God Made Marriage

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God Made Marriage

Date: Jan. 8, 2015

Passage

Genesis 2:18-25 (ESV)

18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

  “This at last is bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;
  she shall be called Woman,
    because she was taken out of Man.”

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 2:23

Then the man said,

  “This at last is bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;
  she shall be called Woman,
    because she was taken out of Man.”

First, the man was alone (18-20). God blessed man with good work to do and his word (15-16). The man was busy. The LORD brought all the land animals and birds to the man. Each creature was given a name by man. The man came to know each creature but none was found to be a suitable helper. He was surrounded by life but he was alone. This was not good. Food and work alone cannot satisfy us. We also need meaningful relationships with other people.

Second, God made woman (21-25). God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. God took a rib from his side and formed a woman. She was suitable, physically and spiritually, for the man. God brought the man and woman together. This was the first marriage. The man and woman became one flesh and felt no shame.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for the blessing of marriage. Restore a Biblical view of marriage in our land.

One Word: God established marriage

Fallen Babylon

Revelation 18:1-24

Key Verse: 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

  “Come out of her, my people,
    lest you take part in her sins,
  lest you share in her plagues;

Today's Question

What does the third commandment require?

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