & One Woman
Lifelong Commitment

12. Lifelong Commitment No Matter the Circumstance
“Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sadness and in joy”

13. Lifelong Commitment One Man & One Women for Life
Matthew 19:6 – “let not man separate”
Romans 7:1-3 – “bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives”
I Corinthians 7:10 – “a wife is not to depart from her husband”
I Corinthians 7:39 – “bound by law as long as her husband lives”

14. God’s Law on Marriage Definition of Marriage One Man & One Woman
Lifelong Commitment
One Exception

15. One Exception This is Not the Rule, but the Exception
Matthew 19:3-9 – “except for sexual immorality (fornication)”
Matthew 5:31-32 – “for any reason except sexual immortality”
Bum for a Husband?
Wife can’t cook?
I just don’t love him anymore?

16. One Man with One Women for Life with One Exception.
God’s Law on Marriage
One Man with
One Women
for Life
with One Exception.

17. God’s Plan of Salvation
Hear the Word of God (Acts 2:22)
Believe in Jesus (Acts 2:40-41)
Repent of Sins (Acts 2:37-38)
Confess Faith in Christ (Acts 8:37)
Be Baptized in Water (Acts 2:38-41)
Remain Faithful (Acts 2:42)
If err, repent and pray to God (Acts 8:22)