Stand for Marriage Sunday! The Beauty and Message of Marriage - Audio

Stand for Marriage Sunday! The Beauty and Message of Marriage Marriage is a picture of: -God’s relationship with Israel -God’s redemption of mankind -Christ’s relationship with believers Jesus' teaching on marriage includes: 1. Marriage is instituted by God at the beginning – 19.3-4 2. Marriage is for man and wife, who become one flesh – 19.4-5 (offspring) 3. Marriage is a union that God joins, not the state – 19.6 4. There is no breaking this covenant – 19.7-9 Purpose of marriage: 1. Partnership/Companionship 2. Protection 3. Completion 4. Procreation/Children 5. Enjoyment/Pleasure Enemies of marriage 1. Impurity/defilement – adultery and fornication (sex before marriage) are an abomination to God! 2. Delay 3. Neglect 4. Divorce 5. Perversion