Genesis 2:18-19 (NIV) The Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him. 19 Now the Lord God had

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2 Genesis 2:18-19 (NIV) The Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him. 19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

3 Genesis 2:20-21 (NIV) So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.

4 Genesis 2:22-24 (NIV) Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 The man said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, for she was taken out of man. 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

5 Matthew 19:11 (NIV) Jesus replied, Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. Singleness as a Gift

6 Matthew 19:11 (NIV) Jesus replied, Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. 1 Corinthians 7:6 9 (NIV) Singleness as a Gift I say this as a concession, not as a command. 7 I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. 8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

7 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 (NIV) I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord s affairs how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this Singleness & Devoted Service world how he can please his wife 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world how she can please her husband. 35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

8 To be loved, but not known, is comforting but superficial. To be known, and not loved, is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us. - Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage

9 Genesis 2:18 (NIV) The Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.

10 Genesis 2:19-20 (NIV) Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

11 Genesis 2:21-22 (NIV) So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

12 Genesis 2:23 (NIV) The man said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, for she was taken out of man. At Last! This time, this place! Bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh!

13 Genesis 2:24 (NIV) That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

14 Matthew 19:4-6 (NIV) Haven t you read, he replied, that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female, 5 and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.

15 Ephesians 5:31 (NIV) For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

16 God is intimately and actively involved in the lives of humanity. The Ride Home

17 God is intimately and actively involved in the lives of humanity. The Ride Home God ordained marriage.

18 God is intimately and actively involved in the lives of humanity. The Ride Home God ordained marriage. God gives us a model for marriage: a leaving, a uniting, and a public declaration.

19 Mirror God s image Purposes for Marriage

20 Mirror God s image Purposes for Mutually complete each other and experience companionship Marriage

21 Mirror God s image Purposes for Mutually complete each other and experience companionship Marriage Multiply a Godly legacy

22 Mirror God s image Purposes for Mutually complete each other and experience companionship Marriage Multiply a Godly legacy Model Christ s relationship to the Church

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