The Mystery of Marriage

Part 1 – The Mystery

Light and LifeSunday February 3, 2013

Marriage is God’s design and can only work through Him. Knowing Him as a person, knowing His will and knowing His word, will solve the mystery of marriage.

The Mystery of Marriage

“Marriage is instituted by God, regulated by His commandments and blessed by the Lord Jesus Christ”

The Mystery of Marriage

1. The Mystery of Great Dignity

2. The Mystery of The church

Greet Priscilla and Aquila, Likewise greet the

church that is in their house. Romans 16:3-5

Paul, …, to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house Philemon 1:1-2

2. The Mystery of The church

3. The Mystery of God & Man

How fair is your love, My sister, my spouse! How much better than wine is your love! Song of Songs 4:10

3. The Mystery of God & Man

Ephesians 5Submitting to one another in the fear of I. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not

3. The Mystery of God & Man

Ephesians 5having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Ephesians 5:21-33

3. The Mystery of God & Man

4. The Mystery of The Trinity

For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 1 John 5:7

4. The Mystery of The Trinity

5. The Mystery of Salvation

Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives … Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. 1 Peter 3:7-9

5. The Mystery of Salvation