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A Marriage Made in Heaven
Genesis 2:18-25
John & Helen Castle
September 9, 1946
66th Anniversary
Wedding hopes ...
Reality sets in ...
Three choices …
Tough it out …
Move out …
Work it out …
A Marriage Made in Heaven ...
Genesis 1 …
God’s creation … “it was good …”
A Marriage Made in Heaven ...
Genesis 2:18 “It is not good for man to be alone. I will make him a helper suitable for him ..”
A Marriage Made in Heaven ...
Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it …
Four foundational principles ...
Genesis 2:24-25
1 Severance ...
Genesis 2:24-25 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife …
Why ? …
To establish his own house …
Not to forget parents but to become separate …
2 Permanence …
Genesis 2:24-25 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife …
Matthew 19:6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."
3 Unity ...
Genesis 2:24-25 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh...
4 Intimacy ...
Genesis 2:24-25 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
4 Intimacy ...
Five levels of communication …
5 What I say … cliches
4 What I know … facts
3 What I think … opinions
2 What I feel … emotions
1 What I am … complete honesty
Severance ..
Permanence ..
Unity …
Intimacy …
Marriage to Christ
Have you given yourself to Him?
Separated from the god of this world?
Clung to Him with all your heart?
Becoming one with Him?
How intimate are you with Him?
A Marriage Made in Heaven
Genesis 2:18-25