The Truth About Marriage

Series Ephesians

Speaker

Curtis Knapp

Broadcaster

New Hope Baptist Church

"The Truth About Marriage" – Eph. 5:21-33

I. The truth about marriage (Gen. 2:18-24)
A. Marriage is ordained by God
B. God made Adam blameless, but not complete (1 Cor. 7:7, 32-35)
C. God gave Adam a wife, not other proposed remedies (Gen. 2:24)
D. God gave Adam a helpmate
E. God made Adam first and made Eve for him (1 Cor. 11:7-9; 1
Tim. 2:11-15)
F. God ordained marriage, then sex, not the other way around (Mal. 2:14; 1 Cor. 6:15-16)

II. The purpose of marriage (Eph. 5:21ff)
(Mt. 22:2; Rev. 19:7-9; Is. 62:5; Rev. 21:2; Ezek. 16:8-14; Song of Songs 1:7-16)